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marc/xray
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X-Ray allows declaration of Zend Engine include() and eval() hooks.

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X-Ray
=====

[](#x-ray)

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**X-Ray** allows declaration of *Zend Engine* `include()`, `require()` and `eval()` hooks.:

How to use:
-----------

[](#how-to-use)

```
// adding a compiler hook:
xray\set_compiler_hook(function(string $source, string $filename = null) : string {
    if ($filename === null)  {
        // here we intercept source included through eval()
        // do transformations on $source and return the new $source to be included
    }
    else {
        // here we intercept source included from a *.php file
        // do transformations on $source and return the new $source to be included
    }
});

// removing the compiler hook:
$hook = xray\restore_compiler_hook();
```

How to install:
---------------

[](#how-to-install)

```
git clone https://github.com/marcioAlmada/xray
cd xray
phpize
./configure
make
sudo make install

```

Finally add `extension=xray.so` to your `/etc/php.ini`

Windows Support
---------------

[](#windows-support)

Pull requests welcome. Anyone?

Why?
----

[](#why)

A compiler hook API was needed in order to have a decent infrastructure for [YAY](https://github.com/marcioAlmada/yay). But this ended up as a more general purpose internal framework so [others projects](https://github.com/phplang/phack) can benefit too.

Copyright
---------

[](#copyright)

Copyright (c) 2015-\* Márcio Almada. Distributed under the terms of an MIT-style license. See LICENSE for details.

###  Health Score

22

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LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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.

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### Community

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