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ircmaxell/php-c-parser
======================

Parse C when using PHP

v0.2.0(1mo ago)4414.6k↑31.3%7[4 issues](https://github.com/ircmaxell/php-c-parser/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/ircmaxell/php-c-parser/pulls)2MITPHPPHP >=8.4CI passing

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PHPCParser
==========

[](#phpcparser)

This is a library to parse C code into an AST. Using PHP.

Yes, this is an extraordinarily bad idea...

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.4 or later

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
$parser = new PHPCParser\CParser;

$ast = $parser->parse('path/to/file');
```

Note that pre-processor directives are all correctly resolved.

If you need to set a pre-processor define, you can use a context;

```
$parser = new PHPCParser\CParser;

$context = new PHPCParser\Context;
// #define A 42
$context->defineInt('A', 42);
// #define B "testing"
$context->defineString('B', "testing");
// #define C testing
$context->defineIdentifier('C', 'testing');
// etc...

$ast = $parser->parse('path/to/file', $context);
```

And that's all there is to it (until it is working that is...)...

Generating AST from clang
-------------------------

[](#generating-ast-from-clang)

```
$ clang -cc1 -ast-dump test.c
```

###  Health Score

57

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance87

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity37

Limited adoption so far

Community22

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 61.5% 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 ~1189 days

Total

3

Last Release

57d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=7.4

v0.2.0PHP >=8.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c87a667fe5a109ed083ba784409a76f0a18f30b0a05445fbb8ef5e4520b7a6e1?d=identicon)[ircmaxell](/maintainers/ircmaxell)

---

Top Contributors

[![bwoebi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3154871?v=4)](https://github.com/bwoebi "bwoebi (75 commits)")[![ircmaxell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/660654?v=4)](https://github.com/ircmaxell "ircmaxell (36 commits)")[![dirx](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/795259?v=4)](https://github.com/dirx "dirx (7 commits)")[![Fantom409](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14968877?v=4)](https://github.com/Fantom409 "Fantom409 (1 commits)")[![McCaulay](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31845045?v=4)](https://github.com/McCaulay "McCaulay (1 commits)")[![sasezaki](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/42755?v=4)](https://github.com/sasezaki "sasezaki (1 commits)")[![tored](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/363750?v=4)](https://github.com/tored "tored (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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