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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. mfn/cakephp2-magic-properties AbandonedArchivedLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) mfn/cakephp2-magic-properties ============================= Automatically add class documentation for CakePHP2 magic properties v0.1.4(11y ago)268MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0 Since Oct 23Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/mfn/cakephp2-magic-properties)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/mfn/cakephp2-magic-properties)[ Docs](http://github.com/mfn/cakephp2-magic-properties)[ RSS](/packages/mfn-cakephp2-magic-properties/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1w ago READMEChangelog (5)Dependencies (6)Versions (8)Used By (0) Abandoned ========= [](#abandoned) This repository is archived, it served its purpose. --- Automatically add class documentation for CakePHP2 magic properties [ ![Travis Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fb0e1dc246250bafa37c15b97cedfed4579738b6df55de7da877561054cf519e/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6d666e2f63616b65706870322d6d616769632d70726f706572746965732e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/mfn/cakephp2-magic-properties) ================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== [](#automatically-add-class-documentation-for-cakephp2-magic-properties--) Homepage: Blurb ===== [](#blurb) When working with [CakePHP2](http://cakephp.org/), dependency injection happens via magic properties like `uses`, `helpers`, etc. Unfortunately not many editors/IDEs are capable of understanding this special syntax and thus almost none provide autocompletion for the resulting magic properties. By running this script against your CakePHP2 sources, PHPDOC `@property` is addded to the class definitions which aids into autocompletion the propert types. Just pass any files/directories to the script and they will be parsed and PHPDOC properties added. Note that every class will be resolved via it's parents to figure out if it's a Controller or Helper, thus the script must be able to find all relevant parent classes to properly resolve them. Usually, just passing your Controller/ and/or Helper/ direcotries should do fine. This code uses the excellent [PhpParser library](https://github.com/nikic/PHP-Parser) by Nikita Popov. What injected properties are supported? ======================================= [](#what-injected-properties-are-supported) - `Controller` - `components` - `uses` - `Component` - `components` - `Helper` - `components` - `helpers` - `uses` - `Model` - `belingsTo` - `hasAndBelongsToMany` - `hasOne` - `hasMany` - `Shell` - `uses` The `className` setting is also supported. For details please see `res/configuration.php`. Usage ===== [](#usage) `cakephp2_magic_properties magic app/Controller/` or `cakephp2_magic_properties magic app/View/Helper/` or just your whole app (note that it will recursively parse all \*.php files): `cakephp2_magic_properties magic ../path/to/your/app/` It will convert: ``` AppController extends Controller { $uses = ['Foo']; $component = ['Bar']; } ``` into ``` /** * @property BarComponent $Bar * @property Foo $Foo */ AppController extends Controller { $uses = ['Foo']; $component = ['Bar']; } ``` By default, existing properties will not be touched but care is taken to not create duplicates. If however you want to remove all existing `@property` documentation, use the `--remove` flag `cakephp2_magic_properties magic --remove ../path/to/your/app/`: ``` /** * @property BarComponent $Bar * @property Foo $Foo */ AppController extends Controller { $component = ['Bar']; } ``` into ``` /** * @property BarComponent $Bar */ AppController extends Controller { $component = ['Bar']; } ``` Note: it may also cause to re-order your existing properties if none have really changed (because interally first all properties are always removed). See the `--help` flag for other options. The library is designed to act idempotent. Integration with phing ---------------------- [](#integration-with-phing) A phing task is also provided for better phing integration. Use `taskdef` to define a new custom task. ``` ``` The following attributes are supported: - `configFile` Path to configuration file, see next chapter - `dryRun` Whether to actually write changes to files; defaults to `false` which means *overwrite* the files. This is useful in combination with `haltOnSourcesChanged` - `haltOnSourcesChanged` Whether to abort the build if any source files have been changed. - `removeUnknownProperties` Whether to remove unknown `@property` declarations Note: due the use of namespaces this will only work properly if phing is used via composer too. Configuration file ================== [](#configuration-file) In `res/configuration.php` the projects default configuration is provided which all runners allow to override. This file contains the mapping: 1. from "top level class" to properties 2. and those properties map to a closure which transform the name of a injected virtual property The closure approach is required because e.g. `helpers` and `components` have different rules how the actual class names have to be called. Requirements ============ [](#requirements) - PHP 5.4 (tested with at least 5.4.24) Installation ============ [](#installation) ``` composer.phar require mfn/cakephp2-magic-properties 0.1.1 ``` TODOs / Ideas ============= [](#todos--ideas) - Support for Tests? © Markus Fischer ### Health Score 25 — LowBetter than 37% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity11 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity53 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. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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