Marsgen PHP File Generator

Marsgen is a PHP generator. It generates predefined files and folders with given data. It can be used to generate scaffolding. It can create files and folders and put codes inside.

Steps

• Prepare code generation template
• Create a seed file
• Run from command line

Usage

If you have PHP installed and if its callable from your terminal just download this repository and run this command: (for windows there is a bat file so you can just use "marsgen" instead of "php marsgen.php")

D:\marsgen>php marsgen.php generate /example/planets /example/planet_seed.php /output

This command will fetch every file under /example/planets folder and it will load config from /example/planet_seed.php and generate all files and folders under /output folder.

Seed file and output folder are optional. If no output folder defined it will generate files on the folder where command called from.

Templating and Syntax

Template file names and folder names may have variables. Lets say you want to generate VenusModel.php and VenusView.php you can name the template files as -Planet-Model.php and -Planet-View.php and set what to replace in seed file. Inside __FileSystem__ everything will be replaced by using str_replace() function.

$seed['__FileSystem__'] = [
  '-Planet-' => 'Venus'
];
$seed['myVar'] = 'Hello World';
$seed['myArray'] = [['name'=>'item1'],['name'=>'item2']];

In template files you can place variables with /*{myVar}*/ syntax with above seed file this will generate Hello world as output.

You can loop code blocks with "for" /*{for:myArray}*/ Name value is /*{myArray>name}*/. /*{/for*/} This "for" loop will output: Name value is: item1. Name value is: item2. You can use isset blocks inside for blocks. Probably you already noticed syntax for accessing array values is: /*{myArray>name}*/

Isset block is simple /*{isset:myVar}*/ myVar's value is /*{myVar}*/ /*{/isset}*/

Sample

Template file: SourceFolder/Controllers/-Planet-Controller.php

<?php 
namespace Planets\Controllers;

use Planets\Models\/*{the_planet}*/Model;
use Planets\Models\/*{the_planet}*/View;

/*
* Mercury Class
*/
class /*{the_planet}*/Controller extends BaseController
{
  
  function __construct()
  {
    # code...
  }

  function get(){
    //Some Values
    $/*{first_planet}*/ = 'First Planet';
    $/*{second_planet}*/ = 'Second Planet';
    $/*{third_planet}*/ = 'Blue Marble';
    $/*{fourth_planet}*/ = 'Second Home';
    
    //Let's use for each
    /*{for:outter_planets}*/
    $/*{outter_planets>name}*/Distance = '/*{outter_planets>distance}*/';/*{/for}*/ 

    $model = New /*{the_planet}*/Model();
    $view = New /*{the_planet}*/View();
  }
}

Template file: MercurySeedFile.php

<?php
$seed = [];
$seed['__FileSystem__'] = [
  '-Planet-' => 'Mercury',
  '-Echo-' => 'Hello'
];

$seed['the_planet'] = 'Mercury';
$seed['first_planet'] = 'Mercury';
$seed['second_planet'] = 'Venus';
$seed['third_planet'] = 'Earth';
$seed['fourth_planet'] = 'Mars';

$seed['outter_planets'] = [
  ['name' => 'Jupiter', 'distance' =>'5.2 AU'],
  ['name' => 'Saturn', 'distance' =>'9.5 AU'],
  ['name' => 'Uranus', 'distance' =>'19.2 AU'],
  ['name' => 'Neptune', 'distance' =>'30.1 AU']
];

return $seed;

Result: TargetFolder/Controllers/MercuryController.php

<?php 
namespace Planets\Controllers;

use Planets\Models\MercuryModel;
use Planets\Models\MercuryView;

/*
* Mercury Class
*/
class MercuryController extends BaseController
{
  
  function __construct()
  {
    # code...
  }

  function get(){
    //Some Values
    $Mercury = 'First Planet';
    $Venus = 'Second Planet';
    $Earth = 'Blue Marble';
    $Mars = 'Second Home';
    
    //Let's use for each
    $JupiterDistance = '5.2 AU';
    $SaturnDistance = '9.5 AU';
    $UranusDistance = '19.2 AU';
    $NeptuneDistance = '30.1 AU'; 

    $model = New MercuryModel();
    $view = New MercuryView();
  }
}

Notes:

• Nested foreach() and isset() controls are not supported.
• There is no else condition for isset() function for now.

This is a personal helper repository for one of my projects so I only included functions what I needed. If you add more functionality please send a pull request to my repository so everyone can enjoy it :)

Roadmap:

Current version is enough for my needs but I may add these features to template parser later.

• Option to add values from command line instead of seed file
• Else condition for isset().
• If/else condition.
• Switch/Case condition.
• Nested foreach support.
• Global command line support.