Tools for PHP code refactoring [closed]

Answer 1

Just published an article about the next release of Delphi for PHP where you can see the refactoring engine in action.

http://blogs.embarcadero.com/joseleon/2010/06/09/delphi-for-php-next-release-early-preview-15-refactoring/

Answer 2

I personally prefer PHPEclipse IDE as my primary development tool. But I really miss basic "replace everywhere in the project" refactoring there.

But very simple find/sed command can solve it easily:

find . -type f -name "*Controller.php" -print0 \
         | xargs -0 sed -i 's/string1/string2/g'

So using this intelligently you can find references, renaming, removing and make any sort of manipulations with the source code.

BTW: you even can not remember all this parameters and attributes - just type it once and then call it through reverse-i-search.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

rephactor is an automatic refactoring tool. It is still a bit incomplete, but it has a few basic refactorings.

Else, a good test suite is really the best tool for refactoring, you can have.

Answer 4

https://github.com/QafooLabs/php-refactoring-browser

PHP Refactoring Browser is a more recent take on the Refactoring Browser described in the good book. It could use some help (please contribute), but it has support for several common refactorings.

As of writing, the browser supports:

• Extract Method
• Rename Local Variable
• Convert Local to Instance Variable
• Rename Class and Namespaces
• Optimize Use Statements (PHP-specific)

There is a SublimeText plugin which actually works. When I'm looking at new code I'll apply some of these simple refactorings to help me get a handle on the codebase.

Answer 5

I read that the IDE Delphi for PHP will have refactoring capabilities in the release codenamed Crocodile, scheduled for early 2009. See this link for details.

Answer 6

Try Web IDE from IntelliJ. It's in the EAP stage (alpha/beta) now, but I use it as the only IDE for several months, so it's stable and very good.