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param-parser is a parser library for a param string expression. Those expressions are arbitrary strings with placeholders in it, where a placeholder consists of a name, an optional type and a list of options.

Install

With a correctly set up PHP and composer installation, run:

composer require anexia/param-parser

Getting started

Examples of param string expressions look as follows:

this-is-a-{param:string:option1,option2,option3}-expression
this-is-a-{param:string}-expression
this-is-a-{param}-expression

As you see, a param is introduced by an opening curly bracket, followed by the name of the param, a colon, the type of the param, another colon and a comma separated list of options. The param configuration gets terminated by a closing curly bracket. Note that the type and option configuration are optional, but the name is mandatory.

To parse an expression shown above, use the PHP code as follows:

<?php
use function Anexia\ParamParser\parse;

$result = parse('this-is-a-{param:string:option1,option2,option3}-expression');

$result[0]; // Gets a Anexia\ParamParser\Node\SequenceNode instance
$result[0]->getSequenceValue(); // Gets "this-is-a-" as a string

$result[1]; // Gets a Anexia\ParamParser\Node\ParamNode instance
$result[1]->getParamName(); // Gets "param" as a string
$result[1]->getParamType(); // Gets "string" as a string
$result[1]->getParamOptions(); // Gets ["option1", "option2", "option3"] as an array of strings

$result[2]; // Gets a Anexia\ParamParser\Node\SequenceNode instance
$result[2]->getSequenceValue(); // Gets "-expression" as a string

It is also possible to escape opening curly brackets, closing curly brackets, colons and commas as follows:

<?php
use function Anexia\ParamParser\parse;

$result = parse('this-is-a-\{param:string:option1,option2,option3\}-expression');

$result[0]; // Gets a Anexia\ParamParser\Node\SequenceNode instance
$result[0]->getSequenceValue(); // Gets "this-is-a-{param:string:option1,option2,option3}-expression" as a string

Supported versions

List of developers

• Andreas Stocker AStocker@anexia-it.com, Lead Developer