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sandrokeil/php-to-zephir
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Convert PHP 7 files to Zephir zep files

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PHP to Zephir
=============

[](#php-to-zephir)

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Converts PHP 7 files to [Zephir](https://zephir-lang.com/en) zep files and can create Zephir prototype files of external used libraries.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 7.1

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require --dev sandrokeil/php-to-zephir

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To create Zephir zep files of your PHP files run:

```
$ bin/php2zephir php2zephir:zep:create [source path/file] [destination path/file]

```

To create Zephir prototypes for external libraries run:

```
$ bin/php2zephir php2zephir:prototype:create [source path/file] [destination file prototype.php]

```

Create PHAR
-----------

[](#create-phar)

A PHAR file can be generated with [box](https://github.com/humbug/box).

```
$ php box.phar compile

```

Unit Tests
----------

[](#unit-tests)

```
$ docker-compose run --rm php vendor/bin/phpunit

```

Zephir Docker Image
-------------------

[](#zephir-docker-image)

If you want to compile your Zephir zep files for PHP Alpine 3.8 Docker images try my [Zephir Docker images](https://github.com/sandrokeil/docker-files/tree/master/zephir).

Limitations
-----------

[](#limitations)

- Can not handle reserved variable names like `$resource`, it would result in compilation error

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity34

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.5% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/58f3428ea5d86dde45a70842c5228d295ec37a493594d484bf1ed2552e85b791?d=identicon)[sandrokeil](/maintainers/sandrokeil)

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Top Contributors

[![sandrokeil](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3597436?v=4)](https://github.com/sandrokeil "sandrokeil (21 commits)")[![peter279k](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9021747?v=4)](https://github.com/peter279k "peter279k (1 commits)")

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Tags

converterextensionphpphp-extensionzepzephirzephir-languagezephir-php

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