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Are there any command line (not interactive, not web-based) tools that will reformat (pretty-print) PHP and Javascript code?

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PHP_ Beautifier is very outdated! For a more modern approach try php-cs-fixer

Example command: php-cs-fixer fix --rules=@PSR2 path/to/php/src

A second alternative is PHP_CodeSniffer

Example command: phpcbf --standard=PSR2 path/to/php/src

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As of 2024, php-cs-fixer only handles basic things like indentation. If you have truly horrible code with things like inconsistent spacing around brackets, it won't fix that.
For PHP, there's also pretty-php -- quite modern and actively maintained.
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For a PHP beautifier, you can also use this pear package PHP_Beautyfier, which can either be called from the command line or instantiated within your own PHP code. For the Javascript one instead, find an open discussion here

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This is still beta, and hasn't been updated since 2010, with a number of unresolved bugs.
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I wrote an article explaining how to build a command-line JavaScript beautifier implemented in JavaScript. The best part - it takes under 5 minutes to do it, YMMV.

Cheers!
Shonzilla

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