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imanghafoori/php-search-replace
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Smart search replace functionality for php source code

v1.1.16(1y ago)32515.7k↓41.9%5[1 issues](https://github.com/imanghafoori1/php-smart-search-replace/issues)3MITPHPPHP ^7.1.3|8.0.\*|8.1.\*|8.2.\*|8.3.\*|8.4.\*CI passing

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Php Smart Search/replace Functionality
======================================

[](#php-smart-searchreplace-functionality)

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It is much easier than using regex.
-----------------------------------

[](#it-is-much-easier-than-using-regex)

### Installation:

[](#installation)

```
composer require imanghafoori/php-search-replace

```

### Usage:

[](#usage)

1- Lets say you want to remove double semi-colon occurances like these:

```
$user = 1;;
$user = 2; ;
$user = 3;
;
```

Then you can define a pattern like this:

```
$pattern = [';;' => ['replace' => ';']];
```

This will catch all the 3 cases above since the neutral php whitespaces are ignored while searching.

---

#### Placeholders:

[](#placeholders)

Here is a copmerehensive list of placeholders you can use:

- `` or ``: for variables like: `$user`
- `` or ``: for hard coded strings: `'hello'` or "hello"
- ``: for class references: `\App\User::where(...` , `User::where`
- ``: only for full references: `\App\User::`
- ``: to capture all the code until you reach a certain character.
- ``: for commands (does not capture doc-blocks)
- ``: for doc-blocks
- ``: to capture a whole php statement.
- `""` or ``: for method or function names. `->where` or `::where`
- ``: for whitespace blocks
- ``: for non-whitespace
- `` or `''`: for true or false (acts case-insensetive)
- ``: for numeric values
- ``: for type-casts like: `(array) $a;`
- `` or ``: for integer values
- ``: for public, protected, private
- ``: for floating point number
- `""`: to detect global function calls.
- ``: to capture code within a pair of `{...}` or `(...)` or `[...]`
- ``: captures any token.
- **You can also define your own keywords if needed!**

You just define a class for your new keyword and append the class path to the end of `Finder::$keywords[] = MyKeyword::class` property. Just like the default keywords.

### Example:

[](#example)

lets say you want to remove the optional comma from arrays:

```
$a = [
   '1',
   '2',
];
$b = ['1','2',];
```

Then you can define a pattern like this:

```
$pattern = [',?]' => ['replace' => '""]']];
```

Here the `?` mean an optional whitespace may reside there, and the `""` means the value that matches the first placeholder should be put there.

###  Health Score

51

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance40

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity47

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 89.8% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~48 days

Recently: every ~116 days

Total

28

Last Release

485d ago

PHP version history (5 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.1.3|8.0.\*

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v1.1.12PHP ^7.1.3|8.0.\*|8.1.\*|8.2.\*|8.3.\*

v1.1.15PHP ^7.1.3|8.0.\*|8.1.\*|8.2.\*|8.3.\*|8.4.\*

### Community

Maintainers

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---

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