Batch script to replace PHP short open tags with <?php

Question

I have a large collection of php files written over the years and I need to properly replace all the short open tags into proper explicit open tags.

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Answer 1

The problem has been solved as a fixer in the php-cs-fixer tool which can be easily installed and which is tested and maintained.

Fixing then is easy:

$ php-cs-fixer fix  --rules=full_opening_tag,no_short_echo_tag --diff --dry-run

Just replace with the path to the directory or file you'd like to change. The command as given is to review first (--dry-run and --diff parameters).

Installing php-cs-fixer is as easy as

$ composer global require friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer

if you've got composer installed with global composer bin directory in your path (recommended).