Is there anything like CoffeeScript for PHP?

Question

PHP interpreters are very common, but the PHP syntax & libraries are inconsistent & cumbersome (IMO, of course). I think a language that compiles into PHP but provid

Answer 1

If I've understood what you want correctly, then there's Haxe, which can target PHP, as well as Flash, JavaScript, and others.

I've only ever used it for Flash but found it very useful.