PHP Code Formatter

This tool reformats PHP source code to a consistent style, enabling predictable diffs and streamlined collaboration. It analyzes PHP tokens, preserves comments and PHPDoc, and respects HEREDOC/NOWDOC boundaries while reprinting with standardized spacing and indentation. The formatter supports multiple style presets including PSR-12, Symfony, and traditional formats, and can be tuned for indentation, line wrapping, and trailing newline rules. In typical use, developers paste code or feed files, select a target PHP version and a style, and receive a clean, ready-to-commit version.
Conceptually, the formatter operates as a two-pass process: first, tokenize and internally normalize the structure; second, reserialize the code with the chosen stylistic rules, ensuring that logical and syntactic meaning remains unchanged. This separation allows safe reuse in automated pipelines and scalable formatting across large codebases. Teams benefit from consistent diffs, easier reviews, and reduced time arguing about style rather than logic. The tool’s unique value lies in preserving code semantics while offering flexible presets and safe handling of complex PHP constructs such as multi-line strings and embedded HTML blocks. Core features include token-aware reindentation, configurable indentation, brace placement options, and optional batch formatting. Use cases range from pre-commit hooks to CI checks and teaching environments where uniform formatting accelerates learning and collaboration.