A interactive PHP Shell

The more I work with other languages like python and ruby I like their way how they work on problems. While PHP is very forgiving on errors, it is weak on the debugging side. It was missing a simple to use interactive shell for years. Python and Ruby have their ipython and iruby shell which give you a direct way to interact with the objects.

No need to write a script and execute it afterwards.

Features

• tab-completion (if readline() support is compiled into php)
• handles FATAL errors (like calling a undefined function)
• inline help (like ? <class>)
• __autoload() is enabled by default
• works on all php platforms (shell wrappers for Unix and Windows)

The main benifit is the pre-parsing the handle FATAL errors before they are raised by eval(). ext/tokenizer is used to parse a statement-block into critical sequences which are validated.

Requirements

• PHP5 or higer
• ext/tokenizer
• ext/pcre
• [recommend] ext/readline

the PHP5 requirement comes from the Reflection API and __autoload().
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