parser

parser

new parser()

The PHP Parser class that build the AST tree from the lexer

Properties:
Name Type Description
lexer Lexer

current lexer instance
ast AST

the AST factory instance
token Integer | String

current token
extractDoc Boolean

should extract documentation as AST node
extractTokens Boolean

should extract each token
suppressErrors Boolean

should ignore parsing errors and continue
debug Boolean

should output debug informations
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Methods

error()

handling errors

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expect(token) → {boolean}

Force the parser to check the current token.

If the current token does not match to expected token, the an error will be raised.

If the suppressError mode is activated, then the error will be added to the program error stack and this function will return false.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
token String | Number
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Error

expectEndOfStatement() → {boolean}

expects an end of statement or end of file

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getTokenName()

helper : gets a token name

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is()

Check if token is of specified type

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lex()

Eating a token

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next()

consume the next token

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node()

Creates a new AST node

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parse()

main entry point : converts a source code to AST

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raiseError()

Raise an error

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text() → {String}

Returns the current token contents

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