php2go

Convert PHP source code to Go by AST walking.

The goal is to produce idiomatic, maintainable Go code as part of a one-off conversion. This is not generally possible for highly dynamic PHP code, that may require manual fixups.

Progress

[X] Convert some small programs [X] Error handling - [X] All functions return (type, error) - [X] Convert throw to err return - [ ] Elide error return for functions that cannot throw - ?? Could be a standalone Go refactoring tool - [ ] Non-leaf function calls need to check + bubble errors - [ ] Behaviour of function calls in rvalue cases where err cannot be checked [ ] Comprehensive coverage of all AST node types - [ ] Expr - [X] Binary - [ ] Scalar - [ ] ... - [ ] Convert instanceof for Exception types to Go1.13 errors.Is [X] Array handling - [X] Infer whether to use slice/map for PHP array - [ ] Infer whether map use should be order-preserving [ ] Multi-file programs - [ ] Include/Require [ ] Namespaces [ ] Generators [ ] Numbered break/continue [ ] Goto [ ] Closures - [ ] Handle value/reference captures [ ] Sort callbacks - [ ] Transparent conversion to sort.Slice [X] Convert top-level calls to init()/main() - Currently always init [ ] Class/object transformations - [X] Convert new X constructor calls to NewX - [X] Static methods - [X] Inheritance partial - [ ] Interfaces - [X] super - [X] Need to track current conversion state through into function generator, to select the concrete parent - [X] parent:: - [ ] static, self - [ ] Traits / use - [ ] Abstract methods [ ] Type inference - [ ] Convert known PHP typenames to Go equivalents - [ ] Parse extra types from phpdoc blocks [ ] Infer whether to declare variable (var / :=) or reuse (=) - [ ] Track current visibility scope [ ] Library/environment transformations - [ ] Standard library transformations - [ ] Track golang package imports - [ ] Handle conflicts between golang stdlib packages / local variable names - [ ] PHP Superglobal transformations - [ ] $_SERVER['argv'] to os.Args - [ ] $_GET['name'] to r.FormValue('name') - [ ] Common 3rd party package transformations to popular equivalents (optional) - [ ] Guzzle - [ ] AWS SDK - [ ] PHPUnit -> Go Test - [ ] Replace Composer/PSR-4 autoloading with Go imports

[X] Variadic function parameters [ ] Preserve comments [ ] Preserve rough line spacing [ ] Convert wordpress / mediawiki / symfony - [ ] Option to convert with preset=cli, preset=web, webroot path - [ ] Option to generate built-in web server [ ] Generate source maps [ ] Command-line tool option to go run