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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. caxy/php-htmldiff ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) caxy/php-htmldiff ================= A library for comparing two HTML files/snippets and highlighting the differences using simple HTML. v0.1.17(1y ago)21320.9M—6.1%54[27 issues](https://github.com/caxy/php-htmldiff/issues)[5 PRs](https://github.com/caxy/php-htmldiff/pulls)11GPL-2.0PHPPHP >=7.3 Since Jul 31Pushed 4mo ago42 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/caxy/php-htmldiff)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/caxy/php-htmldiff)[ Docs](https://github.com/caxy/php-htmldiff)[ RSS](/packages/caxy-php-htmldiff/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (3)Versions (42)Used By (11) php-htmldiff ============ [](#php-htmldiff) [![Scrutinizer Code Quality](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/78b27fa9015b8db67e0657b89d4bfd07afca35a49324b17c13b8c78926f9d612/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f636178792f7068702d68746d6c646966662f6261646765732f7175616c6974792d73636f72652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/caxy/php-htmldiff/?branch=master)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c9c48d9b19cf75fae25ef5ffd7d7b8bd0ed3930608fa79b7160ea48397aa38a7/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f636178792f7068702d68746d6c646966662f6261646765732f6275696c642e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/caxy/php-htmldiff/build-status/master)[![Code Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9beb6becc5ea59ad070797e6b368984d15d3892ffa362a05018e7bf1de30edad/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f636178792f7068702d68746d6c646966662f6261646765732f636f7665726167652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/caxy/php-htmldiff/?branch=master)[![Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/97ed3a0897d8aedeb0dc74af6b48d0871613f7727b490998134bb7cbda2e869f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f636178792f7068702d68746d6c646966662e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/caxy/php-htmldiff)[![Average time to resolve an issue](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c09c256defd86a12520ff6f43c79b7b26c6e24a439f5f605ae08b0193d49a3ba/687474703a2f2f697369746d61696e7461696e65642e636f6d2f62616467652f7265736f6c7574696f6e2f636178792f7068702d68746d6c646966662e737667)](http://isitmaintained.com/project/caxy/php-htmldiff "Average time to resolve an issue")[![Percentage of issues still open](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/35921dcba6b995f638488e658aa3b3271e4aa1241dad59f01e1863259e72583c/687474703a2f2f697369746d61696e7461696e65642e636f6d2f62616467652f6f70656e2f636178792f7068702d68746d6c646966662e737667)](http://isitmaintained.com/project/caxy/php-htmldiff "Percentage of issues still open") php-htmldiff is a library for comparing two HTML files/snippets and highlighting the differences using simple HTML. This HTML Diff implementation was forked from [rashid2538/php-htmldiff](https://github.com/rashid2538/php-htmldiff) and has been modified with new features, bug fixes, and enhancements to the original code. For more information on these modifications, read the [differences from rashid2538/php-htmldiff](https://github.com/caxy/php-htmldiff/blob/master/doc/differences.rst) or view the [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/caxy/php-htmldiff/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md). Demo ---- [](#demo) Installation ------------ [](#installation) The recommended way to install php-htmldiff is through [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/). Require the [caxy/php-htmldiff](https://packagist.org/packages/caxy/php-htmldiff) package by running following command: ``` composer require caxy/php-htmldiff ``` This will resolve the latest stable version. Otherwise, install the library and setup the autoloader yourself. ### Working with Symfony [](#working-with-symfony) If you are using Symfony, you can use the [caxy/HtmlDiffBundle](https://github.com/caxy/HtmlDiffBundle) to make life easy! Usage ----- [](#usage) ``` use Caxy\HtmlDiff\HtmlDiff; $htmlDiff = new HtmlDiff($oldHtml, $newHtml); $content = $htmlDiff->build(); ``` CSS Example ----------- [](#css-example) See for starter CSS you can use for displaying the HTML diff output. Configuration ------------- [](#configuration) The configuration for HtmlDiff is contained in the `Caxy\HtmlDiff\HtmlDiffConfig` class. There are two ways to set the configuration: 1. [Configure an Existing HtmlDiff Object](#configure-an-existing-htmldiff-object) 2. [Create and Use a HtmlDiffConfig Object](#create-and-use-a-htmldiffconfig-object) #### Configure an Existing HtmlDiff Object [](#configure-an-existing-htmldiff-object) When a new `HtmlDiff` object is created, it creates a `HtmlDiffConfig` object with the default configuration. You can change the configuration using setters on the object: ``` use Caxy\HtmlDiff\HtmlDiff; // ... $htmlDiff = new HtmlDiff($oldHtml, $newHtml); // Set some of the configuration options. $htmlDiff->getConfig() ->setMatchThreshold(80) ->setInsertSpaceInReplace(true) ; // Calculate the differences using the configuration and get the html diff. $content = $htmlDiff->build(); // ... ``` #### Create and Use a HtmlDiffConfig Object [](#create-and-use-a-htmldiffconfig-object) You can also set the configuration by creating an instance of `Caxy\HtmlDiff\HtmlDiffConfig` and using it when creating a new `HtmlDiff`object using `HtmlDiff::create`. This is useful when creating more than one instance of `HtmlDiff`: ``` use Caxy\HtmlDiff\HtmlDiff; use Caxy\HtmlDiff\HtmlDiffConfig; // ... $config = new HtmlDiffConfig(); $config ->setMatchThreshold(95) ->setInsertSpaceInReplace(true) ; // Create an HtmlDiff object with the custom configuration. $firstHtmlDiff = HtmlDiff::create($oldHtml, $newHtml, $config); $firstContent = $firstHtmlDiff->build(); $secondHtmlDiff = HtmlDiff::create($oldHtml2, $newHtml2, $config); $secondHtmlDiff->getConfig()->setMatchThreshold(50); $secondContent = $secondHtmlDiff->build(); // ... ``` #### Full Configuration with Defaults: [](#full-configuration-with-defaults) ``` $config = new HtmlDiffConfig(); $config // Percentage required for list items to be considered a match. ->setMatchThreshold(80) // Set the encoding of the text to be diffed. ->setEncoding('UTF-8') // If true, a space will be added between the and tags of text that was replaced. ->setInsertSpaceInReplace(false) // Option to disable the new Table Diffing feature and treat tables as regular text. ->setUseTableDiffing(true) // Pass an instance of \Doctrine\Common\Cache\Cache to cache the calculated diffs. ->setCacheProvider(null) // Disable the HTML purifier (only do this if you known what you're doing) // This bundle heavily relies on the purified input from ezyang/htmlpurifier ->setPurifierEnabled(true) // Set the cache directory that HTMLPurifier should use. ->setPurifierCacheLocation(null) // Group consecutive deletions and insertions instead of showing a deletion and insertion for each word individually. ->setGroupDiffs(true) // List of characters to consider part of a single word when in the middle of text. ->setSpecialCaseChars(array('.', ',', '(', ')', '\'')) // List of tags (and their replacement strings) to be diffed in isolation. ->setIsolatedDiffTags(array( 'ol' => '[[REPLACE_ORDERED_LIST]]', 'ul' => '[[REPLACE_UNORDERED_LIST]]', 'sub' => '[[REPLACE_SUB_SCRIPT]]', 'sup' => '[[REPLACE_SUPER_SCRIPT]]', 'dl' => '[[REPLACE_DEFINITION_LIST]]', 'table' => '[[REPLACE_TABLE]]', 'strong' => '[[REPLACE_STRONG]]', 'b' => '[[REPLACE_B]]', 'em' => '[[REPLACE_EM]]', 'i' => '[[REPLACE_I]]', 'a' => '[[REPLACE_A]]', )) // Sets whether newline characters are kept or removed when `$htmlDiff->build()` is called. // For example, if your content includes tags, you might want to set this to true. ->setKeepNewLines(false) ; ``` Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) See [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/caxy/php-htmldiff/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) file. Contributor Code of Conduct --------------------------- [](#contributor-code-of-conduct) Please note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](http://contributor-covenant.org/). By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms. See [CODE\_OF\_CONDUCT](https://github.com/caxy/php-htmldiff/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) file. Credits ------- [](#credits) - [SavageTiger](https://github.com/SavageTiger) for contributing many improvements and fixes to caxy/php-htmldiff! - [rashid2538](https://github.com/rashid2538) for the port to PHP and the base for our project: [rashid2538/php-htmldiff](https://github.com/rashid2538/php-htmldiff) - [willdurand](https://github.com/willdurand) for an excellent post on [open sourcing libraries](http://williamdurand.fr/2013/07/04/on-open-sourcing-libraries/). Much of this documentation is based off of the examples in the post. Did we miss anyone? If we did, let us know or put in a pull request! License ------- [](#license) php-htmldiff is available under [GNU General Public License, version 2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html). See the [LICENSE](https://github.com/caxy/php-htmldiff/blob/master/LICENSE) file for details. TODO ---- [](#todo) - Tests, tests, and more tests! (mostly unit tests) - need more tests before we can major refactoring / cleanup for a v1 release - Add documentation for setting up a cache provider (doctrine cache) - Maybe add abstraction layer for cache + adapter for doctrine cache - Make HTML Purifier an optional dependency - possibly use abstraction layer for purifiers so alternatives could be used (or none at all for performance) - Expose configuration for HTML Purifier (used in table diffing) - currently only cache dir is configurable through HtmlDiffConfig object - Performance improvements (we have 1 benchmark test, we should probably get more) - Algorithm improvements - trimming alike text at start and ends, store nested diff results in memory to re-use (like we do w/ caching) - Benchmark using DOMDocument vs. alternatives vs. string parsing - Consider not using string parsing for HtmlDiff in order to avoid having to create many DOMDocument instances in ListDiff and TableDiff - Benchmarking - Refactoring (but... tests first) - Overall design/architecture improvements - API improvements so a new HtmlDiff isn't required for each new diff (especially so that configuration can be re-used) - Split demo application to separate repository - Add documentation on alternative htmldiff engines and perhaps some comparisons ### Health Score 60 — FairBetter than 99% of packages Maintenance61 Regular maintenance activity Popularity67 Solid adoption and visibility Community42 Growing community involvement Maturity60 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 59.6% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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