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kuria/parser
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Character-by-character string parsing library

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Parser
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[](#parser)

Character-by-character string parsing library.

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- [Features](#features)
- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Usage](#usage)
    - [Creating a parser](#creating-a-parser)
    - [Parser properties](#parser-properties)
    - [Parser method overview](#parser-method-overview)
    - [Example INI parser implementation](#example-ini-parser-implementation)
- [Character types](#character-types)
    - [Customizing character types](#customizing-character-types)

[Features](#id1)
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[](#features)

- line number tracking (can be disabled for performance)
- supports CR, LF and CRLF line endings
- verbose exceptions
- many methods to navigate and operate the parser
    - forward / backward peeking and seeking
    - forward / backward character consumption
    - state stack
- character types
- expectations

[Requirements](#id2)
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[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.1+

[Usage](#id3)
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[](#usage)

### [Creating a parser](#id4)

[](#creating-a-parser)

Create a new parser instance with string input.

The parser begins at the first character.

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