Release Note

Here is the release note of exakat.

Version 2.5.5 (, 2023-02-04)

• Architecture

• Cobbler

• Report

• Analysis

• Tokenizer

Version 2.5.4 (, 2023-02-04)

• Architecture

  • Refactored generation of VCS

• Cobbler

  • New cobbler : rename namespace
  • New cobbler : rename function
  • New cobbler : rename constant
  • New cobbler : rename class
  • New cobbler : rename interface
  • New cobbler : rename enums
  • New cobbler : rename trait
  • New cobbler : rename method
  • New cobbler : rename class constant
  • New cobbler : rename property

• Report

  • Added Classes dependencies table to Ambassador
  • Added Classes dependencies counts table to Ambassador
  • Added Classes dependent counts table to Ambassador
  • Added Namespaces to Exception tree
  • Added list of repeated class names
  • New report : Naming, that checks spelling

• Analysis

  • Updated analysis : Useless Null Coalesce now omits stdclass
  • New analysis : report rewritten final class constant
  • New analysis : report uselessly rewriten class constant
  • Updated analysis : Fixed detection of use for functions and constants
  • Removed analysis : Removed ‘Mark callable’
  • Updated analysis : Fixed detection of calls to __construct
  • Updated analysis : Avoid Boolean as Argument sped up
  • Updated analysis : Property Could Be Local sped up
  • New analysis : Report blind variable used beyond their foreach() loop
  • Updated analysis : Could Use Try has more exceptions sources
  • New analysis : Report recalled conditions
  • Updated analysis : Upgraded Classes depencencies list with attributes, New initializers and instanceof
  • New analysis : Report incompatible property definition between trait and class
  • Updated analysis : Deep definition now includes define() calls and enums
  • Updated analysis : Collection of File dependencies now include interfaces
  • Updated analysis : Fixed but in Could Be Spaceship
  • Updated analysis : Upgraded ‘unthrown exception’ to handle variables
  • New analysis : report usage of self:: on
  • New analysis : report usage of DNF
  • Updated analysis : readonly usage covers classes and anonymous classes
  • New analysis : report usage of FTN as standalone type
  • New analysis : Collect usage of throw and their method
  • New analysis : Collect literals used in comparisons
  • New analysis : Suggest using array_combine()
  • New analysis : Report comparisons with distinct scalar types
  • New analysis : reports null being used as array’s index
  • New analysis : collect all named things in the source code
  • Updated analysis : isComponent also supports enum and declare
  • New analysis : report useless Try clauses
  • New analysis : report converted exceptions
  • New analysis : report methods that are no more than a single if
  • New analysis : suggest to ditch default before assigning it
  • Updated analysis : Unset or Cast was refactored with less raw() calls
  • Updated analysis : PPP declaration style
  • New analysis : collect the number of injections in a constructor
  • New analysis : collect the property usage level for each class
  • New analysis : collect structures, instead of in dump
  • New analysis : collect catch, to complete results with throw collect
  • Updated analysis : report usage of standalone True, False, Null.
  • New analysis : report identical cases in match and switch
  • New analysis : report usage of constants in traits
  • New analysis : preference between short and formal comparison

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for typed constants
  • Checked support for readonly anonymous classes
  • Fixed LINK in DNF types
  • Added support for attributes in enum, trait, interface and enumcase

Version 2.5.2 (Wang Gui, 2023-02-04)

• Report

  • New report : Format for SonarCube

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report array literal, used by index.
  • New analysis : Cannot use empty strings with explode()
  • New analysis : Report max() and min() applied on empty arrays.
  • Updated analysis : Unused methods now skips internal use
  • Updated analysis : Date formats are collected only on Datetime and Datetimeimmutable
  • New analysis : strpos() used to convert integer to their ascii value
  • New analysis : report double checks in the code
  • New analysis : skip empty arrays in array_merge()
  • New analysis : ellipis is slower than array_merge()
  • Updated analysis : variable type is detected with cast too.
  • New analysis : follow unvalidated data in $_SESSION
  • Updated analysis : updated in_array() to also report short arrays
  • Updated analysis : closure2string skips when other arguments are necessary
  • Updated analysis : condition is always true is upgraded with more work on is_a() and class type
  • Updated analysis : htmlspecialchars() changed behavior in 8.1
  • Updated analysis : always false does a better job at comparing types
  • Updated analysis : upgraded analysis with types
  • New analysis : new functions in PHP 8.3
  • New analysis : suggestion for str_ends_with()
  • New analysis : suggestion for str_starts_with()
  • Updated analysis : dirname with 3rd arg is suggested when using ‘$path/../’ strings
  • New analysis : collect the number of arguments per PHP native calls
  • New analysis : report if/then when a variable is assigned in one branch, but not in the other
  • New analysis : report mono or multi bytes favorite
  • New analysis : count the number of arguments to PHP native calls
  • Updated analysis : Null on boolean now takes into account types
  • Updated analysis : upgraded Make One Call analysis to spot calls within same expression
  • Updated analysis : incompatible type with incoming now covers call with superglobals
  • Updated analysis : fixed bug when calculating DEFINITION for superglobals
  • New analysis : report different constructors
  • New analysis : report usage of short ternary operator
  • New analysis : report when finalizing the call before the closure is better
  • New analysis : report object cast to int or float
  • New analysis : report variables initialized before an if condition with reinitialisation
  • New analysis : report incompatible constructors
  • New analysis : Report sidelined methods from a trait
  • New analysis : Report misused Generators
  • New analysis : Substr() for partitions in a loop
  • New analysis : suggest caching local calls to reduce processing
  • New analysis : report list of PHP 8.3 new classes

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for readonly + final/abstract class
  • Fixed DEFINITION for static in new
  • Fixed DEFINITION for global variable definitions
  • Upgraded support for variable types with PDFF
  • Adapted support for undefined Identifier between PHP 7 and 8

Version 2.5.1 (Wang Gui, 2023-01-19)

• Architecture

  • Extracted Called* to external class
  • Introduced parallel loading for nodes and properties (links are WIP)

• Analysis

  • New analysis : suggest omitting empty arrays before array_merge()
  • Updated analysis : more calls are collected
  • Updated analysis : Strict comparison with boolean covers array_search and array_keys
  • New analysis : report useless methods
  • Updated analysis : Add Zero also covers syntax like +$a
  • New analysis : report weak tests on array, without checks on index
  • New analysis : report multiple types in switch (PHP 8 compability)
  • New analysis : could be a readonly class
  • Updated analysis : Comparison strings to int include in_array() and co
  • New analysis : report class invasions
  • New analysis : report property invasions
  • New analysis : collect all setlocale() calls
  • Updated analysis : Collected calls includes __construct()
  • Updated analysis : Collected calls includes __clone()
  • New analysis : report usage of ++ on strings
  • New analysis : report usage of deprecated mb_string encodings

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed edge cases with readonly/namespace as method name
  • Fixed handling of static keyword with rare combinaisons

Version 2.5.0 (Wang Gui, 2023-01-05)

• Architecture

• Cobbler

• Report

• Analysis

  • Refactored analysis : WrongTypeWithCall skips variables without a type
  • Refactored analysis : BailoutEarly skips blocks with one element only
  • Refactored analysis : NonStaticMethodsCalledStatic extended to Stubs
  • New analysis : ambiguous types for variables
  • Refactored analysis : Unpreprocessed skips static::class
  • Refactored analysis : Undefined constant skips class constants with variables
  • New analysis : report exception that can’t be chained
  • Refactored analysis : ShellExec preferences
  • Refactored analysis : CreateMagicProperty was extended
  • New analysis : report possible ::class usage
  • New analysis : report wrong order of argument with variadic
  • New analysis : report wrong encoding usage with mbstring
  • Refactored analysis : Sped up ‘could be abstract method’
  • Refactored analysis : Undefined Interfaces differentiate classes and interfaces
  • New analysis : Ternary and Coalesce Operators order
  • Refactored analysis : Set Parent DEFINITION also adds DEFINITION for CPM
  • Refactored analysis : NativeClassTypeCompatibility upgraded fully to stub support
  • New analysis : Report useless assignation of promoted properties
  • Refactored analysis : Parameter name checking works with methods
  • Refactored analysis : Classes/CouldUseClassOperator is extended to all CITE
  • Refactored analysis : Classes/UndefinedConstants skips situations where the class is a variable of unknown type
  • Refactored analysis : Infinite recursion also detects coalesce
  • New analysis : Report methods / property confusions
  • New analysis : Suggest using __NAMESPACE__, instead of hardcoded string
  • Refactored analysis : Indirect injection is extended with ?? ?: and ? :
  • New analysis : Report too many chained calls one in the other
  • Refactored analysis : ‘This is for classes’ is extended to traits and enums
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Unsupported types with operator’ is now using Stubs files
  • New analysis : Report wrong typed with incoming values
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Queries in loops’ is now using extended to methods and one functioncall down.
  • Refactored analysis : Identical Variables in Foreach now searches inside the source
  • New analysis : Empty Loops
  • New analysis : Report arrays that are too much extracted
  • New analysis : Report methods where variables are not needed (only unique usage)
  • New analysis : Report possible emission of TypeError
  • Refactored analysis : Cant Throw now skips Interfaces
  • Refactored analysis : fixed false positive with Always False
  • Refactored analysis : Constant Invalid names do not confuse the constant and its value
  • Refactored analysis : Undefined Variable in Catch, now skips variables also created in the catch clause
  • Refactored analysis : Implicit conversion to int : skip float returned values
  • Refactored analysis : Closure could be static now checks for internal definitions of enums or anonymous class
  • Refactored analysis : Dont Collect void is extended to unspecified return types
  • Refactored analysis : useless coalesce
  • Refactored analysis : Indirect Injections
  • Refactored analysis : Useless Reference now checks PHP, ext and stubs
  • New analysis : Suggest to throw exceptions with json_*code()
  • Refactored analysis : Scalar are not arrays cleaned
  • Refactored analysis : No net for xml now enforces class too
  • Refactored analysis : Static for classes now omits static variables
  • Refactored analysis : Incompatibility signature now omits __construct
  • Refactored analysis : Unreachable code
  • New analysis : collect all calls from methods to methods
  • New analysis : set fullnspath to method calls
  • New analysis : report variables with an initial capital S (readability)
  • New analysis : type dodging in parameter with union type

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed bug with related to readonly position
  • Fixed bug where define was not correctly set with fullnspath
  • Fixed priorities for print and yield
  • Added support for DNF in the engine
  • Added definition with static calls, within a class
  • Added support for methods and properties with static calls to parent:
  • Refactored handling of scope with $this and self/static
  • Created a Precedence class for each version
  • Refactored calculations for currentMethods in external class
  • Migrating from Method to readsStubs (WIP)
  • Handled edge cases in Yield (yield yield)
  • Removed link between bool and int values when loading (edge case of numeric strings)
  • Cleaned Load of GlobalVars array

Version 2.4.9 (Wang Gui, 2022-09-07)

• Analysis

  • Refactored analysis : Uses Default now supports PDFF and functions
  • Refactored analysis : Using PDFF with ext/seaslog and ext/memcache
  • Removed analysis : ext/wikidiff2, ext/wincache, ext/iis, ext/libevent, ext/mhash, ext/parsekit, ext/kdm5
  • New analysis : date() versus DatetTime preferences.
  • New analysis : identify unused public methods
  • Refactored analysis : Detecting wrong visibility with implemented methods was sped up
  • Removed analysis : Interface/ConcreteVisibility, double with Classes/ImplementedMethodsArePublic
  • New analysis : identify potential abstract methods
  • Refactored analysis : Upgraded ‘Wrong Type With Call’ to use the known variable types
  • Refactored analysis : No Parent now takes traits into account.
  • Refactored analysis : Should Have Destructor : removed some false positives, refactored documentation.
  • Refactored analysis : No Parent now also checks for traits
  • Refactored analysis : Uses default argument skips Virtualproperties
  • New analysis : Complete/SolveTraitConstants adds support for constants in traits (PHP 8.2)
  • Refactored analysis : Complete/SetParentDefinition was trimmed of 2 useless queries
  • Refactored analysis : PPP declaration style
  • Refactored analysis : Is Global Constant (removed usage of .ini)
  • Refactored analysis : Overwritten* are simplified for speed up and deduplication
  • Refactored analysis : UndefinedClasses speed up
  • Refactored analysis : Should Preprocess now adds Heredocs and skips variables inside strings
  • Refactored analysis : Should use Ternary now skips elsif
  • Refactored analysis : ext/fann now use pdff

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for PHP keywords in namespace names.

Version 2.4.8 (Xue Rengui, 2022-08-24)

• Architecture

• Cobbler

• Report

• Analysis

  • Refactored analysis : strange names now covers types too.
  • Removed analysis : ext/proctitle, Composer/IsComposerName, ext/cyrus
  • Removed analysis : Composer/IsComposerInterface,
  • Refactored analysis : VariableTypehint now skips self-transforming variables in default
  • Refactored analysis : ErrorMessages now also tracks trigger_error()
  • New analysis : ext/teds, ext/scrypt, ext/geospatial
  • Refactored analysis with pdff : ext/crypto, ext/ev, ext/enchant
  • Refactored analysis : refactored ‘could use short assignation’
  • Removed analysis : ext/ereg, ext/async
  • Refactored analysis : undefined class constants are also looked in the children classes
  • Refactored analysis : vendor/symfony and vendor/phalcon
  • Refactored analysis : Unused Methods now handles foreach() with new()
  • New analysis : vendor/feast framework
  • Checked unit tests : 4480 / 4450 test pass (99.3% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed detection of constant in ternary/coalesce
  • Finish adding types

Version 2.4.7 (Xu Jingzong, 2022-08-03)

• Architecture

• Cobbler

  • New cobbler : remove brackets to single-instruction commands

• Report

  • New inventory : IP

• Analysis

  • Refactored analysis : Could Use Array_sum()
  • Refactored analysis : Wrong Attribute with properties
  • Refactored analysis : implode Args order now support types
  • Refactored analysis : fopen mode does accept rw
  • Refactored analysis : references on objects (full refactor)
  • New analysis : finding empty arrays with comparisons
  • New analysis : using strict with in_array or not
  • New analysis : no default for referenced parameter
  • New analysis : No clone constant before PHP 8.1
  • New analysis : Complete enum cases with definition to value and name
  • Refactored analysis : better handling of clone in Variable Typehint
  • Refactored analysis : cleaned some false positives with Undefined Properties
  • Refactored analysis : Unresolved use now uses stubs; upgrade in function/const coverage
  • Removed analysis : ext/recode, ext/runkit, ext/ming
  • Refactored analysis : Better coverage for 1 + []
  • Refactored analysis : Difference preference has gremlin upgraded
  • New analysis : Ext/random (PHP 8.2)
  • New analysis : IP inventory
  • Refactored analysis : JsonSerialize and ReturnTypeWIllChange cover new methods

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for -> out of Enum cases (with name and value)
  • Added new classes from PHP 8.2
  • Fixed missing fullnspath for attributes with absolute path
  • Added all attributes to properties

Version 2.4.6 (Li Yuanji, 2022-07-20)

• Architecture

  • Skip loading of WS property when only doing an audit (speed up loading)
  • Finished moved to Gremlin 3.6

• Cobbler

  • New cobbler : adds brackets to single-instruction commands

• Report

  • Ambassador : refactored trait matrix

• Analysis

  • Refactored analysis : Wrong Type Hint with First Class Callable
  • New analysis : PHP 8.2 new functions
  • Refactored analysis : Useless Cast takes advantages of const types

• Tokenizer

  • Typed all internal atoms
  • Added types to internal loading engine

Version 2.4.5 (Li Yuanji, 2022-07-07)

• Architecture

  • Docs : fixed presentation for cobblers

• Cobbler

  • New cobbler : remove abstract option

• Report

• Analysis

  • Refactored analysis : No Pss Outside Class also checks for static closures
  • New analysis : Report errors in sprintf() formats
  • New analysis : Report methods and properties with the same name in a class
  • New analysis : Report invalid chars in date scanning formats
  • Refactored analysis : Useless Coalesce applied to PHP native methods
  • New analysis : Report Abstract Private methods in traits (php 8.0-)
  • Refactored analysis : Dynamic New now also works on parenthesis
  • New analysis : Report Utf8_encode() and utf8_decode() deprecation
  • Refactored analysis : Create Default Values checks on self-transforming variables
  • Refactored analysis : Missing Typehint skips constructor and destructor
  • Refactored analysis : Useless constructor skip one that has other constructor calling it
  • New analysis : Some Magic methods have compulsory return types
  • Refactored analysis : Overwritten const is extended to classes without constants (but in their parent or interfaces)
  • Refactored analysis : Nested ternaries now checks assignations, New parameter to set the min depth
  • Refactored analysis : Instantiating Abstract now uses PDFF
  • Refactored analysis : $this may be OK in closures (they can be rebinded later)
  • Refactored analysis : Adding ‘Void’ returntype when possible
  • Refactored analysis : Don’t Collect Void was upgraded with methods returning nothing.
  • Refactored analysis : Identical Expressions, now checks = and omits short assignations
  • New analysis : If Then Return Favorite
  • Refactored analysis : Useless Casting checks % distinctly
  • Refactored analysis : Add Zero skips variables more often
  • New analysis : Could Be Resource
  • New analysis : DateTime Immutable is not immutable

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed namespace’s names dectection for older PHP versions
  • Fixed Functioncall detection inside a new operator.

Version 2.4.4 (Li Jiancheng, 2022-06-23)

• Architecture

  • Upgraded to Gremlin 3.6.0 (tinkergraph)
  • Prepared engine to work with GSneo4j 3.6.0

• Cobbler

  • New cobbler : turn ${a} into {$a} for PHP 8.2 compatibility
  • Refactored cobbler : Adds null type to nullable parameters

• Report

• Analysis

  • Refactored analysis : Non nullable setter skip properties set in constructor
  • Removed analysis : ext/ffmpeg, ext/fdf, ext/xcache, ext/yis, ext/cairo
  • Refactored analysis : ext/rdkafka, ext/zookeeper now uses PDFF
  • Refactored analysis : Should Preprocess, now include local constant strings
  • Refactored analysis : Undefined Interface, now not reporting extra Types
  • New analysis : retyped reference, when a parameter with a type, eventually get a new type
  • Refactored analysis : Static methods called from object, modernization
  • Refactored analysis : New Analyzers, omits local defaults values
  • Refactored analysis : Access Protected now takes into account PDFF
  • Refactored analysis : Null type detection includes null defaut value for parameters.
  • New analysis : Report type error for default values
  • Refactored analysis : ‘ds’, ‘ssh2’ were upgraded to PDFF
  • Checked unit tests : 4373 / 4349 test pass (99.5% pass)
  • New analysis : Ice framework
  • New analysis : taint

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed ‘constant’ bug with functioncall on a nsname
  • Upgraded Typehint detection to handle clone() calls
  • Upgraded Typehint inference for properties and variables

Version 2.4.3 (Emperor Gaozu of Tang, 2022-06-02)

• Architecture

  • Doctor failed to copy the tinkergraph configuration files
  • Removed old connector GSneo4j/Tinkergraph
  • Refactored starting/emptying of gremlin database
  • Testing on PHP 8.2

• Cobbler

  • Added suggestions when the -P is not found
  • New cobbler : add Final to classes
  • New cobbler : removes Final from classes
  • Upgraded cobbler : removes Readonly from classes

• Report

  • Ambassador, Emissary, Diplomat : removed link to the source code.
  • Ambassador, Emissary, Diplomat : fixed link to online documentation

• Analysis

  • Fixed analysis : Undefined Classes and Trait where affected by the recent Complete/Returntyping
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Variables Used Once’ not omit inherited parameters.
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Functions without return’ not skip methods with Never and methods that throw in the main sequence.
  • New analysis : ‘Parent is not Static’, but rather self
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Use This’
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Extension/Extxhprof’ to PDFF
  • Refactored analysis : Removing usage of methods, moving to PDFF
  • New analysis : ‘No magic method for Enums’
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Multiple Identical Keys’ now also processes automated index
  • New analysis : ‘Modifying Readonly’ (WIP)
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Could use short assignation’ skips usage of ??
  • New analysis : ‘Readonly Can only be assigned in defining class’
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Runkit7’ was upgraded to PDFF
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Gnupg’ was upgraded to PDFF
  • Refactored analysis : ‘xdiff’ was upgraded to PDFF
  • Refactored analysis : ‘event’ was upgraded to PDFF
  • New analysis : ext/stomp, ext/csv
  • New analysis : Suggestion making the default assignation in property definition
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Redefined private properties’ now covers PDFF too
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Failing Stubstr Comparison’ now accepts != <>
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Insufficient typehint’ extended with class constants
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Unused constant’ takes advantage of hierarchy
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Useless Abstract’ extended to include single extended classes
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Mismatched Default Value’ now omits parameters without default value
  • New analysis : method is identity
  • New analysis : report overloaded existing names in use, from PDFF
  • New analysis : collect incoming date inventory
  • New analysis : collect vendor’s API usage
  • New analysis : report Array addition usage
  • Checked unit tests : 4373 / 4349 test pass (99.5% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for PHP 8.2 readonly classes
  • Fixed bug that made VariableTypehint automatically isPHP

Version 2.4.2 (Li Chunfeng, 2022-05-18)

• Analysis

  • Refactored analysis : ‘Raised access Level’ now supports PDFF files
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Cant Extends Final’ also Works with anonymous classes
  • New analysis : Report ‘Lowered access levels’
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Final methods’ extended to traits
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Overwritten Methods’ fixed bug with Traits
  • New analysis : ‘Cant extends Final Methods’
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Cant extends Final Constants’ with PDFF support
  • New analysis : ‘Extension Excimer’
  • New analysis : ‘Report implicit float to int conversions’
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Is always false’ is extended to typed properties
  • New analysis : ‘Report inegalities with different types’
  • New analysis : Report traits used once
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Is Not Implements’ now supports PDFF; support for trait added.
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Wrong name with paramter’ : added support for PDFF
  • Fixed analysis : ‘Overwritten Methods’ skipped some interfaces
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Fossilized methods’ was counting methods that are defined with Virtualmethod
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Fix bug’ when missing fqn in New for Classes/WrongTypedPropertyInit
  • New analysis : Report unknown locales.
  • New analysis : ext/pkcs11
  • New analysis : ext/spx
  • Checked unit tests : 4314 / 4317 test pass (99% pass)
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Basename suffix’ detection extended

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed bug with float and power
  • Fixed bug in global variable creation
  • Create all possible links to static keyword
  • Speed up creation of links to $GLOBALS

Version 2.4.1 (Yuan Tiangang, 2022-05-04)

• Architecture

  • New Dump : collect all stub’s structures

• Report

  • Sarif : Fixed URI (no initial /) and Exakat version
  • Unused : report unused stuff in the code
  • Ambassador : upgrade presentation of the Exception Treephp

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Deprecated String interpolation in PHP 8.2
  • Refactored analysis : Spaceship features is used for isRead property
  • Refactored analysis : Skip analysis of returntypes for methods with throw/assert/trigger_error()
  • New analysis : Report unused Enumeration Cases
  • Refactored analysis : Can’t instantiate class now takes local class into account
  • Refactored analysis : Many new examples extracted from the docs
  • Refactored analysis : fixed bug with ‘Wrong Type With Call’
  • Refactored analysis : Conditional structures now includes Enums too.
  • New analysis : Don’t throw raw exceptions
  • New analysis : Useless Coalesce operator (when there is a type available)
  • New analysis : ext/yar
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Wrong number of argument’ now includes methods defined in a trait in a PDFF
  • Refactored analysis : moved ext/amqp to PDFF

Version 2.4.0 (Yin Kaishan, 2022-04-20)

• Report

  • Ambassador : suggest literals to be turned into a constant, based on assignation and comparison

• Analysis

  • Refactored analysis : ‘Classes/WrongCase’ reported too many arguments
  • New analysis : No constructor in interfaces
  • Refactored analysis : Bail Out Early also report if/then when in last position of an sequence
  • Refactored analysis : Useless Casting also checks for double application of typehint/cast
  • New analysis : Could Be A constant (in Dump)
  • New analysis : Could Be Spaceship
  • Refactored analysis : Vendors/Concrete5 is updated to Concrete5 v9.0
  • New analysis : Vendors Sylius
  • Refactored analysis : Vendors/Joomla is updated to Joomla 4.2.0
  • Refactored analysis : Wrong Number Of Arguments supports Constructors and methods (static and normal)

Version 2.3.9 (Fu Yi, 2022-04-06)

• Architecture

  • Changed Loading system to handle globals directly with gremlin, and without ids

• Cobbler

  • New cobbler : adds ‘function array_key_exists’ to the list of use statements to speed up array_key_exists.

• Analysis

  • Refactored analysis : Fixed bug with ‘each’ and namespaces in Php/Deprecated
  • Refactored analysis : Next Month Trap was updated with support for datetime (Immutable)
  • Refactored analysis : TimeStamp Differences now covers any seconds additions. Datetime::format(‘U’) was also added to sources.
  • New analysis : Avoid using 86400 to handle days when calculating dates.
  • New analysis : Do not reuse the source name in a foreach($a as $a)
  • New analysis : Use constants when the function returns them
  • Updated analysis : New constants for ‘Use Constants As Arguments’
  • Refactored analysis : many Extensions/Ext* are moving to pdff support
  • Refactored analysis : speedup Should Preprocess analysis
  • Refactored analysis : Modernized Overwritten class constants
  • New analysis : Report overwritten final constants from PDFF
  • Refactored analysis : Moving Extensions/Ext* to PDFF
  • Refactored analysis : Repeated Regex
  • New analysis : Report string / integer comparison for PHP 8.0 migration
  • Refactored analysis : Defined Class Constants differentiate from Enumeration cases
  • New analysis : Complete functions with obvious typehints
  • New analysis : Extension protobuf
  • Refactored analysis : Upgraded Property analysis to use PDFF
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Multiple identical keys’ now has an array size limit (15000)
  • New analysis : Constant favorite : use or not?
  • Refactored analysis : Upgraded ‘Unresolved classes’ with Pdff support

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed isPhp/isExt/isStub detection for catch classes

Version 2.3.8 (Xiao Yu, 2022-03-23)

• Architecture

  • Speed up gremlin queries

• Report

  • Pdff : added support for hasDefault in properties and parameters

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report type of string introspection used in the code, as a favorite
  • New analysis : Report functions to be of type ‘never’.
  • Refactored analysis : Variables used once by context, now omits Blind variables
  • Refactored analysis : Redeclared PHP functions works with PHP 8.1’s functions
  • Refactored analysis : Modern Empty
  • Refactored analysis : Deprecated Functions
  • Refactored analysis : Removed usage of IsExtInterface in UndefinedClasses
  • Refactored analysis : Suggesting static class names over objects takes into account the nature of the typehint available.
  • Refactored analysis : Using PDFF with ext/gender, ext/decimal, ext/xxtea, ext/mailparse, ext/uuid.
  • Refactored analysis : Using PDFF with ext/xmlreader, ext/writer, ext/mongodb, ext/gd, ext/dom
  • Refactored analysis : Class Usage rule now skips Interfaces in Implements
  • Removed analysis : Modules/*
  • Removed analysis : Extensions/Extzbarcode

Version 2.3.7 (Xiao Yu, 2022-03-09)

• Architecture

  • Fixed all internal step’s case

• Report

  • New report : PerRule (same as PerFile, but grouped by rules)
  • New report : CompatibilityPHP56 (based on Perfile, dedicated to Compatibility PHP 5.6)
  • Updated report : Ambassador now lists @keywords in phpdocs (inventories)
  • Updated report : Manual includes sections for namespaces, and global constants

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Use variables when they are created inside a loop
  • New analysis : Simplify Foreach()
  • New analysis : Identical Conditions on If-elseif
  • Refactored analysis : Undefined Instanceof now relies on isPhp/isExt/IsStub
  • Refactored analysis : First byte only, now uses variable typehints
  • Refactored analysis : Dont loop on yield
  • Refactored analysis : Interfaces suggestion now accepts php/ext/stubs configuration
  • Refactored analysis : Static calls to traits exclude self, parent, static
  • Refactored analysis : Don’t read and write at the same time : Extended to all containers, removed edge cases
  • Refactored analysis : Undefined interfaces takes Variable Typehint into account
  • Refactored analysis : Incompatible Method signature
  • Refactored analysis : Unfinished objects now checks called internal methods
  • Refactored analysis : Better coverage for Class Constants
  • Refactored analysis : Insufficient typehint skips properties without a type

• Tokenizer

  • Extended support for Variable typehints

Version 2.3.6 (Qin Qiong, 2022-02-16)

• Architecture

• Cobbler

  • Refactored cobbler : ‘SetTypehint’ checks more before adding a class typehint

• Report

  • Ambassador : added the list of extended dependencies as an audit report
  • Diplomat : removed 4 rules from Analyze (Classes/Redefined*)

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Too Many Stringed If-then-elsif
  • New analysis : Undefined Enumeration case
  • New analysis : Unfinished objects
  • New analysis : Class Alias usage
  • New analysis : Undefined Methods
  • New analysis : Suggest array_sum(), from the code
  • New analysis : Missing type on any structure (method, parameter, property)
  • New analysis : Spot unreachable methods
  • New analysis : Public Reach lists the paths from public methods to private ones.
  • New analysis : Avoid Static calls on objects when possible
  • Deprecated analysis : Is Php Function
  • Refactored analysis : Removed usage of IsExtFunction analysis
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Could Be array’ relies on … too
  • Refactored analysis : ‘No need for else’ now skips elseif
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Undefined constants, functions, traits, interfaces, classes{const, static P/M}’ now leverages the stubs
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Insufficient typehint’ checks for union types
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Used Once Properties’ now omits classes that have dynamic properties
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Unused class constants’
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Reuse variable’ has a narrower focus, and takes scope into account.
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Weak Type’ Extended analysis to typed containers
  • Refactored analysis : Definitions stats now break down to isPHP/isStub/isExt
  • Refactored analysis : Isset() calls with more complex expressions
  • Bug: fixed PHp/MixedKeyword in analyzer database
  • Checked unit tests : 4123 / 4132 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Refactored Foreach variable detection
  • Fixed constant detection in deep namespaces
  • Restored Stubs from configuration and commandline
  • Added fullnspath to static properties
  • Added Complete/Is*Structure, to finish marking atoms with isPhp, isStub
  • Deprecating Composer/IsComposerNsname
  • Fixed bug with class_alias
  • Added Not to guess list
  • Fixed bug in engine with comments at the end of scripts.

Version 2.3.5 (Yuchi Gong, 2022-02-02)

• Architecture

  • ‘Complete’ ruleset will run the configured rulesets that are not already run

• Cobbler

  • New cobbler : removes readonly option on properties
  • New cobbler : removes useless variables

• Report

  • Ambassador : added counts with the actual sizes of the classes (constants, properties, methods)
  • Ambassador : Fixed display of compatibility features
  • Uml : Report number of classes exported

• Analysis

  • New analysis : List all external dependencies extensions
  • New analysis : report recycling of foreach() sources
  • New analysis : report usage of readonly
  • New analysis : Suggest updating if-then to ternary operator
  • New analysis : Report multiple similar calls in a row
  • New analysis : Suggest using FILE_APPEND with file_put_contents()
  • New analysis : Report missing visibilities
  • New analysis : Identify literal that may actually be existing constants.
  • Fixed analysis : Cancelled parameter shall take ??= into consideration
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Cannot use static with closure’ analysis is extended to properties
  • Refactored analysis : Upgraded detection of variable modified by a reference in a PHP or custom function/methodcall.
  • Refactored analysis : Fixed bug with ‘This is for class’ where typehint where not correctly seen inside a class.
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Insufficient typehint’ was upgraded with class constants checks
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Undefined class’ skips ? as a class
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Static loops’ now takes into account modifications in the conditions
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Complex expressions’ omits match
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Cache variable outside loop’ fixed bug with function names and new expressions
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Logical mistakes’ now checks for constants on the rest of the comparison
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Cant instantiate class’ now takes into account self/static
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Should use self’ also reports self opportunities in new expression.
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Written only’ fixed a bug with propperties
  • Refactored analysis : ‘No choice’ also spots ?: null and ?? null
  • Refactored analysis : Written Only Variable now takes into account references in parameters
  • Refactored analysis : Classes’s strange names covers methods, properties and classes.
  • Refactored analysis : Caught but never thrown exceptions have an updated list of exception
  • Refactored analysis : Unresolved Catch uses updated PHP exception/error list
  • Refactored analysis : PHP 8.0 new types now covers mixed and also properties.
  • Refactored analysis : PHP 8.0 union type differentiate between ?A and null|A
  • Refactored analysis : CIT same names was extended to Enumeration

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed boolval for multiplications
  • Fixed spaceship for string and boolean values
  • Added processing to isPhp/isExt/isStub to implemented names

Version 2.3.4 (Yuchi Gong, 2022-01-19)

• Cobbler

  • New cobbler : remove unused use expression
  • Added 4 directives to each rules : namespaces, ignore_dirs, include_dirs and file_extensions. They filter out some of the results.

• Report

  • Composer : upgrade the list of core PHP extensions

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Mark simple getters/setters in classes
  • New analysis : Report unchecked divisions (int and operators)
  • New analysis : report possible abstract constants in classes (which should be defined in a parent)
  • New analysis : report recycled variables
  • Refactored analysis : Upgraded ‘Object references’ with union and intersectional types
  • Refactored analysis : Removed edges cases in ‘Don’t collect void’
  • Refactored analysis : Extension detection now takes into account enums
  • Refactored analysis : Upgraded AlwaysFalse with better typehinting inference
  • Refactored analysis : indentation levels missed several results while reporting
  • Refactored analysis : interfaces, traits and constants were missing for use expression resolution
  • Refactored analysis : Undefined Interfaces now exclude better PHP or ext’s interfaces
  • Refactored analysis : Never Used Parameter confused Void and first argument
  • Refactored analysis : Self were reported as outside a class when in foreach()
  • Refactored analysis : Clone with non-arrays now checks PHP native functions too
  • Refactored analysis : Excluded powers from calculations in IsZero
  • Refactored analysis : Fixed discrepancy between ‘ and ” handling of
  • Extended tests : match without default

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed a bug where static keyword is processed as a simple nsname
  • Fixed a bug where typehints were not marked as isPhp, isExt or isStub
  • Fixed an edge case with array functions inside match() syntax
  • Fixed an edge case with Closures and reference-use variable
  • Fixed an edge case with static inside ternary
  • Fixed yield expression scope
  • Added Table for PHP 8.2 compilations checks
  • Removed extra void with use expression for traits

Version 2.3.3 (Xu Maogong, 2022-01-05)

• Cobbler

  • New Cobbler : removes attributes

• Report

• Analysis

  • New analysis : suggest using ?-> when Null is a possiblity
  • New analysis : Report backward incompatibility with overloaded interface constants
  • New analysis : Mark variables as local constants when only assigned once
  • New analysis : suggest using iterable, based on array|traversable usage
  • New analysis : Report usage of PHP 8.1 intersection typehints
  • Refactored analysis : Hidden Nullable rule now handles intersection types
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Use Nullable’ covers properties too
  • Refactored analysis : ‘Could Be stringable’ is extended to trait usage
  • Refactored analysis : skip static and globals when counting variable usage in methods
  • Refactored analysis : PHP 8.0 Union type detection includes properties
  • Added tests to Complete/Overloaded* (CPM)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed a bug with Ternary and constants

Version 2.3.2 (Wei Zheng, 2021-12-16)

• Cobbler

  • New cobbler : removes a method

• Report

• Analysis

  • New analysis : suggest ::class instead of get_class()
  • New analysis : report when a class extends stdclass (for dynamic properties review)
  • New analysis : Reports when checks are made on the existence of properties
  • Upgraded analysis : Useless Typechecks is upgraded with union and intersectional type checks
  • Upgraded analysis : Reporting invalid access to protected CPM
  • Upgraded analysis : Removed Used Properties with classes with dynamic properties
  • Fixed bug in PropagateConstants

• Tokenizer

  • Added detection of typehints for variables

Version 2.3.1 (Li Shimin, 2021-12-01)

• Cobbler

  • Fixed bug with Settypehint when multiple types are available

• Report

  • New Pdff report : PHP Document File Format

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report promoted properties
  • New analysis : report deprecated PHP 8.2 callable
  • New analysis : report new in initializers
  • New analysis : report nested attributes
  • New analysis : report direct calls to Trait methods and properties
  • New analysis : report auto vivification of false (PHP 8.1)
  • New analysis : report implicit float to integer conversion for arrays
  • Updated analysis : Declare Static and Global early.
  • Updated analysis : No Null For Native now uses typehints
  • Updated analysis : refined No Static variable in method

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed bug with __METHOD__ when it is called outside a method

Version 2.3.0 (Wei, 2021-11-18)

• Architecture

  • Catchup tokens from PHP 5.6 till 7.2
  • Report unknown Rulesets during reports command
  • Extended ‘catalog’ command to list rules too
  • Extended ‘catalog’ command to return YAML format

• Report

  • Added several new analysis to the Rector report
  • Added mixed and never to Appinfo report
  • Ugraded Sarif report with bartlett/sarif-php-sdk

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report the missing mixed returntype for jsonserialize
  • New analysis : report final with constants
  • New analysis : report never usage (typehint)
  • New analysis : report PHP 8.1 typehint incompatibilities
  • New analysis : report PHP 8.0 typehint incompatibilities
  • New analysis : report PHP 8.0 named parameters
  • New analysis : report First Class Callable Syntax
  • New analysis : New Functions in PHP 8.1
  • New analysis : Removed functions in PHP 8.1
  • New analysis : Prepare ‘never’ for PHP 8.1
  • New analysis : Prepare ‘mixed’ for PHP 8.0
  • New analysis : detect mixed and never usage as typehints
  • Upgraded analysis : Wrong Number of arguments also works with new first class callable syntax
  • Upgraded analysis : Typehint stats now includes union and intersection types
  • Upgraded analysis : Removed functions in PHP 8.0

Version 2.2.5 (Wood star, 2021-11-03)

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Calling Trait Static Method directly is deprecated in PHP 8.1
  • New analysis : No reference for returned void
  • New analysis : No Null for PHP native methods
  • Updated analysis : Wrong type for argument now covers classes, union type and intersection types.
  • Updated analysis : Wrong type for argument now covers classes, union type and intersection types.
  • Updated analysis : Unused Private Methods are also detected with array($this, ‘xx’) syntax
  • Checked unit tests : 3821 / 3805 test pass (99% pass)

• Cobblers

  • New cobbler : remove typehints from arguments, returns and properties

Version 2.2.4 (Gold star, 2021-10-21)

• Dataset

  • Updated PHP native dataset with missing classes and typehint.

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report incompatible typehint with native PHP methods in PHP 8.1
  • New analysis : Report Missing Attribute Attribute
  • New analysis : Report full_path index in $_FILES usage
  • Updated analysis : Type detection also include return type from methods

• Cobblers

  • Updated cobbler : Set typehint handles typehint from arguments

• Tokenizer

  • Added more cases for Constant types

Version 2.2.3 (Wu, 2021-10-06)

• Architecture

  • Updated INI files for PHP 8.1

• Data

  • Extended PHP directives lists

• Report

  • New report Migration 8.1

• Analysis

  • New analysis : PHP 8.1 removed directives
  • New analysis : PHP 8.1 removed constants
  • New analysis : Wrong named parameter for PHP native function
  • New analysis : Report duplicate named arguments
  • New analysis : htmlentities (and co) default 2nd argument
  • Updated analysis : Scalars are not arrays. Extemded with type support.

• Tokenizer

  • Support for callable strlen(…)
  • Test for new syntax for octal 0o123

Version 2.2.2 (Si, 2021-09-22)

• Architecture

  • Refactored documentation

• Report

  • Added support for PHP 8.1 compatiblity

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Restrict $GLOBALS usage
  • New analysis : No object as array’s index
  • New analysis : Overreaching classes (PHP feature)
  • New analysis : Report Enum usage
  • Updated analysis : Typehints/* got new Unit Tests
  • Updated analysis : Explode optimisation

• Tokenizer

  • Reduced the number of DEFAULT creation for properties
  • Added support for new PHP 8.1 syntax (Enum )

Version 2.2.1 (Chen, 2020-11-20)

• Architecture

  • Export : WIP of exporting PHP code from graph
  • New directives : rules_version_max, rules_version_min, ignore_rules and ignore_namespace

• Report

  • Sarif : Fixed line number that may be null or less
  • Ambassador : Fixed visibility report

• Analysis

  • New analysis : check for match as a keyword
  • New analysis : replace static variable by static properties
  • New analysis : warn about usage of get_object_vars()
  • New analysis : report global and static variables that are declared multiple times
  • Updated analysis : extended Used Classes to abstract classes
  • Updated analysis : wrong number of argument now supports $this()
  • Updated analysis : parse_str last argument doesn’t apply anymore in PHP 8
  • Updated analysis : useless argument now omits parameter with default value
  • Checked unit tests : 3797 / 3800 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed race condition with phpdocs
  • Refactored static and global variables definitions (avoid double definitions)
  • Fixed detection of [] inside a list()
  • Fixed detection of alternative syntax for switch
  • Added use property to usenamespace too (for grouping)

Version 2.2.0 (Mao, 2020-10-15)

• Architecture

  • Extended Export command to produce PHP scripts from the graph database
  • Added more typehints
  • Added new command ‘onefile’
  • Sped up database restart with id reset
  • Updated list of functions for several extensions. Started adding methods, class constants..

• Report

  • Ambassador : updated popularities
  • Ambassador : added missing PHP 8.0 ruleset

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report arguments and properties whose name clashes with the typehint
  • New analysis : report long preparation before throw command
  • New analysis : missing __isset() method
  • New analysis : suggest array_keys() for array_search in loops
  • New analysis : array_map() complains with values by reference
  • New analysis : report final private properties
  • New analysis : report misnamed constant/variable
  • New analysis : check for attribute configuration (PHP 8.0)
  • New analysis : suggest dropping variable in catch clause
  • New analysis : report resources that should not be tested with is_resource (PHP 8.0)
  • New analysis : check for named arguments and variadic
  • Updated analysis : wrong number of argument now supports $this()
  • Updated analysis : redefined private property uses OVERWRITE
  • Updated analysis : refactored UndefinedFunctions for speed
  • Updated analysis : array_map() complains with values by reference
  • Updated analysis : removed false positives on properties in strings
  • Updated analysis : unsupported types with operators skips cast values
  • Updated analysis : cancelled parameters are also for array_map/array_walk
  • Updated analysis : variable variable skips variables inside strings
  • Updated analysis : removed functions are not reported when in if/then with function_exists()
  • Updated analysis : wrong optional parameter fixed false positive with …
  • Updated analysis : extended list of removed directives, functions and constants
  • Removed analysis : RealVariables
  • Checked unit tests : 3761 / 3772 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Added Void to empty default/case
  • Bitoperation added to isRead
  • Fixed list[] in a Foreach
  • Fixed token T_OPEN_DOLLAR_CURLY_BRACKET

Version 2.1.9 (Yin, 2020-10-01)

• Architecture

  • Removed old and unused commands
  • Modernized usage of docker as phpexec
  • New directive php_extensions to managed list of ext

• Report

  • Ambassador : removed 3 gremlins from typehint stats, added scalar types
  • New Migration80 report, dedicated to PHP 8.0 migrations
  • New Stubs.ini report, dedicated to exakat extensions production

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report arguments which are not nullable because of constants.
  • New analysis : could use stringable interface
  • New analysis : suggest explode()’s third argument when applicable
  • New analysis : suggest PHP 8.0 promoted properties
  • New analysis : report arrays with negative index, and auto-indexing
  • New analysis : report unsupported types with operators
  • New analysis : report usage of track_errors directive (PHP 8.0)
  • New analysis : report useless types on __get/__set
  • New analysis : count the number of use expressions in a file
  • New analysis : Avoid modifying typed arguments
  • New analysis : Report Assumptions in the code
  • New analysis : array_fill() usage with objects
  • New analysis : mismatch between parameter name and type
  • Updated analysis : magic methods definitions also find usage for __invoke()
  • Updated analysis : noscream operator usage may have exceptions
  • Updated analysis : identical methods and identical closures
  • Updated data : list of exceptions and their emitters

• Tokenizer

  • Upgraded detection of extensions’ structures, beyond functions

Version 2.1.8 (Chou, 2020-09-18)

• Architecture

  • added ‘–’ options, and kept the ‘-’ options, for migration purposes. (–format and -format are both available)
  • Added support for PHP 8 attributes in dump.sqlite
  • Added ‘precision’ to rule docs.
  • Moved all but one data collection from Dump -collect to Dump/ analysis.

• Report

  • New report : SARIF
  • Typehint suggestion report : Tick classes when they are fully covered
  • Weekly report : fix donuts display.
  • Stubsjson : Added support for PHP attributes
  • Stubs : Added support for PHP attributes

• Analysis

  • New ruleset : CI-Checks
  • New analysis : ‘Multiple declare(strict_types = 1)’
  • New analysis : ‘No more (unset) in PHP 8’
  • New analysis : Cancel methods in parent : when methods should not have been abstracted in parent class.
  • New analysis : ‘$php_errormsg is removed in PHP 8’
  • New analysis : ‘Mismatch Parameter Name’ checks parameter names between inherited methods for consistency
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Useless Arguments’ is accelerated
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Don’t use Void’ weeded out false positives
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Wrong type for native calls’ weeded out false positives
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Non static methods called statically’ was refactored for PHP 8.0 support
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘PHP Keywords’ includes ‘match’
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Useless instruction’ reports ‘$a ?? null’ as useless.
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Uncaught exceptions’ is extended to local variables
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Foreach favorites’ also covers the keys
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Should Preprocess’ skips expressions with constants
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Compare Hashes’ has more functions covered
  • Removed analysis : ‘Normal Properties’ : no need anymore.

• Tokenizer

  • Moved isPhp attribute to Task/Load plugin
  • Created isExt attribute to Task/Load plugin

Version 2.1.7 (zi, 2020-09-07)

• Architecture

  • Refactored loading class, to keep query load at optimal size for Gremlin
  • GC during load to free memory
  • More typehints
  • Move several collections to Dump/ ruleset

• Report

  • Upgraded Typesuggestion report with report on closures and arrow functions
  • Added Arrowfunctions in inventories
  • Added collection of arguments and details for closures and arrowfunctions

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Could Be In Parent : suggest methods that should be defined in a parent
  • New analysis : Don’t pollute namespace
  • New analysis : report insufficient return typehints
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Method signature must be compatible’ now PHP 8.0 compatible
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Wrong type with native function’ fixes false positives
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Same condition’ added coverage for || conditions
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Missing returntype’ extended to class typehints
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Should Use This’ also covers special functions like get_class_called()
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘No concat in loop’ skips nested loops
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Always false’ covers typehint usage
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘NoChoice’ doesn’t report large expressions
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Dont mix PlusPlus’ skip () and =
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Fallthrough’ don’t report final cases without break
  • Checked unit tests : 3663 / 3630 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Removed ‘root’ property
  • Upgraded to new Attributes #[] in detection and normalisation
  • Fixed constant detection within instanceof
  • Created RETURN and RETURNED for Arrowfunctions (there is no return otherwise)
  • Parent method also calls children methods when those are not defined there
  • Support for multiple attributes in one syntax

Version 2.1.6 (Night Patrol Deity, 2020-08-28)

• Architecture

  • More typehints coverage
  • Various speed-up
  • Lighter logging with gremlin
  • Fixed installation path

• Report

  • Upgraded Typesuggestion report
  • Upgraded Stubs and Stubsjson

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report PHP 8.0 unknown parameters
  • New analysis : overwritten methods with different argument counts
  • New analysis : Warn of iconv and TRANSLIT for portability
  • New analysis : Warn of glob and {} for portability
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Useless check’ covers new situations.
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Abstract away’ now covers new calls.
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Must return Typehint’ skips Void.
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Missing new’ with less false positives
  • Checked unit tests : 3559 / 3630 test pass (98% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Support for Virtualmethod and imports from traits
  • Refactored Usenamespace atom
  • Fixed calculations of fullnspath for static::class
  • Fixed detection of null/true/false in new()
  • Added support for T_BAD_CHARACTER

Version 2.1.5 (Day Patrol Deity, 2020-08-04)

• Architecture

  • Fixed comment size estimation by 1 for T_COMMENT
  • Added more typehints to code

• Report

  • Typehint suggestions : added ticks to fully typed methods
  • Emissary : Extract more information from dump.sqlite, instead of datastore.sqlite
  • Ambassador : Added a list of parameters, defined in the application
  • Ambassador : Added a list of fossilised methods
  • Stubs : Added check around PHP native functions and CIT
  • StubsJson : Added property for PHP native structures

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report insufficient initialisation for array_merge() collector variable
  • New analysis : Report useless triple equals
  • New analysis : Don’t compare typed boolean return values
  • New analysis : Report wrong type used with PHP functions
  • New analysis : Suggest abstracting away some PHP native functions
  • New analysis : Report try block that are too large
  • New analysis : Report variables potentially undefined in catch clause
  • New analysis : Report swapped arguments in methods overwriting
  • Upgraded analysis : InvalidPackFormat speed up
  • Upgraded analysis : Added parameter to Security/ShouldUsePreparedStatement to choose the preparing method
  • Upgraded analysis : Added parameter to Security/HardcodedPasswords to choose the name of properties/index
  • Upgraded analysis : PHP 8.0 new scalar typehint, stringable interface

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for named parameters (PHP 8.0)
  • Trimmed some properties from atoms
  • Removed non-existent atom mentions
  • Added support for Attributes (WIP)
  • Added support for ?->
  • Added support for new T_*_NAME tokens

Version 2.1.4 (Marshal of Heavenly Blessing, 2020-07-23)

• Architecture

  • Added time of last commit in audit results
  • Added more typehints
  • Upgraded PHP native method description with typehints (WIP)

• Report

  • Typehint suggestion report
  • New toplogies : call order,
  • Ambassador : new statistics for typehint usage

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report double assignation of objects
  • New analysis : Typehints/CouldBe*, which makes suggestions for typehints
  • New analysis : Checks for argument type when typehint is present in custom methods
  • Upgraded analysis : Too Many Finds may be configured for threshold and prefix/suffix
  • Upgraded analysis : Typehints stats were extended to properties and multiple typehints
  • Upgraded analysis : Global outside Loop is extended to static variable too
  • Upgraded analysis : ErrorMessages also detect local variable contents
  • Upgraded analysis : Speed up for NullBoolean, Interfaces IsNotImplemented, InvalidPackFormat, arrayIndex, noWeakCrypto
  • Checked unit tests : 3532 / 3496 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Removed ‘aliased’ property in atoms
  • Fixed spotting of PHP native constants, when in Define() structure
  • Fixed loading of false values
  • Added support for the trailing comma in closure’s use expression
  • more handling of phpdocs
  • Null is now reused when it is a default value, as a typehint.
  • Logical was split in two : Logical and Bitoperation
  • Added support for match() {} expression
  • Fixed boolean calculations during Load
  • Removed auto-referencing in DEFAULT calculations

Version 2.1.3 (Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy, 2020-07-02)

• Architecture

  • Removed all usage of datastore in Reports, and only rely on dump.
  • ignore_rules is now case insensitive
  • Moved some of the loading to a separate gremlin call to reduce the size of node load.
  • Fixed the branch option with Git calls.
  • Storing trait’s use expresion’s options.

• Report

  • Ambassador ; New inventory : PHP protocol used (php, phar, glob://…)
  • Stubs and StubsJson, have been tested extensively

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report double assignations of the same object ($a = $b = new C)
  • New analysis : report cyclic references
  • Upgraded analysis : Used Constants edge situations
  • Upgraded analysis : No real comparison : extended analysis to constants
  • Upgraded analysis : extended detection of dynamic method calls to call_user_func*
  • Upgraded analysis : paths are detected with new functions
  • Checked unit tests : 3490 / 3520 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • More phpdoc support (from code to report)
  • Added isPHP to absolute FQN notations

Version 2.1.2 (Mountain Deity, 2020-06-25)

• Architecture

  • Removed files task from initproject.
  • Added ignore_rule directive, to ignore specific rules while running a specific report
  • More documentation (in particular, modifications section)
  • Exakat avoids to return twice the same results (file and line)
  • Sped up some analysis, and added a time limit per analysis
  • Removed double linking for static variables

• Report

  • New reports ; Stubs and StubsJson, which produce the stubs of the audited code (PHP and JSON format) (WIP)
  • New report ; Typehint suggestion (WIP)
  • Ambassador ; offers the configuration for all the rules that spotted issues in the current audit, for reuse in other codes
  • Collect the number of property per class

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report methods that are too much indented on average
  • New analysis : Report possible confusion between a class and an alias
  • New analysis : Report variables that are static and global at the same time
  • New analysis : Report statement with long blocks
  • New analysis : Report phpdoc’s deprecated methods and function calls
  • Upgraded analysis : Dereferencing levels now include () and =
  • Upgraded analysis : Unused Methods now skips classes that calls themselves dynamically
  • Upgraded analysis : No Need Get_class() was refactored
  • Upgraded analysis : Avoid Optional Properties was refactored
  • Upgraded analysis : Variable inconsistent Usage was extended with more reach
  • Upgraded analysis : Indirect Injections was upgraded with better reach with variables
  • Upgraded analysis : Direct Injections was upgraded with include
  • Upgraded analysis : PHP 8.0 new scalar typehint, stringable interface
  • Upgraded analysis : Mismatch Type and default now avoids undefined constants
  • Upgraded analysis : Wrong Optional Parameter is upgraded for PHP 8.0
  • Upgraded analysis : Indentation level was refactored
  • Checked unit tests : 3480 / 3510 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Upgraded detection of PHP native constants, when they are in absolute notation
  • Dump task stores use expressions’ options, plus minor fixes
  • Added support for Attributes (PHP 8.0)
  • Added support for Union types (PHP 8.0)
  • AtomIs step (WITH_VARIABLE) was extended with local variables
  • DEFAULT doesn’t point anymore on auto-updated values
  • Extended support for phpdoc in the code
  • Added support for promoted properties (PHP 8.0)

Version 2.1.1 (Earth Deity, 2020-06-01)

• Architecture

  • Using timeLimit() to prevent Gremlin from running too deep in the rabbit hole
  • Added Neo4j Graphson V3 Graph driver
  • Moved ‘Dump’ rules to a specific Ruleset for easier administration
  • Propagated the upgrade to PHP 8.0 union types to three more rules
  • Fixed access to the list of ignored files
  • Added support for explicit stub files
  • Fixed multiple calls to Dump (better reentrant)

• Report

  • New report : Meters, which holds measures for the audited code.
  • Ambassador : inventory of OpenSSL ciphers

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report unused traits
  • New analysis : Report chmod 777 system calls
  • New analysis : Check for keylength when generated by PHP
  • New analysis : Report methods with prefix/suffix and expected typehint
  • New analysis : Mark classes when they call dynamically their own methods
  • New analysis : Check for constants hidden in variable names ${X} != $X;
  • New analysis : Throw will be an expression in PHP 8.0
  • Upgraded analysis : Dangling operator now checks for loops too
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Variables used once’ now skips variable definitions
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Access Private’ takes into account dynamic classes
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Could Centralize’ now uses a custom threshold. Default is 8 usage of an expression to centralize.
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Return true/false’ checks that they are alone in the blocks
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Unreachable code’ checks on constants values before reporting the next expression
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Magic methods’ are case insensitive
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘No Hardcoded passwords’ has new functions that require a password
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Unused methods’ are omitted for dynamically called methods and overwritten methods
  • Upgraded analysis : Insufficient Property Typehint also works for untyped properties
  • Upgraded analysis : PHP 8.0 new scalar typehint, stringable interface
  • Checked unit tests : 3383 / 3444 test pass (98% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Arguments with null as default values, automatically are nullable
  • Intval is also an integer for logical operations
  • Default Values now omits recursives assignations
  • Fixed fullnspath for PHP short tags
  • Added link between new command and constructor of anonymous classes.

Version 2.1.0 (City God, 2020-05-13)

• Architecture

  • results stored in HashResults are now testable
  • Moved all query methods to Query/DSL namespace, from Analyzer class

• Report

  • New report : ClassReview, with focus on classes structures
  • New report : Typechecks, with focus on type hint usage
  • Ambassador : Added typehint stats section
  • Ambassador : fixed display of classes name in classes tree
  • Ambassador : some missing sections have been rehabilitated

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Trailing comma in signature (PHP 8.0)
  • New analysis : Hidden nullable types
  • New analysis : Not implemented abstract methods
  • New analysis : Report confusion between variables and arguments with arrow functions
  • Upgraded analysis : No literal for reference was extended
  • Upgraded analysis : Add zero is extended to constants
  • Upgraded analysis : This is for classes is now valid with arrow functions
  • Upgraded analysis : Useless arguments takes also into account constants
  • Upgraded analysis : Wrong Type With Call supports variadic arguments
  • Upgraded analysis : Extension constants now support fully qualified names
  • Upgraded analysis : Bad Typehint relay is compatible with union types
  • Upgraded analysis : Multiple Identical Cases now handles constants too
  • Checked unit tests : 3437 / 3477 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Restored ‘List’ atom
  • Interface methods are now ‘abstract’ by default
  • Added ‘array’ typehint for variadic arguments
  • Distinguish between argument and local variable in fn functions
  • Removed nullable property
  • propagate calls now propagates closures and arrow functions
  • Added support for union types (PHP 8.0)
  • Check all error messages from php, not just the first ones

Version 2.0.9 (Jialan, 2020-04-30)

• Architecture

  • Added option in TU for analysis that won’t fill the result table.
  • Reduced the number of duplicate links in the graph
  • Upgraded tokens for PHP 8.0.

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Don’t collect void
  • New analysis : Wrongly inited properties
  • New analysis : Not inited properties
  • Upgraded analysis : PHP 8.0 removed functions
  • Upgraded analysis : Useless instructions also include global/static variables
  • Upgraded analysis : Bad Relay Function now works with return types and property types
  • Upgraded analysis : ‘Scalar or object properties’ are upgraded with static calls
  • Removed analysis : Classes and Arrays IsRead and IsModified. Use properties now.
  • Checked unit tests : 3347 / 3420 test pass (97% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed edge case for xor, with intval
  • Refactored multiple calculation for cast values
  • Added support for links between constants and use expressions
  • Linked classes with calls, when using use expression

Version 2.0.8 (Ao Run, 2020-04-20)

• Architecture

  • Added new information in dump.sqlite, to make report autonomous

• Analysis

  • Upgraded analysis : Paths are also recognized with constants, and more functions
  • Upgraded analysis : Should Use single Quotes
  • Checked unit tests : 3328 / 3398 test pass (97% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed detection of PHP constants

Version 2.0.7 (Ao Shun, 2020-04-14)

• Architecture

  • Adopted strict_types
  • Removed ctype1 attribute
  • Moved linting into separate processes
  • Refactored analysis to export to dump via SQL
  • Added ‘None’ ruleset to Dump task

• Report

  • Ambassador : Added Constant’s order report
  • None : Added support for No report

• Analysis

  • Upgraded analysis : Undefined class constants
  • Upgraded analysis : Undefined global constants
  • Upgraded analysis : Undefined property
  • Checked unit tests : 3347 / 3420 test pass (97% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Support PHP 8.0’s tokens
  • Added support for multiple typehint in the engine
  • Fixed edge case for boolean type casting

Version 2.0.6 (Ao Qin, 2020-03-04)

• Architecture

  • Refactored analysis types for first UT
  • Moving to PHP 7.4 by default

• Report

  • Rector : added more coverage
  • All : better display of typed properties

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Semantic names of arguments
  • New analysis : !$a == $b
  • New prototype : possibles interfaces
  • Upgraded analysis : Overwritten literals now skips .=
  • Upgraded analysis : Scalar or object handles return type
  • Checked unit tests : 3322 / 3420 test pass (97% pass)

Version 2.0.5 (Ao Guang, 2019-11-25)

• Architecture

  • Fixed access to severity and timetofix from compiled extension

• Report

  • Ambassador : Fixed links to documentation

• Analysis

  • Upgraded analysis : Mismatched Type and Default now omit undefined constants
  • Checked unit tests : 3366 / 3402 test pass (99% pass)

Version 2.0.4 (Army Defeating Star of Heaven’s Gate, 2019-11-18)

• Architecture

  • Reducing Analyzer’s class method count
  • Moving more collections to Dump/ and Complete/

• Report

  • Rector : added more coverage
  • Ambassador : Skiped analysis are now reported, not with -1
  • Ambassador : Foreach favorites’s graph is displayed
  • Ambassador : Visibility suggestion has full method names

• Analysis

  • Upgraded analysis : Don’t Mix ++ now skips $a[$b++]
  • Upgraded analysis : Type hint stats skips some return values
  • Checked unit tests : 3365 / 3401 test pass (99% pass)

Version 2.0.3 (Military Star of the North Pole, 2019-11-11)

• Architecture

  • Added check on xdebug presence (nesting limit)
  • Moving more collections to Dump/

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Nullable typehint requires a test on NULL
  • New analysis : Typehint that requires too much
  • Upgraded analysis : Printf check on arguments works with ‘.’
  • Upgraded analysis : No magic for arrays skips __get()
  • Upgraded analysis : Const recommended, but not when methods are used
  • Upgraded analysis : Written only variables handles compact()
  • Upgraded analysis : Callbacks need returns, but not for spl_autoload_register()
  • Upgraded analysis : Extended analysis to Concatenation an Heredoc for Email
  • Upgraded analysis : Disconnected classes handles case sensitivity
  • Checked unit tests : 3371 / 3397 test pass (99% pass)

Version 2.0.2 (Danyuan Star of Honesty and Chasity, 2019-11-04)

• Architecture

  • Adding more typehint
  • Created new class to build Dot files
  • Cleaned double examples
  • Dump handles multiple definitions for constants, class, trait, functions.

• Report

  • Added new Topology report
  • Added new Type hint topology sort
  • Stubs : added class constant visibility

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report argument whose name clashes with typehint
  • New analysis : Report properties that are insufficiently typed
  • Moved ‘Inclusions’ to Dump/
  • Added steps to find original and relayed arguments

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed paralellisation bug in Load

Version 2.0.1 (Military Star of the North Pole, 2019-10-28)

• Architecture

  • Added more return type
  • Centralized reading for ini or json

• Report

  • Ambassador: fixed Foreach favorites
  • Ambassador: added sort to number of parameter list
  • Checked unit tests : 3345 / 3377 test pass (99% pass)

• Analysis

  • Upgraded xmlwriter to json

Version 2.0.0 (Civil Star of Mystery and Darkness, 2019-10-21)

• Architecture

  • Manual file/line fixes
  • More simplifcations in load step

• Report

  • Ambassador : fixed performance display
  • Ambassador : report list of shell commands
  • Typehint4all : first report
  • Perfile : fixed sorting

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report possible typehint for bool, int, string, array. WIP
  • Upgraded analysis : common alternatives are extended to switch and elsif
  • Upgraded analysis : xmlreader description includes class constants, properties and methods.
  • Upgraded analysis : callback needs return, is extended to php native functions
  • Checked unit tests : 3345 / 3377 test pass (99% pass)

Version 1.9.9 (Lasting Prosperity Star of True Man, 2019-10-14)

• Architecture

  • Documentation review

• Report

  • New reports : Stubs, Rector
  • Typehint stats
  • Stubs takes into account use expression
  • Added Concrete5 and Typo3 as vendors

• Analysis

  • New analysis : checks on is_a third argument
  • New analysis : Invalid mbstring encodings
  • New analysis : Weird Index in arrays
  • New analysis : Avoid FILTER_SANITIZE_MAGIC_QUOTES
  • New analysis : Don’t forget third argument
  • New analysis : Hard to update methods
  • New analysis : Merge two ifthen into one
  • New analysis : Report wrong type with calls
  • New analysis : Check case for namespaces
  • Updated analysis : Undefined interfaces now includes interfaces extensions
  • Updated analysis : Report more wrong types with return type
  • Updated analysis : Register globals also applied to class
  • Updated analysis : Could Use Try covers more new, functions and static calls
  • Updated analysis : Useless Cast also reports (string) array (always Array)
  • Checked unit tests : 3343 / 3366 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Create default values for foreach
  • Load captures empty files, and omit them
  • Create default values also handles ??=

Version 1.9.8 (Giant Gate Star of Dark Essence, 2019-10-07)

• Architecture

  • Upgraded dump command to handle multiple -P
  • .yaml configuration handles multiple reports
  • Started journey to strict_types
  • Code cleaning

• Report

  • Ambassador : Fixed report of Flexible Docs
  • Ambassador : trimmed delimiters in inventories
  • Inventory : Foreach, with key values

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Wrong case for functions
  • New analysis : Parameter Hiding
  • New analysis : Report usage of Traversable
  • Updated analysis : Undeclared properties skips undefined properties
  • Updated analysis : Useless Interface, modernized query
  • Updated analysis : String Holding Variables now skips default, const, sprintf
  • Updated analysis : Binaries are not confused with hex
  • Updated analysis : Extended ‘Insufficient typehint’ to abstract classes
  • Checked unit tests : 3324 / 3343 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed handling of large powers
  • Added more escaping when storing to SQLITE

Version 1.9.7 (Greedy Wolf Star of Sunlight, 2019-09-30)

• Architecture

  • Added support for analysis reporting missing values in a reference list
  • Fixe batch dumping of results

• Report

  • Ambassador : new inventory : dereferencing levels

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Use PHP Native URL parsing functions
  • New analysis : Maximum dereferencing level
  • New analysis : Use case value in a switch : it was already tested
  • Updated analysis : No class as typehint accepts abstract classes
  • Updated analysis : Create Magic Property reachs out to traits
  • Updated analysis : Security also reports usage of unserialize()
  • Updated analysis : Mistmatched default argument also covers methods
  • Updated analysis : Never used parameter also covers methods
  • Updated analysis : Unused global also cover static variables
  • Updated analysis : Duplicate strings threshold is not 15, not 5.
  • Checked unit tests : 3289 / 3319 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • RETURNTYPE, TYPEHINT, and DEFAUT are not always on, with Void atom, or better.
  • DEFAULT value targets end-values, skips ??, ?:, () and =.
  • Exceptions now reports errors in the Query, not where it is thrown

Version 1.9.6 (Star of Birth, 2019-09-23)

• Architecture

  • Moved new elements to Complete/
  • Moved new elements to Dump/
  • Initial configuration of project now includes analysis parameters with default
  • Added descriptions to Rulesets
  • New command Config : displays current configuration for reuse and editing
  • Upgraded Doctor : support for docker-php, in-code

• Report

  • Ambassador : removed {} on magic property inventory
  • Ambassador : new inventory of network protocols used (udp://, ssh2://…)

• Analysis

  • New analysis : avoid mb_string inside loops
  • New analysis : avoid SSLvx and TLSv1.0
  • New analysis : report duplicate literal in the code, with parameter
  • New analysis : warn about null property
  • New coverage : calls to __call and __callStatic
  • Updated coverage : expressions with parenthesis
  • Updated coverage : default values are now targeting the final value in multiple assignations.
  • Updated analysis : Strange Variable name skips Staticdefinition and its default value
  • Updated analysis : Useless instructions are upgrade with pure functions
  • Updated analysis : Extended Closure2string with Arrowfunctions
  • Updated analysis : Extended ‘Could be local variable’ to traits
  • Updated analysis : Unused Global also covers static variables
  • Checked unit tests : 3279 / 3304 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Updated tokens for PHP 7.4

Version 1.9.5 (Star of Adversity, 2019-09-16)

• Architecture

  • Added count property to Analysis node, stepstone for Diff analysis
  • Added support for ‘optional’ step
  • Added support for ‘interfaces’ as typehint for remote definitions
  • Removed more true/false values
  • Fixed strtolower with mb_strtolower in Dump

• Report

  • Added several PHP error messages
  • Ambassador : added inventory of magic properties
  • Ambassador : added inventory of typehints for methods (WIP)
  • Added support for function/closure/argument arguments
  • Added support for function/closure/argument arguments

• Analysis

  • New analysis : No literal value as referenced argument
  • New analysis : use array_slice or array_splice
  • New analysis : Useless typechecks with Typehint
  • New analysis : Report non-implemented interfaces
  • New analysis : Incompatible Signatures with Self (PHP 7.4+)
  • New analysis : Report wrong expectations from interfaces
  • Upgraded analysis : Excluded __construct and __destruct from Magic Methods
  • Upgraded analysis : Concat and Addition : Now also for bitshift
  • Upgraded analysis : Incompatible Signatures with Self (PHP 7.3)
  • Upgraded analysis : Elseif and Sequences are omitted in Level analysis

• Tokenizer

  • Upgraded support for magic properties

Version 1.9.4 (Star of Benefit, 2019-09-09)

• Architecture

  • Dump avoid storing multiple definition for the same class
  • Added more native return definitions
  • Adding UT for Complete/
  • Dump inventories are being moved to analysis class
  • Moving more Themes => rulesets

• Report

  • Ambassador : Fixed several internal links
  • Ambassador : Displays the levels of nesting in the code
  • Ambassador : Upgraded compatibility report with PHP 7.4
  • New report : Stubs

• Analysis

  • New analysis : PHP 7.4 New Directives
  • New analysis : Too many dimensions with array
  • New analysis : Check concat and coalesce precedence
  • New analysis : Adopt explode() third argument
  • New analysis : Ternary and useless assignation
  • New analysis : Nested ternary without parenthesis
  • New analysis : Spread operator with arrays
  • New analysis : Max level of indentation
  • New analysis : Use Arrowfunctions
  • Upgraded analysis : Clone with non object handles containers
  • Upgraded analysis : Calling non-static methods statically
  • Upgraded analysis : Unresolved Instanceof
  • Upgraded analysis : Array_merge and variadic, extended to isset
  • Checked unit tests : 3234 / 3259 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Last element of list() is not omitted anymore

Version 1.9.3 (Star of Longevity, 2019-09-02)

• Architecture

  • Created new Complete category, with data complement for analysis
  • Refactored constant propagation
  • Made code compatible with PHP 7.4
  • Rename project_themas to project_rulesets
  • Added support of -p with .exakat.yaml

• Report

  • Ambassador : reworked presentation for visibility suggestions

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report covariance and contravariance for compatibility
  • New analysis : no spread operator for hash values
  • New analysis : self-closing tags are omitted by strip_tags
  • New analysis : report Openssl_random_pseudo_byte second argument usage
  • New analysis : CURLPIPE_HTTP1 is obsolete
  • New analysis : removed PHP 7.4 directives
  • New analysis : do not use … with array_merge without checks
  • Updated analysis : added crc32c as hash algorithm
  • Removed analysis : Removed Curly Arrays (double take)
  • Checked unit tests : 3219 / 3240 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Extended OVERWRITE to Interfaces
  • Extended support for class_alias()

Version 1.9.2 (Star of Prosperity, 2019-08-26)

• Architecture

  • Introduced a new set of analysis : Complete
  • Cleaned code for PHP 7.4 usage
  • Refactored Query to skip impossible Gremlin calls
  • Now using Project for project names

• Report

  • New report : classes dependencies (HTML version)
  • New report : files dependencies (HTML and DOT version)
  • Ambassador : datas -> data

• Analysis

  • New analysis : {} are deprecated in PHP 7.4
  • New analysis : Don’t use ENT_IGNORE
  • New analysis : fn is a PHP 7.4 keyword
  • Updated analysis : Functions/UseConstantAsArguments covers also password_hash()
  • Updated analysis : printf arguments now handles positional formatters
  • Checked unit tests : 3172 / 3199 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed precedence for left associativity

Version 1.9.1 (Star of Life, 2019-08-19)

• Architecture

  • Fixed zip as code source

• Report

  • Ambassador : Fixed issues list for Favorites
  • Owasp : switched dashboards

• Analysis

  • Updated analysis : Loop Calling got one extra check
  • Checked unit tests : 3148 / 3187 test pass (99% pass)

Version 1.9.0 (Ming Wenzhang of Jiayin, 2019-07-29)

• Architecture

  • Added missing configuration file for tinkergraph 3.4
  • Upgraded support for running exakat with PHP 7.4

• Analysis

  • New analysis : array_key_exists() now report object usage
  • New analysis : report mb_strrpos 4th argument
  • New analysis : Reflection export are deprecated
  • New analysis : Report classes without parents but with ‘parent’
  • New analysis : Don’t use scalar as arrays
  • New analysis : Report use of PHP 7.4 serialize method
  • Updated analysis : Multiple Identical Keys checks for undefined keys first
  • Updated analysis : Dont be too manual : extended to catch clauses
  • Updated analysis : setcookie detection anchors the keyword at the beginning of the string
  • Updated analysis : Failed Substr comparison now works with constants
  • Updated analysis : Added support for continue 2 and 3
  • Checked unit tests : 3147 / 3186 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for __serialize and __unserialize
  • Added support for numeric literal separator
  • Skip entirely unparsable files

Version 1.8.9 (Meng Feiqing of Jiachen, 2019-07-22)

• Architecture

  • Check on graphdb configuration : default to nogremlin
  • Added support for baseline for project and report
  • Moved more doc to ruleset
  • Check on .git folder for update
  • Added -version option for upgrade command
  • Doctor honors .exakat.yml file

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report useless type of checks
  • New analysis : Disconnected classes
  • New analysis : Avoid using mb_detect_encoding()
  • New analysis : Check that source and blind variables are different in foreach
  • New analysis : ~ or ! favorite
  • Updated analysis : Is Zero omits multiplications
  • Updated analysis : Used Private Property is upgraded
  • Updated analysis : Multiple Identical Keys : refactored
  • Updated analysis : Undefined variables now skips extract, include, eval
  • Checked unit tests : 3147 / 3166 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Refactored support for Foreach : each blind variable is in VALUE
  • Upgraded precedence for ! (not)
  • Propagate constants with assignations
  • Fixed link to $this inside heredoc and co
  • Fixed an edgecase where Static method call was confused with Newcall

Version 1.8.8 (Wei Yuqing of Jiawu, 2019-07-15)

• Architecture

  • Modernized tinkergraph support
  • When pcntl is available, stubs are produced in a child process
  • Removed duplicated methods
  • Exported sequences to helpers
  • More UT libraries are supported
  • Federated BUSYTIMEOUT in constant

• Report

  • Ambassador and all dependend reports were refactored : menu is configurable with Yaml
  • Emissary is the upcoming configurable report.

• Analysis

  • New step : Load data from code
  • New analysis : Variables used for setting aside value temporarily
  • New analysis : Use PHP array_* functions, instead of loops
  • Updated analysis : Unused methods now skips methods from PHP native interfaces (Arrayaccess)
  • Updated analysis : No class for typehint is now omitting PHP and extensions classes
  • Updated analysis : Switch to Switch applies to comparisons now
  • Updated analysis : Close namingg was sped up significantly
  • Updated analysis : array_column() suggestion was refined
  • Updated analysis : Htmlentities parameters also support some parenthesis usage
  • Updated analysis : Constant Scalar Expression only target specified expressions
  • Updated analysis : Static Properties skip Virtual properties
  • Checked unit tests : 3131 / 3155 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Refactored support for Exit and Die
  • Added raw support for phpdoc

Version 1.8.7 (Hu Wenchang of Jiashen, 2019-07-08)

• Architecture

  • Added bugs fixes up to 7.3.7
  • New factory method for the graph

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Backward compatible check on generators (can’t return)
  • New analysis : Report wrong return typehint
  • New analysis : Use DateTimeImmutable
  • New concept : Methods that throw errors
  • Updated analysis : Recursive functions disambiguate methods
  • Updated analysis : Refactored property/variable confusion
  • Updated analysis : Could typehint checks on type validations
  • Updated analysis : Variable used once check for abstract methods
  • Updated analysis : Array_merge in loops omits file_put_contents()
  • Updated analysis : Simple Regex covers all special sequences, and unicode sequences
  • Checked unit tests : 3131 / 3142 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Differentiated support for self and static in calls
  • Moved Symfony support to its extension
  • Reworked loading to make it parallels.

Version 1.8.6 (Wei Yuqing of Jiawu, 2019-07-01)

• Architecture

  • Added support for Tinkegraph 3.4
  • Extended support for Dev
  • Renamed Themes to Ruleset (WIP)
  • Split several long running queries into smaller chunks
  • Cached files to memory, write them once only
  • Optimized sides queries : omitting them when possible
  • Added count of issues in Analyse node
  • Optimized loading by grouping by inV
  • More coverage for Arrowfunction

• Report

  • Dump : collect PHP cyclomatic complexity

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Dependant abstract classes
  • New analysis : Don’t use Null or Boolean as an array
  • New analysis : Infinite recursion
  • Updated analysis : Raised levels
  • Updated analysis : Method signature must be compatible
  • Updated analysis : Access Private in Trait is OK
  • Updated analysis : Recursive function
  • Checked unit tests : 3099 / 3105 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Upgraded support for ‘Modules’

Version 1.8.5 (Zhan Zijiang of Jiaxu, 2019-06-24)

• Architecture

  • Fixed several bugs in the online documentation
  • Started removing analysis, replacing with analysis
  • Fixed path in docker PHP usage.

• Report

  • Ambassador : Export full INI and YAML config to replicate audit

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Unused class constants
  • New analysis : Could Use available Trait
  • New analysis : literal that Could Be Constant
  • Updated analysis : Access Private in Trait is OK
  • Updated analysis : multiple identical argument is extended to closures, methods
  • Updated analysis : ext/rdkafka
  • Updated analysis : No Hardcoded Hash is accelerated
  • Updated analysis : Extended printf() check to constants
  • Updated analysis : Optimized ‘redefined method’
  • Updated analysis : Memoize Magic Call
  • Updated analysis : set_locale requires constants
  • Checked unit tests : 3099 / 3105 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Added missing isModified to Foreach keys
  • Class Method Definition handles old style constructor
  • strict_types don’t yield a block
  • Added typed values for magic constants
  • Refactored new -> constructor link for Self, Static, parent
  • Added missing arguments count to Newcall

Version 1.8.4 (Wang Wenqing of Jiazi, 2019-06-17)

• Architecture

  • Added support for PHP in docker images for compilation tests
  • First prototype for Gremlin in a specific docker image

• Report

  • Ambassador : restored original URL
  • Replaced ‘Complexity’ => ‘Time To Fix’
  • Replaced ‘Receipt’ => Ruleset

• Analysis

  • New analysis : regex with arrays
  • New analysis : Complex property names
  • New analysis : array_key_exists speed up
  • New analysis : curl_version forbidden argument
  • New analysis : PHP 7.4 new functions, classes and constants
  • Fixed analysis : Long Variable
  • Updated analysis : printf() format check extended to constants
  • Updated analysis : Written only variables is extended to static and global
  • Updated analysis : refactored ‘Make default’
  • Updated analysis : ‘Wrong number of arguments’ is extended to methods
  • Updated analysis : ‘Use coalesce’ checks for
  • Updated analysis : Refactored ‘Nested ifthen’ to have a parameter
  • Updated analysis : Extended ‘Class Usage’ to return typehint
  • Updated analysis : Sped up ‘Used Classes’
  • Checked unit tests : 2993 / 3071 test pass (97% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Upgraded handling of declare with strict_types
  • Support for magic properties across classes and traits
  • Added support for parent with properties
  • Properties are handled with static and normal at the same time
  • Fixed virtualproperties with static keyword (self and parent are ok)
  • Added argument count for ‘new A’, without parenthesis
  • Restored old break behavior for PHP 5 and older.

Version 1.8.3 (Jade Man of Yang, 2019-06-10)

• Architecture

  • Extension docs show version numbers
  • Manual uses internal links

• Report

  • New report : SARB
  • Updated report : Ambassador list number of arguments in natural order

• Analysis

  • New analysis : from substr() to trim()
  • New analysis : suggest making magic property a concrete one (2 ways)
  • New analysis : no array auto-append
  • Updated analysis : ‘Scalar or object property’ refactored
  • Updated analysis : ‘Multiple identical keys’ get a new check on intval, broadened to constants
  • Updated analysis : ‘Indirect injection’ accelerated
  • Updated analysis : ‘Could be class constant’ accelerated
  • Updated analysis : ‘Never used property’ refactored
  • Updated analysis : ‘Modern empty’ modernized and broadened
  • Updated analysis : ‘Useless check’ skips isset/empty as they may be useful
  • Updated analysis : ‘Identical methoods’ skips abstract methods
  • Updated analysis : ‘No Count Zero’ also uses sizeof(), skips switch()
  • Checked unit tests : 2993 / 3071 test pass (97% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Upgraded local definitions for properties to Load phase
  • Handle static keyword in closures
  • Moved ‘Real’ to ‘Float’
  • Created ‘Scalartypehint’ atom
  • Fixed intval, boolval for true and false

Version 1.8.2 (Zhao Ziyu of Dingchou, 2019-06-03)

• Architecture

  • Refactored ‘Update’ command, to VCS
  • Collect missing definitions counts
  • Report handles a list of analysis names

• Analysis

  • New analysis : No Need To Get_Class
  • New analysis : Report identical inherited methods
  • New analysis : Function returning -1 in case of error
  • Updated analysis : TypeHint must be returned, doesn’t apply to abstract methods or interface methods
  • Updated analysis : ‘Could Use Interface’ also checks for static and visibility
  • Updated analysis : ‘Concat empty’ skips variables
  • Checked unit tests : 3024 / 3048 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Created ‘virtual’ properties, for limiting children agglomerations
  • Fixed normalized code for use traits
  • Added DEFAULT to all variable definitions
  • Connect strings to class definitions
  • Handle variable in ‘compact’, when they are static

Version 1.8.1 (Zhang Wentong of Dinghai, 2019-05-27)

• Architecture

  • Fixed Symlink destination
  • Added collecting classes children, traits and interfaces counts
  • Added support for constants and functions in modules
  • Added missing functions in data

• Report

  • New report : exakatYaml, which help configuring exakat
  • New report : Yaml
  • New report : Top10
  • Updated report : Json, text and xml get ‘fullcode’

• Analysis

  • Updated analysis : Should use self is extended to parent classes
  • Updated analysis : Should use prepared statement now skips some SQL queries
  • Checked unit tests : 3024 / 3048 test pass (99% pass)

Version 1.8.0 (Zang Wengong of Dingyou, 2019-05-20)

• Architecture

  • Added missing native PHP functions
  • Restored anchor for ignore_dirs[] configuration
  • Removed more MAX_LOOPING usage

• Report

  • Ambassador : removed { & @ } artefacts from globals

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Function returning -1 in case of error
  • New analysis : Report PHP 7.4 unpacking inside array
  • New analysis : Report PHP 7.4 new functions and fn
  • New analysis : Useless arguments
  • New analysis : Addition and concatenation precedence for PHP 7.4
  • New analysis : report concatenation of empty strings
  • New analysis : casting has precedence over ternary
  • New analysis : report already used traits
  • New analysis : report missing traits in use expression
  • Updated analysis : isset on whole arrays : extended analysis to Phpvariables
  • Updated analysis : SQLITE3 requires single quotes
  • Updated analysis : Dir then slash : extended to constants
  • Updated analysis : Variable Strange Name extended to strange types
  • Updated analysis : Possible interface’s analysis is sped up
  • Checked unit tests : 3021 / 3045 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed fullcode of Usetrait
  • Extended method definitions to traits
  • Extended fluent interface detection to parents
  • Fixed dump for visibility change
  • Handle method aliases in use expression (as)
  • Better noDelimiter for double quotes strings

Version 1.7.9 (Shi Shutong of Dingwei, 2019-05-13)

• Architecture

  • Upgraded list of functions by extension : openssl, math, hrtime
  • Added global atom to track all globals
  • Rewrote several Dump queries with DSL
  • Added support for Notice in Phpexec
  • Added support for .exakat.ini and .exakat.yaml
  • Added support for arrow functions : fn =>
  • Added support for spread operator in arrays […[1,2,3]]

• Report

  • Inventories : added ‘inclusions’ and ‘global variables’
  • Ambassador : added global variables

• Analysis

  • New analysis : support for ext/ffi, uuid
  • Updated analysis : Nested Ternary handles parenthesis
  • Updated analysis : Static loops is extended to references and arrays
  • Updated analysis : Recursive function is extended to Magic methods and Closures
  • Checked unit tests : 3014 / 3019 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Moved ‘is_in_ignored_dir’ to a property
  • Cleaned getFullnspath() call in Load
  • Fixed latent bug on Function fullnspath
  • Heredoc and Nowdoc are reported as constant if needed
  • Isset() is not read
  • Ignore PHP notices when linting
  • Globals are now centralised across a repository
  • Extended definitions for Virtualproperties
  • Removed double DEFINITION link with new

Version 1.7.8 (Cui Juqing of Dingyi, 2019-05-06)

• Architecture

  • renamed test.php to ut.php in tests
  • reorganized destinations folders
  • organized exakat for ‘inside code’ audit

• Analysis

  • New analysis : support for libsvm
  • Updated analysis : Multiple unset() handles unset() at the beginning of the scope
  • Updated analysis : undefined static class now accounts for PHP and module classes
  • Checked unit tests : 2961 / 2995 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Extended class usage to static::class.
  • refactored 2 analysis for speed : double instruction and double assignations
  • fixed recent bug where Project token is twice.

Version 1.7.7 (Sima Qing of Dingmao, 2019-04-29)

• Architecture

  • Upgraded to gremlin-php 3.1.1
  • Moved autoload into its own namespace
  • Started extending themes to modules
  • Skip external libraries when unit testing
  • Dump got one more query moved to DSL
  • Fixed build for overwritten methods, extended to magic methods
  • Load tokens by batch (5000+ tokens), not by file.

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Security : integer conversion
  • New analysis : implode() with one argument
  • Updated analysis : Invalid Regex handles \ more precisely
  • Updated analysis : delimiter detection was checked for all of them
  • Checked unit tests : 2947 / 2983 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Upgraded Fallback detection for functions

Version 1.7.6 (Jade Maiden of Yin, 2019-04-22)

• Architecture

  • Refactored Class definition with return typehint
  • Added configuration for including development extensions.
  • Extended LoadFinal typehint hunting

• Report

  • Phpcsfixer : new report
  • Ambassador : report usage of overridden PHP functions
  • Ambassador : new favorite : variable name in catch clause

• Analysis

  • New analysis : array_merge and ellipsis should use coalesce
  • New analysis : Report overridden PHP native functions
  • New analysis : Merge all unset() into one
  • Updated analysis : Added missing constant for curl, pgsql, openssl
  • Updated analysis : Variadic are not variable arguments
  • Updated analysis : Useless Reference argument extended to foreach()
  • Updated analysis : Use Constant also covers pi()
  • Updated analysis : Inclusion Wrong Case handles dirname with 2nd argument
  • Updated analysis : Useless Argument : handles some edge cases with arrays
  • Checked unit tests : 2947 / 2975 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Upgraded handling of isRead and isModified attributes
  • Changed variadic argument counts in method declarations
  • Fixed original value in ‘Sign’

Version 1.7.5 (Xue King Zhuanlun, 2019-04-15)

• Architecture

  • Cleaned unused variables

• Report

  • Ambassador : bugfixes report version 7.3, dropped 5.6 and 5.5

• Analysis

  • Updated analysis : Already interface : extended to interface parents
  • Updated analysis : Else if to elseif : extended to one-liners
  • Updated analysis : No reference for ternary was extended
  • Updated analysis : Implements is for interface
  • Updated analysis : Refactored Is a Magic Property
  • Updated analysis : Refactored Conditional structures for constants
  • Checked unit tests : 2926 / 2950 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Link properties to magicmethod
  • Deduplicated virtual properties
  • Added isRead and IsModified properties. Omitting the corresponding analysis.

Version 1.7.4 (Lu King Pingdeng, 2019-04-08)

• Architecture

  • reports, themes may be specified multiple times
  • ‘project’ command also work on themes and report from command line
  • Added htmlpurifier in auto-ignored libraries
  • Counting definitions, omitting Virtualproperties
  • Automatically detect identical files

• Report

  • Inventories are grouped by values, sorted by count

• Analysis

  • Updated analysis : This is for class : extended analysis to self and parent
  • Updated analysis : Undefined Classes
  • Updated analysis : Refactored Defined Parent MP
  • Updated analysis : Redefined PHP function is restricted to global scope
  • Updated analysis : Could Use Alias also covers functions, constants.
  • Updated analysis : Refined SQL detection
  • Fixed step : goToALlParentsTrait missed some of the parent
  • Checked unit tests : 2916 / 2944 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Removed impossible implementations of traits
  • Fixed functioncalls’ ‘absolute’ property
  • Refined parent’s definitions
  • Trait also sports virtualproperties
  • Virtualproperties now respect visibilities
  • Distinguish Variables from Staticpropertynames
  • Added missing DEFINITION for Use (namespaces)

Version 1.7.3 (Huang, King Dushi, 2019-04-01)

• Architecture

  • New command ‘show’ that display project creation command
  • Refactored UT detection mechanism

• Report

  • Ambassador : report identical files in the code
  • Ambassador : global variable inventory is now grouped by name

• Analysis

  • Updated analysis : PPPDeclaration style : handles Virtualproperties
  • Updated analysis : Closure2string : extended analysis
  • Updated analysis : Non-Ascii variable skips { }, & and @
  • Updated analysis : Could Be Static exclude abstract methods
  • Updated analysis : MismatchedTypehint : handles methodcalls and class hierarchy
  • Updated analysis : Could Use Try : refined analysis to avoid literals
  • Updated analysis : Hidden use, handles Virtualproperty
  • Updated analysis : Classes, wrong case, handles FQN
  • Checked unit tests : 2846 / 2926 test pass (97% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Moved creation of Virtualproperty early, to catch more situations
  • Virtualproperty mimic Propertydefinition
  • Added extra check when roaming the classes tree
  • Handles Sign constant values correctly

Version 1.7.2 (Dong King Taishan, 2019-03-25)

• Architecture

  • Restored the external library checker
  • Added support for extension’s CIT (Symfony, Drupal)

• Report

  • Ambassador : added Suggestions theme to docs.
  • Perfile : New report, text, per file

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report potential ‘unsupported operand type’
  • New analysis : Check for existence with __call() and __callstatic
  • Updated analysis : Wrong number of arguments (methods) upgraded
  • Updated analysis : Could Be Static ignores empty methods, constants methods
  • Updated analysis : Added Variable to possibly useless expression
  • Updated analysis : Constant names are detected based on available noDelimiter
  • Updated analysis : Abstract classes may have no abstract methods
  • Checked unit tests : 2889 / 2912 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Added link between __clone and clone
  • Now handling functions and constants when ignored
  • Fixed dynamic constants in collector

Version 1.7.1 (Bi King Biancheng, 2019-03-18)

• Report

  • Ambassador : report lines that concentrate lots of issues

• Analysis

  • Extended GoToAllImplements to extended interfaces
  • Updated analysis : NoScream usage, with authorized functioncall list like fopen
  • Updated analysis : HiddenUse with support for virtual properties
  • Checked unit tests : 2867 / 2900 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for ‘Virtualproperties’
  • Harmonized file escaping feature

Version 1.7.0 (Bao King Yama, 2019-03-11)

• Architecture

  • Added auto-documenting ‘ignored’ cit to weed out obvious false positive

• Report

  • Made Diplomat the default report
  • Added History report : it stores metrics from audit to audit

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Identify self transforming variables ($x = foo($x))
  • New analysis : Report unclonable variables
  • Updated analysis : Undefined Classes, Interfaces and Trait now omit ‘ignored’ cit from folders
  • Updated analysis : Inconsistent usage is refactored for properties
  • Updated analysis : Useless expression, with clone new x
  • Updated analysis : Only Variable For Reference accepts $this, $_GET
  • Updated analysis : Lost References was modernized
  • Checked unit tests : 2854 / 2884 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Refactored support for Staticmethod (in a trait’s use)
  • Added definitions for trait’s use

Version 1.6.9 (Lu King Wuguan, 2019-03-04)

• Architecture

  • Optimized Dump when navigating the links to the File Atom
  • Refactored LoadFinal into separate classes
  • Upgraded to Tinkergraph 3.3.5
  • Added options to cleandb to stop and start gremlin from exakat
  • Skip the task if no analysis has to run

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report inconsistent usage of properties or variables
  • New analysis : Typehinted return must return
  • Updated analysis : Variables used once handles closure (use) correctly
  • Updated analysis : Is Zero was refactored partially (WIP)
  • Updated analysis : Bad Typehint relay got a fix
  • Updated analysis : Function Subscripting is only suggested for one usage
  • Updated analysis : Lost References was modernized
  • Checked unit tests : 2854 / 2881 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Added definition for injected properties
  • Fixed sack() for subqueries
  • $this is not a classic variable
  • Removed double DEFINITION links
  • Fixed edge case with define() at the end of a script

Version 1.6.8 (Yu King Songdi, 2019-02-25)

• Architecture

  • Added support for PHP 8.0
  • Fixed Constant FNP
  • Advance progressbar when ignoring files

• Report

  • Ambassador : report usage of factories
  • Collect stats about Foreach usage

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report violation of law of Demeter
  • New analysis : Report removed constants and functions in PHP 8.0
  • Updated analysis : Refactored Nullable Typehint
  • Checked unit tests : 2851 / 2872 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed edge case for Logical with strings
  • Reduced max level of looping in GoToAllParents
  • Distinguish $$ and ${$

Version 1.6.7 (Li King Chujiang, 2019-02-18)

• Architecture

  • Documentation covers more PHP functions
  • Added some missing PHP functions
  • Fixed destination folder for extensions

• Report

  • Ambassador : limited size of default values in visibility report.
  • Ambassador : reporting class depth
  • Ambassador : reporting dynamically created constants
  • Diplomat : leanner, meaner version of Ambassador
  • New category : Top 10 classic mistakes

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report when relayed typehint are not the sames
  • Updated analysis : Regex now handles local variables and constants
  • Updated analysis : Variables Used Once now covers closures and use
  • Checked unit tests : 2846 / 2867 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Defineconstant may be constant
  • Fixed handling of Nullable for typehint
  • Started preparing for Gremlin 3.4.0 : WIP

Version 1.6.6 (Jiang King Qinguang , 2019-02-11)

• Architecture

  • Removed FetchContext() from DSL
  • Added options to follow constants from atomIs.

• Report

  • Now dumps magic methods

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report insufficient interfaces in typehint
  • Updated analysis : Class constant now ignore empty classes
  • Checked unit tests : 2837 / 2858 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Moved ‘Define’ to its own atom
  • Upgraded Logical to hanlde Strings as PHP
  • Fixed T_POWER => T_POW
  • Refactored calculation for globalpath
  • Fixed edgecase with endswitch;

Version 1.6.5 (Mahagate, 2019-02-04)

• Architecture

  • Added CVS as an external service
  • Graph GSNeo4j export variable for shell access. putenv is not sufficient
  • Dump : report class name, not its code
  • Extended listAllThemes to extensions
  • Fixed bug in extension loader with phar

• Report

  • Ambassador : restored file dependencies tree
  • Ambassador : fixed altered directive filename
  • Ambassador : added direct link to docs

• Analysis

  • New analysis : arrays that are initialized with strings
  • New analysis : Avoid Lone variables as conditions
  • New analysis : Added support for weakref and pcov
  • Updated analysis : extended regex to arrays in preg_* calls
  • Updated analysis : Implicit globals now also marks the variable in global space
  • Updated analysis : Add Zero, Multiply by One also cover 2 * $x = 1;
  • Updated analysis : Could Use Interface now takes into account PHP interfaces, and classes first level.
  • Updated analysis : Relay Functions now omits calls to parent’s __construct and __destruct
  • Checked unit tests : 2830 / 2852 test pass (99% pass)

Version 1.6.4 (Parasamgate, 2019-01-28)

• Architecture

  • Added support for CVS as a VCS
  • Upgraded support for tar as a VCS
  • Added support modification counts by files
  • Added first tracking for closures
  • Upgraded Tinkergraph driver

• Report

  • Added Atoms in the documentations
  • Extra protection for Class Changes

• Analysis

  • Updated analysis : Use-arguments are now counted as arguments
  • Updated analysis : Max Argument check was refactored
  • Updated analysis : IsModified now takes into account extensions
  • Updated analysis : Should Use This now exclude empty methods
  • Updated analysis : undefined classes now support PHP 7.4 typed properties
  • Updated analysis : added missing scalar PHP types
  • Updated analysis : uncaught exceptions now cover parents
  • Updated analysis : refactored incompatibility checks for methods
  • Checked unit tests : 2824 / 2841 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Refactored alternative ending, removed extra VOID
  • Upgraded contexts and their nesting
  • Added extra checks on variables names
  • Added support for ??= (PHP 7.4)

Version 1.6.3 (Paragate, 2019-01-21)

• Architecture

  • Better presentation for exakat extensions
  • Added build.xml for Jenkins
  • Fixed copyright years

• Report

  • Ambassador : fixed class name for Phpcompilation

• Analysis

  • New analysis : assign and compare at the same time
  • Updated analysis : uncaught exceptions now cover parents
  • Updated analysis : strpos too much is extended to strrpos and strripos
  • Updated analysis : Refactored Indirect injections for more refined reports
  • Updated analysis : Empty Block doesn’t omit Ifthen anymore
  • Updated analysis : Implemented methods are public mistook interface methods
  • Updated analysis : Object Reference omits arguments that are wholly assigned
  • Checked unit tests : 2808 / 2826 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for PHP 7.4 typed properties (needs PHP 7.4-dev)

Version 1.6.2 (Silver Headed Gate, 2019-01-14)

• Architecture

  • Fixed infinite loop when an option missed a value
  • Produce phpversion in config.ini, but leave it commented

• Report

  • Ambassador : colored syntax for visibility report
  • Ambassador : inventory reports now display number of usages

• Analysis

  • Updated analysis : Added support for PHP 7.2.14
  • Updated analysis : Avoid Using Class handles
  • Updated analysis : Unused Functions works with multiple identical functions
  • Checked unit tests : 2795 / 2817 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed bug that mixed T_OR and T_XOR
  • Fixed bug that missed intval for Power
  • Handles multiple definitions of functions
  • Removed one Void too many with closing tag

Version 1.6.1 (Golden Light Gate, 2019-01-07)

• Architecture

  • Upgraded documentation for Extensions
  • Upgraded processing of files, specially with special chars
  • Project stops when no token are found
  • Storing hash for each files. RFU.

• Report

  • Ambassador : added support for class constant’s changes
  • Ambassador : added classSize report
  • Ambassador : ‘New issues’ now takes line difference into account
  • Themes are better dumped

• Analysis

  • New analysis : array_key_exists() is faster in PHP 7.4
  • New analysis : partial report from preg_match()
  • Updated analysis : Avoid Using Class handles
  • Updated analysis : Class Usage uses class_alias()
  • Updated analysis : Empty traits
  • Updated analysis : Unused arguments now skips __set()
  • Updated analysis : Path strings
  • Updated analysis : Missing include handles more concatenations
  • Checked unit tests : 2792 / 2812 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed precedence for identical operators
  • Fixed bug with ?> inside switch

Version 1.6.0 (VirupakSa, 2018-12-31)

• Architecture

  • VCS are not tested when they are not used

• Analysis

  • Updated analysis : Php Reserved names ignores variable variables
  • Updated analysis : Array not using a constant, with Heredoc
  • Updated analysis : Long arguments
  • Updated analysis : Empty With Expression ignores simple assignations
  • Refactored analysis : Callback needs returns
  • Refactored analysis : No Return used
  • Checked unit tests : 2780 / 2805 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed regression with Yield and =>
  • Fixed edge case “$a[-0x00]”

Version 1.5.9 (Dhrtarastra, 2018-12-24)

• Architecture

  • Use PHP in project config for default PHP version
  • cleandb uses -p
  • Moved projects/.exakat to projects/<-p>/.exakat folders
  • Using $config and not more hardcoded tinkergraph
  • Extra check on doctor

• Report

  • Ambassador : extra check for ‘previous’ report

• Analysis

  • Upgraded analysis : Empty With Expression skip a few false positive
  • Checked unit tests : 2770 / 2795 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed edgecase for methods named ‘class’
  • Fixed class name in Project

Version 1.5.8 (Virudhaka, 2018-12-17)

• Architecture

  • Handles themas provided by extensions
  • Added busyTimeout for dump.sqlite
  • Reduced size of thema tables
  • Docs handle parameter dynamically
  • Added ‘update’ for extensions

• Report

  • Ambassador : added a ‘Path’ inventory, with file paths

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Closures that are identical
  • Upgraded analysis : Url and SQL detection, case sensitivity
  • Upgraded analysis : Could Use array_fill_keys
  • Upgraded analysis : Undefined functions doesn’t miss functions inside classes, handles interfaces
  • Upgraded analysis : Empty Functions better handles return;
  • Upgraded analysis : Long Argument may be configured
  • Upgraded analysis : Fixed bug with empty include path
  • Checked unit tests : 2770 / 2795 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Added FNP to strings
  • First link between method and definition with typehint
  • Support for class_alias
  • Fixed edge case with use ?>
  • Fixed variable in string behavior for $this and $php variables

Version 1.5.7 (Vaisravana, 2018-12-10)

• Architecture

  • Extended Dump to support aliased methods
  • Support for SQLITE in extensions
  • Moved each framework to extensions
  • Added Laravel extension

• Documentation

  • First version for the Extension chapter
  • Fixed mysterious ‘ in the docs

• Report

  • Ambassador : added a ‘New issues’ section, with new analysis
  • Ambassador : added trait matrix
  • Ambassador : fixed an infinite loop when trait include themselves in cycles
  • Added more message count to several reports

• Analysis

  • New analysis : method could be static
  • New analysis : multiple inclusion of traits
  • New analysis : avoid self using traits
  • New analysis : ext/wasm and ext/async
  • Upgraded analysis : No Hardcoded Hash, skip hexadecimal numbers
  • Upgraded analysis : Defined properties extends to traits
  • Upgraded analysis : PSS outside a class, when PSS are in strings
  • Upgraded analysis : Access private works with methods (not just static)
  • Checked unit tests : 2772 / 2785 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed bug in Dump, when nothing to clean
  • Fixed edge bug on Callable detection
  • Extended support for self, static and parent, in typehint and new
  • Fixed precedence of yield and yield from
  • Fixed handling of throw at the end of a script
  • Added support to solve conflict on traits

Version 1.5.6 (Jingang, 2018-12-03)

• Architecture

  • Moved all framework to extensions. WIP.
  • Code cleaning
  • Refactored the analysis dependency sorting
  • Now display progress bar for files
  • Fixed configuration for directories and files

• Report

  • Fixed FileDependecy and DependencyWheel, to actually count messages

• Analysis

  • Added a lot more new method descriptions for PHP native classes
  • New analysis : suggestion simplification for !isset($a) || !isset($a[1])
  • New analysis : Useless Trait alias
  • New analysis : report usage of ext/sdl
  • Upgraded analysis : Refactored IsZero, to handle assignations and parenthesis
  • Upgraded analysis : pack format is better checked
  • Checked unit tests : 2759 / 2771 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed a missing fullnspath for origin in Use for Traits
  • Handles simple aliases for traits methods
  • Fixed mishandling of variables inside strings
  • Fixed support of negative numbers inside strings
  • Fixed bug with yield inside an array
  • Fixed strange case with define and integers as constant names

Version 1.5.5 (Ratnadhvaja, 2018-11-25)

• Architecture

  • Initial version of Exakat extensions
  • Moved processing of 2-tokens files to Load
  • Speed up CSV creations
  • Upgrades are read from https, no http
  • Moved loading’s sqlite to memory for speed gain
  • Doctor now auto-create test folder

• Report

  • New report : Php city. See your PHP code as a city
  • Ambassador : Appinfo() now reports keywords used as method or property
  • Fixed reported names of properties

• Analysis

  • New analysis : checks some HTTP headers for security
  • New analysis : Use _file() functions, not file_get_contents()
  • New analysis : Optimize looks for fgetcsv()
  • Upgraded analysis : Several refactored analysis
  • Checked unit tests : 3083 / 3096 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed encoding error in loading, for clone types.

Version 1.5.4 (Mahakasyapa, 2018-11-19)

• Architecture

  • Added error message for memory limit
  • Added GC to Project action
  • Migrated Melis to extension
  • Dumping data is now done en masse
  • Analysers now handle side-queries
  • Clear message in case of memory limit
  • Doctor doesn’t stop at missing helpers
  • VCS leak less errors
  • Added support for 7z
  • Extended validation for themas
  • Restored Tinkergraph driver
  • Upgrade logs with extra reports

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report problems with class constant visibilities
  • New analysis : Avoid self, parent and static in interfaces
  • Upgraded analysis : Variable reuse now skips empty arrays
  • Checked unit tests : 3077 / 3090 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed bug where variable was mistaken for a string inside strings

Version 1.5.3 (Ananda, 2018-11-12)

• Architecture

  • Extended results to methods, traits
  • Added support for PHP 7.2.12
  • ‘master’ is not used anymore as default branch
  • Fixed creation of initial config/exakat.ini
  • Fixed handling badly written exakat.ini or PHP binary paths

• Report

  • Ambassador : report classes that could be final or abstract

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Property Used Once : now includes redefined functions
  • New analysis : iterator_to_array() should use yield with keys or array_merge()
  • New analysis : Don’t loop on yield : use yield from
  • Upgraded analysis : Dependant trait now include parent-traits
  • Checked unit tests : 3080 / 3093 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Changed handling of variable that are both global AND local
  • Disambiguated variables and properties
  • Extended OVERWRITE to constants and methods

Version 1.5.2 (Master Puti, 2018-11-05)

• Report

  • Fixed storage of themes in dump.sqlite
  • Ambassador : report nothing when there are no trait, interface or class in the tree.

• Analysis

  • New analysis : idn_to_ascii() will get new default
  • New analysis : support for decimal extension
  • New analysis : support for psr extension
  • Upgraded analysis : Extended support to PHP native exceptions
  • Upgraded analysis : Could use typecast now handles intval() second param
  • Upgraded analysis : Variable strange names avoids properties
  • Checked unit tests : 3058 / 3085 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Upgraded support for arrays inside strings (string/constant distinction)
  • Added DEFINITION for constant() and defined()
  • Fixed value of line for some placeholder definition

Version 1.5.1 (Eighteen Arhats, 2018-10-29)

• Analysis

  • New analysis : could use basename() second args
  • Upgraded analysis : Variables strange names do not report …
  • Checked unit tests : 3061 / 3079 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Moved TRAILING as a property
  • Moved NULLABLE as a property
  • Sync ALIAS with AS
  • Fixed link between Use expression when using an alias

Version 1.5.0 (Pilanpo Bodhisattva, 2018-10-22)

• Architecture

  • Fixed ” in the examples of the manual
  • Upgraded stability with new history testing

• Report

  • Ambassador : now report interface and trait hierarchy
  • Ambassador : new format inventory for pack and printf
  • Dump : Fixed list of traits

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Could Use Try, for native calls that may produce an exception
  • New analysis : idn_to_ascii() will get new default
  • Upgraded analysis : Undefined variables exclude $this
  • Upgraded analysis : Variables used once avoid properties
  • Upgraded analysis : ext/json : JsonException
  • Upgraded analysis : added new PHP 7.3 constants (curl, pgsql, mbstring, standard)
  • Upgraded analysis : scalar or object property now ignore NULL as default
  • Refactored analysis : UsedProtectedMethod
  • Checked unit tests : 3059 / 3071 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Handles NaN and INF when the literals reach them
  • Static constant may be variable if object is variable
  • Removed superfluous linking for static calls.

Version 1.4.9 (Lingji Bodhisattva, 2018-10-15)

• Architecture

  • Extended documentation with phpVersion, time to fix and severity
  • Upgraded bufixes to PHP 7.2.11
  • Added more tests on arguments in the DSL
  • Removed double definitions for class constants
  • Initial support for extension folder

• Report

  • Collect the number of local variables, per method

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report accessing properties the wrong way
  • New analysis : suggest named patterns
  • New analysis : check Pack() arguments
  • New analysis : Return in generators, for PHP 7.0 +
  • New analysis : Repeated interfaces
  • New analysis : Static properties shouldn’t use references until PHP 7.3
  • New analysis : Don’t read and write in the same expression
  • Upgraded analysis : is interface methods, extended to magic methods
  • Upgraded analysis : empty regex
  • Upgraded analysis : never used properties
  • Upgraded analysis : logical operators in letters
  • Upgraded analysis : could use interface, extended with PHP native interfaces
  • Upgraded analysis : Is Zero, better handling of mixed expressions
  • Refactored analysis : Empty functions
  • Refactored analysis : Used Private Methods
  • Checked unit tests : 3036 / 3055 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Added DEFINITION between new and __construct
  • Added support for className::class()
  • Added better support for dynamic method calls
  • Added better support for dynamic property calls
  • Removed some usage of TokenIs

Version 1.4.8 (Ksitigarbha, 2018-10-08)

• Architecture

  • Adding more validation at DSL step level : stricter check on args, speed gain
  • Cleaning more analysis from MAX_LOOPING variable
  • Better protection for file names
  • Removed static properties from DSL

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Don’t use __clone before PHP 7.0
  • New analysis : Watch out for filter_input as a data source
  • Upgraded analysis : Method Used Below refactored for speed
  • Upgraded analysis : Undefined class constants now takes into account interfaces
  • Removed anaysis : Relaxed Heredoc was double with Flexible Heredoc
  • Checked unit tests : 3016 / 3033 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Build links between methodcall and method in a class
  • Added links between method and its overwritten version in child
  • Fixed fallback for functions
  • Fixed linked between traits and their definition
  • Removed variable definition for Parametername
  • Simplified double usage between return and pushExpression()

Version 1.4.7 (Maitreya, 2018-10-01)

• Architecture

  • Added ‘Suggestions’ section to documentation, for many rules
  • WIP : removing usage of MAX_LOOPING in analysis
  • Added a lot of new external services
  • Added documentation for creating a new analysis

• Analysis

  • Upgraded analysis : No interface was dropped in PHP 7.2
  • Upgraded analysis : IsAMagicProperty extended to parents
  • Removed anaysis : Relaxed Heredoc was double with Flexible Heredoc
  • Checked unit tests : 3017 / 3029 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Linking variable in closure’s use to its local variable
  • Removed some unused atoms from GraphElements

Version 1.4.6 (Dipankara, 2018-09-24)

• Architecture

  • Various code refactorisations
  • Migration to PHPUnit 7.3.5
  • Fixed filenames case
  • Better handling of VCS
  • More validations for project names
  • More docs

• Report

  • Ambassador/Weekly : fixed ‘ in analyser titles

• Analysis

  • Upgraded analysis : Fopen mode accepts ‘r+b’
  • Upgraded analysis : Unused Traits
  • Upgraded analysis : Undefined Variables
  • Checked unit tests : 3020 / 3033 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • New analysis : report literal used with reference
  • Added support for boolval to Keyvalue
  • Fixed support for boolval to Arraylist
  • Added DEFINITION to static methods
  • Added Variabledefinition for local variables
  • Fixed bug in Not

Version 1.4.5 (Guanyin Bodhisattva, 2018-09-17)

• Architecture

  • Removed times() for until() in Dumps

• Report

  • Manual : added folders tree

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Add Default To Parameter
  • Upgraded analysis : Avoid reporting PHP function as classes
  • Upgraded analysis : More empty Functions than just foo() {}
  • Upgraded analysis : Wrong Number of argument now takes into account variadic
  • Upgraded analysis : Should Use Constant now encompasses () and ?: structures
  • Upgraded analysis : This Is Not An Array now takes ArrayObject/SimpleXmlElement into account
  • Checked unit tests : 3009 / 3020 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed ‘constant’ status with Arrayliteral
  • Fixed bug where strings are build close to the end of the script

Version 1.4.4 (White Dragon Horse, 2018-09-10)

• Architecture

  • Doctor reports the set of tokens used
  • Lots of docs checks

• Report

  • Ambassador / Phpconfiguration : report disable_functions and disable_classes
  • Finished Weekly report

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report ext/seaslog
  • Upgraded analysis : Incompatible signatures
  • Fixed DSL : analysisIs
  • Checked unit tests : 3000 / 3010 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Closure are now processed with runplugin
  • Removed depencencies to usedClasses
  • Fixed detections of Closure at the end of a script

Version 1.4.3 (Sha Wujing, 2018-09-03)

• Architecture

  • No error if missing svn
  • Extended ‘First’ thema
  • Now reporting PHP native CIT, constants and functions

• Report

  • Ambassador : php.ini suggestions includes disable_functions

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report typecasting for json_decode
  • New analysis : report classes that could be final
  • New analysis : simplify closure into callback
  • New analysis : report inconsistent elseif conditions
  • Upgraded analysis : Reduced false positive on Type/Default mismatch
  • Upgraded analysis : Drop Else After Return uses elsif
  • Upgraded analysis : Unused Private Property (rare)
  • Checked unit tests : 2990 / 3004 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Removed extra Void after function definitions
  • Fixed fullnspath with define()

Version 1.4.2 (Zhu Bajie, 2018-08-27)

• Architecture

  • Fixed leftover bugs in the new DSL language
  • Adopter Query in LoadFinal (first test)
  • Extended support for clone type 1

• Report

  • New Report : Weekly report

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report forgotten conflict in traits
  • New analysis : undefined insteadof
  • New analysis : undefined variable
  • New analysis : report classes that must call parent::__construct
  • Upgraded analysis : Inexistant Compact variable
  • Upgraded analysis : Test class was refactored
  • Checked unit tests : 2975 / 2989 test pass (99% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • New atom : Staticmethod, for Insteadof (replacing ‘Staticconstant’)
  • Added DEFINITION link for array(‘class’, ‘method’) structure

Version 1.4.1 (Tang Sanzang, 2018-08-20)

• Architecture

  • Spined off Query for Gremlin, with Exakat DSL.
  • Centralized ‘methods’ property in Analysis class
  • Extended MAX_LOOPING usage

• Analysis

  • Added new thema : Class Review
  • Upgraded analysis : Defined Parent MP (less queries)
  • Upgraded analysis : Less false positives
  • Added support for PHP 7.2.9
  • Checked unit tests : 2965 / 2980 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed Edge case with Ternary and Boolean
  • Added Staticpropertyname to distinguish from variables
  • Added support for remote definitions to methods
  • Removed global path for CIT (no fallback)

Version 1.4.0 (Sun Wu Kong, 2018-08-13)

• Architecture

  • Chunked result inserts for Dump
  • More support for PHP 7.4

• Report

  • Ambassador : added new Appinfo for relaxed Heredoc, trailing comma…

• Analysis

  • New analysis : class can be abstract
  • New analysis : trailing comma
  • New analysis : relaxed heredoc
  • New analysis : removed functions in PHP 7.3
  • New analysis : continue versus break
  • Upgraded analysis : Hardcoded passwords is extended to objects
  • Checked unit tests : 2964 / 2979 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Measure definitions stats for classes.
  • Added support for relaxed heredoc
  • Added support for closure as a return value
  • Refactored support for Ternary and Labels

Version 1.3.9 (Du Ruhui, 2018-08-06)

• Architecture

  • Added support for PHP 7.4
  • ‘Copy’ won’t update anymore

• Report

  • Ambassador : fixed repeated ‘compatibility’ menu entry

• Analysis

  • New analysis : avoid __CLASS__ and get_called_class().
  • New analysis : prepare for (real) deprecation
  • New analysis : const / define preference
  • New analysis : define case sensitivity preference
  • New analysis : avoid defining assert() in namespaces
  • Removed analysis : Variables/Arguments
  • Checked unit tests : 2957 / 2971 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Removed Noscream - AT atom
  • Added definition for class constants
  • Fixed bug : can’t apply ~ to false
  • Extended DEFINITION support to closure’s use and references

Version 1.3.8 (Fang Xuanling, 2018-07-30)

• Architecture

  • ‘Copy’ won’t update code anymore.

• Analysis

  • Upgraded analysis : ‘should use operator’ only applies to constant chr() call
  • Upgraded analysis : Useless Instructions is faster
  • Checked unit tests : 2948 / 2962 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for variable definitions in methods

Version 1.3.7 (unnamed demon, 2018-07-16)

• Architecture

  • Fixed handling of multiple updates

• Report

  • More documentations

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report usage of callback to process array
  • New analysis : report usage of case insensitive constants
  • Upgraded analysis : Hardcoded passwords is extended to objects
  • Upgraded analysis : Go To Key Directly handles comparisons
  • Added support for PHP 7.0.20
  • Checked unit tests : 2948 / 2962 test pass (99% pass).

Version 1.3.6 (Zhang Gongjin, 2018-07-16)

• Architecture

  • Added support for Rar archives
  • Removed call to gremlin server at ‘status’ time

• Analysis

  • New analysis : support for msgpack extension
  • New analysis : support for lzf extension
  • Upgraded analysis : added missing function names in several extensions
  • Checked unit tests : 2941 / 2955 test pass (99% pass).

Version 1.3.5 (Gao Shilian, 2018-07-09)

• Architecture

  • Removed 4 unused exceptions
  • Extracted Query from Analysis

• Report

  • Reports : centralized all doc reading
  • Reports : doc reading now parses sections (avoid overlap)
  • Ambassador : Added exakat version and build to dashboard.
  • Ambassador : Added Class Tree (All class hierarchies)

• Analysis

  • Fixed bug with ‘last’ and ‘2last’
  • New analysis : Report undefined::class
  • New analysis : Report returned assignations as useless
  • New analysis : Split scalar typehint by versions
  • Upgraded analysis : Extended Reuse Variable to instantiations
  • Upgraded analysis : Masking parenthesis are only for referenced arguments
  • Upgraded analysis : Wrong case doesn’t apply to parent/static/self
  • Upgraded analysis : Locally Unused Properties are extended to traits
  • Upgraded analysis : Should Preprocess is extended to concatenations
  • Upgraded analysis : Array_key_fill exclude variables by default
  • Upgraded analysis : Ambiguous static reports the whole property definition
  • Checked unit tests : 2919 / 2944 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Added missing constants
  • Fixed support for goto true;
  • Fixed edge case for nested ternaries and boolean
  • Moved Goto and Label to Name Atom

Version 1.3.4 (Cheng Yaojin, 2018-07-02)

• Architecture

  • Added check when unarchiving tar.gz and tar.bz
  • Added check for neo4j installation, (error grabing)
  • Moved Upgrade to tmp folder

• Analysis

  • Parameters are actually defined in the class
  • New analysis : ambiguous visibilities of properties
  • New analysis : report usage of PHP 7.1+ hash algorithm
  • New analysis : csprng (random_bytes and random_int)
  • New analysis : ext/libeio
  • New analysis : report incompatible signatures for methods
  • Upgraded analysis : Unused Private Methods handles fluent interfaces
  • Upgraded analysis : Defined Parent keyword
  • Upgraded analysis : Recursion
  • Refactored codeIs/codeIsNot
  • Checked unit tests : 2908 / 2923 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for ‘parent’ definitions
  • Fixed element counts in concatenation
  • Fixed operator priority in Strval
  • Upgraded handling of undefined constants to string

Version 1.3.3 (Ma Sanbao, 2018-06-25)

• Architecture

  • Better handling of fallback to global for functions
  • Weekly code clean
  • Refactored several analysis for speed

• Report

  • Ambassador : fixed regression in the dashboard
  • Fixed edge case with properties

• Analysis

  • New analysis : closure that can be static
  • Upgraded analysis : empty function doesn’t count static or global
  • Upgraded analysis : reported globals include $GLOBALS also
  • Checked unit tests : 2881 / 2911 test pass (98% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Moved collection of functioncall to LoadFinal
  • Added collection of interfaces and newcall
  • Moved Declare to its own token
  • Moved Property definitions to its own token

Version 1.3.2 (Duan Zhixian, coming up)

• Architecture

  • Reading stats from store, not graph.
  • Git now fails silently if login is requested at clone / pull

• Report

  • New analysis : == or === favorites
  • New analysis : > or < favorites
  • Upgraded analysis : written only variables is now faster
  • Upgraded analysis : PHP reserved words has now 2 parameters
  • Removed analysis : Type/Integer, Real, Closures.
  • Checked unit tests : 2901 / 2914 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Static, PPP, Final and Abstract are now properties
  • Fixed regex in several rules
  • Added support for code clone detection (WIP)

Version 1.3.1 (Liu Hongji, 2018-06-03)

• Architecture

  • Cleaned code of unused classes and ;
  • Fixed connexion script to the database
  • Fixed check of php.log folder

• Report

  • Ambassador : display correct compilation state

• Analysis

  • Upgraded analysis : used constant is also applied to defined()
  • Upgraded analysis : used protected methods is case insensitive
  • Upgraded analysis : Empty class omits extended classes
  • Upgraded analysis : More sequences to SimplePreg
  • Upgraded analysis : Throwable is not ‘unthrown’ anymore
  • Removed analysis : Static CPM
  • Checked unit tests : 2901 / 2914 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Upgraded support for ::class

Version 1.3.0 (Xue Rengui, 2018-06-03)

• Architecture

  • Added support for Tinkergraph 3.3.3
  • Handles situations where exakat has no database
  • Check for PHP version at bootstrap

• Report

  • Ambassador : Updated PHP recommendation report with PHP 7.3
  • All : Variables don’t sport … nor & anymore

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Single Use Variable
  • New analysis : Should Use Operator
  • New analysis : Check JSON production
  • New analysis : Report visibility usage with constants
  • Upgraded analysis : used constant is also applied to defined()
  • Upgraded analysis : used protected methods is case insensitive
  • Upgraded analysis : used directives handle function version
  • Upgraded analysis : added lcg_value for better rand
  • Upgraded analysis : Use Nullable extended to methods, closures.
  • Upgraded analysis : Fixed support for ‘_’ native function
  • Checked unit tests : 2895 / 2907 test pass (99% pass).

Version 1.2.9 (Wang Gui, 2018-05-28)

• Architecture

  • Removed query cache from gremlin
  • Added pre-query check to prevent queries that have no chance of result

• Report

  • Ambassador : first 50% of documentation fix : double quotes are not well displayed
  • Ambassador : Results are ordered by files, then by lines

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Flexible Heredoc syntax
  • New analysis : Non-compatible methods
  • New analysis : Use the Blind Var
  • New analysis : Inexistant Compact
  • New analysis : Typehint / default value mismatch
  • Upgraded analysis : strict_types are not recognized as undefined constant
  • Upgraded analysis : More new methods for PHP 7.3
  • Upgraded analysis : Dependant traits
  • Upgraded analysis : Strpos comparison
  • Upgraded analysis : Method Must Return
  • Checked unit tests : 2885 / 2889 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Interface may have const, not traits (Loading)
  • Added support for static call to methods

Version 1.2.8 (Xu Jingzong, 2018-05-21)

• Architecture

  • Implemented a cache for speed boost.
  • Refactored files finding method
  • Git VCS always submit a user when cloning (using exakat by default)
  • Moved custom themes from themas.ini to themes.ini

• Report

  • Ambassador : fixed naming the audit
  • Ambassador : added ‘Dead code’ section
  • Doctor : split themes display (default/customs)

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report what should be done in SQL
  • New analysis : Typehinted reference
  • New analysis : Strpos doing too much work
  • New analysis : Can’t instantiate class
  • Upgraded analysis : Don’t echo error
  • Upgraded analysis : PPP Declaration style
  • Upgraded analysis : Useless abstract class
  • Upgraded analysis : Buried assignation doesn’t report declare anymore
  • Upgraded analysis : Abstract methods are not reported as unused
  • Upgraded analysis : relaxed version constraint for all Extensions/*
  • Checked unit tests : 2852 / 2856 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed handling of short_open_tags
  • Fixed edge case with %

Version 1.2.7 (Li Yuanji, 2018-05-14)

• Architecture

  • Extended status command to all VCS
  • Added support for customized themes
  • Added Upgrading section, List of parametrized analysis, revamped summary
  • Simplified handling of commandline options
  • Removed usage of JSON for ‘doctor’

• Report

  • A lot more documentation, examples, links.
  • Optimized type downloader
  • Added report themes pre-requisites

• Analysis

  • New analysis : ext/cmark
  • Upgraded analysis : too many children is configurable
  • Upgraded analysis : error_reporting 0 and -1 are not reported as issues.
  • Checked unit tests : 2835 / 2839 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed bug where constant self referenced.
  • Moved Identifiers to Names
  • Added first definitions for members.

Version 1.2.6 (Li Jiancheng, 2018-05-07)

• Architecture

  • Moved more classes to helpers
  • Removed constants for Tokens
  • Upgraded to Robo 1.2.3

• Report

  • Added support for custom themas for reports.

• Analysis

  • New analysis : zookeeper
  • New analysis : Report missing parenthesis
  • New analysis : Report invalid interval checks
  • New analysis : Suggest array_unique when possible
  • New analysis : Report when callback needs a return
  • New analysis : Reduce the number of if
  • Updated Exception list, up to PHP 7.3
  • Upgraded analysis : Printf Arguments
  • Upgraded analysis : Count On Null
  • Upgraded analysis : Regex on Collector
  • Upgraded analysis : File Inclusion wrong case handles parenthesis
  • Upgraded analysis : Make globals a property
  • Upgraded analysis : Invalid regex
  • Checked unit tests : 2814 / 2818 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Added definition links for staticmethodcalls.
  • Added boolean and int values to __DIR__ and co.
  • Removed several static properties
  • Fixed precedence of instanceof
  • Added support for Null val

Version 1.2.5 (Li Yuan, 2018-04-30)

• Architecture

  • Added command ‘config’ to configure project from commandline
  • Made Exakat reentrant
  • Moved Configuration creation to external file
  • Upgraded status when audit isn’t run yet

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Regex on Collector
  • Upgraded analysis : Only Variable with reference argument
  • Upgraded analysis : File Inclusion Wrong Case
  • Upgraded analysis : Invalid Regex
  • Added support for PHP 7.2.5, 7.1.17 and 7.0.30
  • Checked unit tests : 2802 / 2809 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed various bugs with constant scalar expression

Version 1.2.4 (Li Chunfeng, 2018-04-23)

• Architecture

  • Now fail with explicit message for memory running out

• Report

  • Ambassador : Updated ‘confusing variables’ report

• Analysis

  • Upgraded analysis : Could be short assignment
  • Upgraded analysis : Could be static
  • Upgraded analysis : Fail Substr Comparison (handles constants)
  • Checked unit tests : 2796 / 2801 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Added propagation of constants when value can be processed
  • Introduced ‘Parameter’ token, to differentiate with Variable
  • Fixed syntax highlighting
  • Fixed a bug with negative bitshift

Version 1.2.3 (Yuan Tiangang, 2018-04-16)

• Architecture

  • New append for logs

• Report

  • New report : Manual.
  • Ambassador : Rewrote the export of ‘confusing variables’

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report strtr bad usage
  • New analysis : don’t unset properties
  • Upgraded analysis : Invalid Regex
  • Upgraded analysis : Property Could Be Local
  • Upgraded analysis : No Hardcoded path
  • Upgraded analysis : echo/print preferences also report printf
  • Removed analysis : Close Naming (now done at Report level)
  • Checked unit tests : 2770 / 2786 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Removed double definition for functioncalls

Version 1.2.2 (Yin Kaishan, 2018-04-09)

• Architecture

  • Cleaned doctor so it works even without requirements
  • Fixed special chars with git URL

• Report

  • Ambassador : new inventory with classes changes in heritage
  • Ambassador : new inventory of large expressions
  • Upgraded report : Defined Exceptions are cleaned of doubles

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report Redefined Private Properties
  • New analysis : report substr() usage with strlen
  • Upgraded analysis for Inclusion Wrong Case filenames
  • Upgraded analysis : Cast To Boolean is extended to True/False
  • Upgraded analysis : Omit negative lengths
  • Upgraded analysis : interface search also include parameter counts
  • Upgraded analysis : Failed Substr Comparison handles special chars
  • Upgraded analysis : Identical consecutive omits arrays
  • Checked unit tests : 2757 / 2775 test pass (99% pass).

Version 1.2.1 (Fu Yi, 2018-04-02)

• Architecture

  • Fixed generation of analysis logs
  • Fixed doctor, which wouldn’t diagnostic the absence of needed extensions

• Report

  • More real-life examples in docs

• Analysis

  • New favorites : property declaration unique or multiples ?
  • New analysis : $a = +$b;
  • New analysis for Melis : Regex check and Route constraints
  • Upgraded analysis : Constant used below
  • Checked unit tests : 2760 / 2766 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed counts in property declarations
  • Fixed final new lines in heredoc/nowdoc

Version 1.2.0 (Xiao Yu, 2018-03-26)

• Architecture

  • Upgraded concurrency with analysis
  • Replaced $_SERVER[‘_’] by PHP_BINARY
  • Removed old code (> 1.0.0)
  • Adopted ‘stable’ version for progressbar
  • Fixed loading with Bazaar
  • Added support for Parametrized analysis
  • Better initial configuration with doctor

• Report

  • Ambassador : upgraded analysis settings table

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report Private functions for Wordpress
  • New analysis : Suggest simplifying chr(123);
  • New analysis : Too many native calls
  • Updated analysis : fallthrough are not reported with die
  • New Theme : Random
  • Collecting more stats for classes.
  • Checked unit tests : 2758 / 2741 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Upgraded support for Heredoc

Version 1.1.9 (Qin Qiong, 2018-03-19)

• Architecture

  • Better documentation for reports
  • Adding Real Code examples to documentation
  • Refactored Config reading
  • Moved more VCS information to its own class

• Report

  • Upgraded report : Ambassador reports the number of parameters in methods
  • New report : favorites (spin-off from Ambassador)
  • Upgraded report : Inventories also covers Dateformat, Regex, Sql, Url, Email, Unicode Blocks.

• Analysis

  • New analysis : too many parameters
  • New analysis : report mass creation of arrays
  • Checked unit tests : 2755 / 2738 test pass (99% pass).

Version 1.1.8 (Yuchi Gong, 2018-03-12)

• Architecture

  • Reduced cache when running analysis
  • Fixed order of analysis

• Report

  • Ambassador : fixed faceted search problems
  • Codacy : added codacy-style report

• Analysis

  • New analysis : support for IBM db2, leveldb
  • New analysis : should use count’s second argument
  • Upgraded analysis : Randomly sorted arrays
  • Checked unit tests : 2749 / 2731 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed edge case where die is an argument
  • Fixed edge case where Yield returns a array

Version 1.1.7 (Xu Maogong, 2018-03-05)

• Architecture

  • Removed most static in Analysis

• Report

  • New format : All, that produces all reports
  • Ambassador : new report estimates fitting PHP version
  • Ambassador : report enable_dl in configuration

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report dynamic library loading
  • New analysis : suggest array_fill_keys()
  • New analysis : PHP 7.3 optional last argument
  • New analysis : added support for xxtea, opencensus, varnish, uopz
  • Upgraded BugFixes report to PHP 7.2.3
  • Updated analysis : ext/cairo has new functions
  • Updated analysis : PHP 7.3 new functions
  • Removed analysis : NullCoalesce (double)
  • Checked unit tests : 2743 / 2731 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Moved ‘constant’ to plugins
  • Fixed bug when updating with HG

Version 1.1.6 (Wei Zheng, 2018-02-26)

• Architecture

  • Created ‘First’, a recipe of initial analysis
  • Prepared installation for compose

• Report

  • Restored ‘INLINE’ results
  • New reports : Stats
  • Collect PHP native function cool

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report suggest compact instead of array
  • New analysis : list with references (PHP 7.3+)
  • New analysis : report situation where check is done on non-cast value
  • New analysis : foreach( $array as $o -> $v) as error prone
  • Handle cases where PHP regex are not compilable anyway
  • Checked unit tests : 2732 / 2722 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Propagate constant concatenation values.
  • Fixed calculation of intval
  • Refactored Configuration readers
  • Fixed bug when calculating __METHOD__

Version 1.1.5 (Li Shimin, 2018-02-19)

• Architecture

  • Refactored all reports
  • Removed outdated Devoops report

• Report

  • Upgraded BugFixes report to PHP 7.2.2
  • Ambassador : generates a list of confusing variables
  • New report : OWASP

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Use Math
  • New analysis : Extensions ext/hrtime
  • New analysis : Possible Infinite Loops
  • Upgraded analysis : addZero, Multiply by one supports new situations
  • Upgraded analysis : added microtime, uniqid .. to better rand.
  • Checked unit tests : 2719 / 2724 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed check on script compilation that was too strict.
  • Fixed internal assert()
  • Exported VCS to separate classes
  • Refactored load with 3 separate plugins : intval, noDelimiter, booval

Version 1.1.4 (The Great White Turle, 2018-02-12)

• Architecture

  • Build concatenation values in scalar constante expression.
  • Upgraded export of file dependencies values

• Report

  • Ambassador : fixed duration of audit.
  • Composer : provides a full list of depend extensions

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report useless catch
  • New analysis : suggest using array_search / array_keys instead of foreach
  • New analysis : double array_flip is slow
  • New analysis : Suggest using cached values
  • New analysis : Functions that fallback to global namespace
  • Upgraded analysis : Encoded letters supports leading 0 in unicode codepoint
  • Upgraded analysis : Variable strange names now report 3 identical consecutive letters
  • Upgraded analysis : Upgraded support to __dir__
  • Checked unit tests : 2716 / 2711 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed definitions link for functions

Version 1.1.3 (The fairy Su’e, 2018-02-05)

• Report

  • Fixed Ambassador : the favorites weren’t displayed.

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report useless references
  • New analysis : Melis configuration : Undefined configuration array
  • New analysis : Melis configuration : make string.
  • Upgraded analysis : Parent first
  • Checked unit tests : 2700 / 2695 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Better handling of Labels.
  • Fixed edge case where class and constants where mistaken one for the other

Version 1.1.2 (Jade Rabbit Spirit, 2018-01-29)

• Architecture

  • Upgraded docs to tinkergraph 3.2.7

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report missing included files
  • New analysis : ZF3 : No Echo Outside a View.
  • New analysis : Local Global variable : report variable that looks global but are not
  • Upgraded analysis : Directive names are check with case sensitive analysis
  • Checked unit tests : 2687 / 2693 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Magic Constant hold their actual value
  • Fixed Fullnspath for constants (case sensitive)
  • Fixed edge case with exit and die
  • Fixed edge case with exit and die and -1

Version 1.1.1 (Wood Xie of Dipper, 2018-01-22)

• Architecture

  • Fixed path when calling exakat from outside its install folder
  • First analysis for Melis Framework
  • Optimized dictionary collection

• Report

  • Ambassador : upgraded graph for class sizes

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report case problems with includes
  • New analysis : Melis framework
  • New analysis : inventory of view properties for Zend Framework
  • New analysis : report view files for Zend Framework
  • Upgraded analysis : + is accepted as regex delimiter
  • Upgraded analysis : same condition searches inside blocks
  • Checked unit tests : 2665 / 2671 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Magic constants __DIR__ and __FILE__ get their actual value in noDelimiter
  • Created Eval atom
  • Removed ‘Name’ token for echo, print, die, exit.
  • Upgraded handling of constant names inside strings
  • Removed a bug when storing dictionary.

Version 1.1.0 (Wood Dragon of Horn, 2018-01-15)

• Architecture

  • Replaced ‘code’ property with a dictionary

• Tokenizer

  • Introduced ‘Magicmethod’ for Magic methods in class
  • Fixed a bug when ‘ is in file path
  • Fixed a bug when several raw HTML are in a PHP script.

Version 1.0.11 (Wood Dragon of Well, 2018-01-08)

• Architecture

  • Added assertion for property name.

• Report

  • Ambassador : Added report of classes’s size.
  • Fixed missing audit end’s time.

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Sqlite3 doesn’t escape “
  • Upgraded analysis : Strange names also report qqqq sequences in variable names
  • Checked unit tests : 2617 / 2657 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed fullnspath handling for constants (case insensitive for the constant name)

Version 1.0.10 (Wood Wolf of Legs, 2018-01-01)

• Architecture

  • Fixed Sqlite3 escaping error : use ‘, not “

• Report

• Analysis

  • Upgraded analysis : ? is possible as delimiter
  • Analysis works better with nested structures
  • Checked unit tests : 2601 / 2649 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • First plugin for Load Task.
  • Upgraded support for define-d constant.
  • Introduced Phpvariable
  • Fixed scoping with array index.

Version 1.0.9 (King of Dust Protection, 2017-12-25)

• Report

  • Ambassador : list complex expressions.
  • Dump : added function inventory
  • Dump : added begin and end line for structures.

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report reference error with Ternary operator
  • New analysis : report Undefined classes in Wordpress.
  • Upgraded analysis : preg option E, tighter regex.

• Tokenizer

  • Better handling of long path name. TBC.
  • Introduced Parent, Static, Self, Exit, Echo, Print.

Version 1.0.8 (King of Heat Protection, 2017-12-18)

• Architecture

  • Doctor reports memory_limit and JAVA_OPTIONS/JAVA_HOME
  • Made database restart more portable
  • Added spell checking on docs

• Report

  • Ambassador : Regex inventory added
  • Ambassador : Largest expressions reported

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report identical operands on both sides of operator
  • New analysis : report potentially mistaken concatenation in array
  • New analysis : report mistaken scalar typehint
  • New analysis : report undefined classes by symfony version
  • New analysis : report undefined classes by wordpress version
  • Upgraded analysis : Interfaces are also reported from return typehint
  • Upgraded analysis : Mistaken concatenation got rid of various false-positives
  • Checked unit tests : 2601 / 2633 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Isset, Empty, Phpvariables now have their own atom.
  • Fixed edge case with $ token
  • Fixed Constant fqn building
  • UTF-8 protection for propertyname

Version 1.0.7 (King of Heat Protection, 2017-12-11)

• Architecture

  • Added /var to default omitted folders

• Analysis

  • New analysis : should use array_filter.
  • New analysis : ext/igbinary
  • Checked unit tests : 2533 / 2599 test pass (97% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed

Version 1.0.6 (Fuli, 2017-12-04)

• Architecture

  • Refactored description
  • Moved PHPsyntax to a function

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Never used parameter.
  • New analysis : always use named boolean parameters
  • Upgraded analysis : unused arguments
  • Checked unit tests : 2573 / 2585 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Added new token : This for $this
  • Updated loader to handle PHP 7.3 functioncall syntax (final ,)
  • Turned Markcallable into an independant analysis

Version 1.0.5 (King of Cold Protection, 2017-11-27)

• Architecture

  • Configured Exakat for Tinkergraph 3.3. Still unfinished.
  • Documentation now has an external link to extensions.

• Report

  • Ambassador : added more inventories : URL SQL, email, GET index, MD5, Mime

• Analysis

  • New analysis : parent first
  • New analysis : Report uncommon Environment Vars
  • New analysis : Report invalid Regex
  • New analysis : Report contatenation in Zend DB
  • Fixed analysis : Deprecated Functions
  • Fixed analysis : Unknown PCRE2 option
  • Upgraded analysis : hardcoded password
  • Upgraded analysis : array_merge in loops
  • Upgraded analysis : substr() first. Handle following expressions
  • Refactored analysis : Used Functions
  • Refactored analysis : Add Zero
  • Checked unit tests : 2573 / 2585 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed a bug that linked functions and definitions

Version 1.0.4 (Boxiang Demon, 2017-11-20)

• Architecture

  • PhpExec, get only path to binary.
  • Cleaned docs of double links
  • Cleaned code

• Report

  • Added libsodium, Argon2 to Crypto; DL() usage to PHP.
  • Compatibility report only focuses on backward incompatibilities.
  • New recipes will cover ‘suggestions for better code’. Coming up.

• Analysis

  • New analysis : ” string is better than ‘ (sorry…)
  • New analysis : PHP 7.3’s PCRE 2
  • New analysis : report missing ‘new’ in front of class name.
  • New analysis : use is_object instead of is_resource for ext/hash
  • New analysis : report non-countable calls
  • New analysis : report DL usage in Appinfo
  • New analysis : slice first, then map arrays.
  • New analysis : Avoid 5th argument in PHP 7.2 for set_error_handler
  • New analysis : avoid null with get_class()
  • New analysis : suggest using list() with foreach instead of arrays
  • New analysis : avoid using $this as argument in constructor
  • New analysis : Report usage of ext/vips
  • New inventory : GPC variables
  • Updated analysis : Use Class Operator doesn’t report methods names anymore
  • Updated analysis : Long argument size is raised to 60 chars
  • Updated analysis : ignore when missing break is in last case
  • Updated analysis : Use This ignores ‘self’.
  • Updated analysis : Randomly sorted Arrays ignores arrays of 3 or less.
  • Updated analysis : ext/mcrypt gets its constants
  • Updated analysis : more strange names being used in code
  • Updated analysis : more PHP 7.2 removed functions
  • Checked unit tests : 2563 / 2572 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Reduced duplicated that may lead to loading error.

Version 1.0.3 (Baize Demon, 2017-11-13)

• Architecture

  • Fixed driver Tinkergraph, which was not setting the right ids.
  • Doctor now reports $JAVA_OPTIONS, in case one need to allocate more memory
  • Doctor now reports token limit
  • Moved config.ini creation to first phase of init.
  • Fixed collect of error when init with git.
  • Upgraded driver gremlin-php to 3.0.2

• Report

  • Ambassador : Now reports the namespaces as a tree.
  • New analysis : report members that are static and not.
  • Updated analyzis : normal method called statically.

• Analysis

  • Added support for Drupal, FuelPHP and Phalcon.

Version 1.0.2 (Suanni Demon, 2017-11-06)

• Architecture

  • Better report of error messages from VCS.
  • Updated support for Vagrant

• Report

  • Ambassador : Fixed display for ‘Callback’

• Analysis

  • New analysis : substr() first, then replace.
  • New analysis : report double prepare (WP).
  • New analysis : avoir the +1 month trap
  • New analysis : check for printf() options
  • New analysis : check for placeholder in prepare (WP)
  • New analysis : avoid direct injection into prepare (WP)
  • New analysis : performance recommendation for switch.
  • New analysis : merge if/if into if/then/else
  • Checked unit tests : 2500 / 2536 test pass (99% pass).

Version 1.0.1 (Xueshi Demon, 2017-10-30)

• Architecture

  • Created Result class for Graphdb results
  • Docker image is updated with version 1.0.1
  • Vagrant files are updated with version 1.0.1
  • Preparing support for Gremlin 3.3.0

• Report

  • Added support for PHP 7.1.11 and 7.0.25

• Analysis

  • New analysis : could be else (for consecutive opposite if/then)
  • Checked unit tests : 2517 / 2527 test pass (99% pass).

Version 1.0.0 (Roushi Demon, 2017-10-23)

• Architecture

  • Tested on Gremlin 3.2.6. Checked Gremlin 3.3.0, but it needs more work.
  • Upgraded doctor for installation and report.
  • Upgraded docs to set gremlin-server as default install.

• Report

  • Added support for Clang-style report.
  • Ambassador : fixed link to exception Tree.
  • Inventories : Date format,
  • Audit names are reported in every Ambassador-style report.

• Analysis

  • Upgraded PHP directive list.
  • Functions In For loop : prevent issue if the function uses a loop variable.
  • Useless instruction : do not report return $i++ if $i is reference
  • Useless instruction : Avoir reporting properties when they are magic
  • New analysis : mark properties to be magic.
  • Upgraded list of PHP logins, to report hard coded passwords.
  • Upgraded close naming : variables that differ with 1 chars are reported.
  • Added assert(false…) to list of branching syntax.
  • Checked unit tests : 2515 / 2525 test pass (99% pass).

Version 0.12.16 (Tawny Lion Demon, 2017-10-16)

• Report

  • Beta version for Drill Instructor
  • Upgraded Inventories report with Sessions, Cookies, Incoming variables

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Expression too complex.
  • New analysis : Session Handler must implements SessionUpdateTimestampHandlerInterface
  • New analysis : is Zero : additions that negate some terms
  • New analysis : unconditional loops
  • Upgraded Zend Framework review with latest versions (feed, http, eventmanager…)
  • Upgraded ‘Strange names’ with new typos
  • Upgraded ‘Logical to in_array’ to handle separated comparisons
  • Checked unit tests : 2505 / 2515 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed bug with Sign in Additions.

Version 0.12.15 (Nine Headed Lion, 2017-10-09)

• Architecture

  • Server : now supports stop, start and restart.
  • Every audit gets a random name, for easy differentiation
  • Added support for PHP 7.3

• Report

  • Ambassador : list of analysis that report nothing : Good job!
  • Slim report : fixed build

• Analysis

  • New analysis : file upload names vulnerability check
  • New analysis : variable that may hold different types of date
  • New analysis : always anchor regex
  • Checked unit tests : 2475 / 2480 test pass (99% pass).

Version 0.12.14 (Grand Saint of Nine Spirits, 2017-10-02)

• Architecture

  • Support UTF-8 on Gremlin Server (other encoding are not)
  • Better display of vcs updates

• Report

  • Ambassador : added Security and Performances
  • Ambassador : Upgraded exception presentation

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report fallthrough in switch
  • New analysis : inventory regex
  • Added support for PHP 7.1.10 and 7.0.24

Version 0.12.13 (King of the Southern Hill, 2017-09-25)

• Architecture

  • Code cleaning

• Report

  • Ambassador : changed display of the audit

• Analysis

  • Refactored several analysis

Version 0.12.12 (Ruler of the Kingdom of Miefa, 2017-09-18)

• Report

  • Ambassador : fixed collect of interfaces and trait names

• Analysis

  • New analysis : ext/Parle
  • New analysis : help optimize pathinfo() usage
  • New analysis : catch array_values() usage with list and pathinfo()
  • Updated analysis : Don’t show error messages with catch->getMessage();
  • Updated analysis : No concat in loop handles $x = $c . $x;
  • Checked unit tests : 2456 / 2461 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for ‘, ” and > in file names. Still missing support for
  • Restaured fallback to global constants.
  • Fixed special case : <?php ++$x ?>

Version 0.12.11 (Half-Guanyin, 2017-09-11)

• Architecture

  • Added support options for branches and tags
  • Added support for config in server mode

• Report

  • Fixed methods dump for interfaces.

• Analysis

  • Added all analysis to report could be private/protected for

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed handling of ‘<’ char in paths

Version 0.12.10 (Golden Nosed Albino Rat Spirit, 2017-09-04)

• Architecture

  • Upgraded server version with config alteration features.
  • New generated config-cache

• Report

  • Fixed property names in Visibility report

• Analysis

  • Arrays/IsModified : arrays are not modified unless in a (unset)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed ‘constant’ for functioncalls
  • Introduced ‘Name’ for Identifier without a fullnspath
  • Added support for branches and tags in init
  • Fixed edge case with $o->$$b

Version 0.12.9 (Lady Earth Flow, 2017-08-28)

• Architecture

  • Creates config.cache, with cached calculated configs. Remove to update.

• Report

  • GraphQL : Upgraded GraphQL report, with relationships.

• Analysis

  • New analysis : suggest moving for() to foreach()
  • New analysis : shell_exec/exec/backtick favorite
  • Update analysis : Abstract Static is for PHP 7.0-

• Tokenizer

  • Removed Arguments and ARGUMENTS.
  • Finished ‘factory’ from Config.
  • Better handling of long path names.

Version 0.12.8 (ruler of the Kingdom of Biqiu, 2017-08-21)

• Analysis

  • New analysis : use foreach, not for()
  • New analysis : ext/fam, ext/rdkafka

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed edge case where pathnames are too long on OSX.

Version 0.12.7 (Old Man of the South Pole, 2017-08-14)

• Architecture

  • Fixed project_vcs when none is used.

• Analysis

  • Better documentation for in_array replacements and array_unique()
  • Added support for PHP 7.1.8 and 7.0.22

Version 0.12.6 (White Faced Vixen Spirit, 2017-08-07)

• Analysis

  • New analysis : no negative for strings before 7.1
  • New analysis : use in_array instead of ||
  • Updated analysis : preg_quote has no delimiter

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed bug in handling real value for negative numbers

Version 0.12.5 (White Deer Spirit, 2017-07-31)

• Architecture

  • Removed config singleton

• Report

  • New report : simpletables (HTML)

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report optional parameters
  • New analysis : report concat inside a loop
  • Updated analysis : Could Be Class Constant, when no visibility is provided.

Version 0.12.4 (peacock Mahamayuri, 2017-07-24)

• Architecture

  • Optimized performances for large projects (over 2M tokens)
  • Support Neo4j as a driver for Tinkgerpop

• Report

  • Now covering all PHP 7.2 features

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Extension xattr
  • New analysis : report ‘object’ as a class name
  • New analysis : No Array for magic property
  • New analysis : suggest reducing code for isset
  • New favorite : and / &&
  • Updated analysis : fetch correct delimiter, even if escaped.
  • Extended coverage for several analysis
  • Removed several nested-subqueries (bad for performances)

• Tokenizer

  • Tinkergraph/Neo4j : reworked loading data from disk.
  • Added protection for $ in filename

Version 0.12.3 (Golden Winged Great Peng, 2017-07-17)

• Architecture

  • Prepared options for several back servers : Tinkergraph, Gremlin-Server/Neo4j, Janusgraph

• Report

  • New report : Marmelab (GraphQL server)

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report when a property is used as object or scalar
  • New analysis : Mismatched Typehint
  • New analysis : Mismatched Default values
  • Upgraded analysis :
  • Fixed a gremlin bug in noAtomInside

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for trailing comma in group use (PHP 7.2)
  • Fixed building of constants’ values

Version 0.12.2 (Samantabhadra, 2017-07-10)

• Architecture

  • Added support for Tinkergraph as graph backend

• Report

  • Ambassador : reports callback/closures, all 3 declares (ticks, encoding, strict_types)
  • Ambassador : reports strict_types as favorite
  • PlantUML : upgraded report

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Mismatched ternary branches
  • New analysis : mkdir, by default, uses 777.
  • New analysis : ext/lapack
  • Upgraded analysis : option E for preg_match, refined results
  • Checked unit tests : 2337 / 2366 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for Instanceof and GROUPUSE with Nsname

Version 0.12.1 (Yellow Toothed Elephant, 2017-07-03)

• Architecture

  • Refactored structures extractions in dump

• Report

  • New report : PlantUML
  • Ambassador : Appinfo now reports how popular is a feature

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Const / Define() favorite for constants
  • New analysis : do not return in finally
  • Upgraded analysis : Add Zero was refactored

• Tokenizer

  • Prepared list of tokens and relations

Version 0.12.0 (Manjusri, 2017-06-26)

• Architecture

  • Added support for Janusgraph (Gremlin 3)
  • Refactored dump’s data collection for speed.bb

• Report

  • Added support for Wordpress and Joomla as Frameworks

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Avoid Optional properties
  • New analysis : Multiple declarations of functions
  • New analysis : Non breakable spaces in names
  • New analysis : Favorite Heredoc delimiter
  • New analysis : ext/swoole

• Tokenizer

  • Modified several nodes/links names, for compatibility purposes

Version 0.11.8 (Xiaozuanfeng, 2017-06-19)

• Architecture

  • Starte working on JanusGraph to add to Neo4j/Gremlin3

• Report

  • Ambassador : reports Strings encoding and Unicode-block (when available)
  • Ambassador : reports framework founds (first 6, more as we go).
  • Ambassador : reports how frequently an analysis yield results to compare with current situation

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Classes where declaration order differs from : use, const, properties and methods.
  • New analysis : Could use interface (but implements is missing)
  • New analysis : Cant Inherit Abstract Method (PHP 7.2 upgrade)
  • New analysis : use session_start() options
  • Updated analysis : Dynamica method calls cover {} too
  • Checked unit tests : 2305 / 2305 test pass (100% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Checked code on early PHP 7.2 version

Version 0.11.7 (Long Armed Ape Monkey, 2017-06-12)

• Report

  • Ambassador : report detected patterns (2 firsts)
  • None report : for when dump is sufficient

• Analysis

  • New analysis : could factor functioncalls
  • New analysis : PSR-* usage
  • New analysis : support for Judy and Gender extensions
  • Added thema for Compatibility PHP 7.3
  • Added thema for Dependency Injection

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed edge case where classes starting with ‘namespace’ where mistakenly processed
  • Removed Block from CIT

Version 0.11.6 (Red Bottomed Horse Monkey, 2017-06-05)

• Architecture

  • Removed singleton to Config. WIP

• Report

  • Ambassador : reports usage of PSR 3,6,7,11,13,16.
  • UML : report now protects file names

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Ext stats
  • New analysis : report mixed concatenation / interpolation strings
  • Updated analysis : htmlentities actually uses combinaison, not alternatives,
  • Updated analysis : Close Tag consistency ignores __HALT_COMPILER files

Version 0.11.5 (Intelligent Stone Monkey, 2017-05-30)

• Report

  • Ambassador : fixed visibility suggestion
  • New report : Dependency wheel

• Analysis

  • New analysis : avoid typehinting with classes
  • New analysis : implemented methods must be public
  • New analysis : no reference on left of assignement
  • New analysis : Could typehint with instanceof
  • Updated analysis : Useless parenthesis cover clone, yield, yield from.
  • Updated analysis : Make One Call also reports nested calls

• Tokenizer

  • Split functions and closures,
  • Split classes and anonymous classes
  • Split variable with definitions (Property, Static and Global)
  • File count is always reported (even 0)

Version 0.11.4 (Six Eared Macaque, 2017-05-22)

• Architecture

  • Results : returns now multiple results at once

• Report

  • New report : codeflower
  • Ambassador : report usage of Debug functions, browscap
  • Ambassador : omits 0 in donuts
  • Ambassador : faceted search for compatiblity

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report functions whose return is not used
  • New analysis : only variable can be passed by reference
  • Added limits to all in-depth searches
  • Checked unit tests : 2216 / 2216 test pass (100% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed edge case, where return is finished by a close tag
  • Split Variables into Variables, Objects and Arrays.

Version 0.11.3 (Sun Deity of Mao, 2017-05-15)

• Architecture

  • Speed up batch processing for lists of analysis
  • Split data collection from the initial dump.

• Report

  • Ambassador : Upgraded presentation of issues, and internals links.

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Sphinx extension
  • New analysis : GRPC extension
  • New analysis : reports arrays that are randomly sorted.
  • New analysis : report multiple catch clauses
  • Updated analysis : direct injections include all SERVER_* values
  • Upgrade for PHP 7.1.15 and 7.0.19

• Tokenizer

  • Split Functioncall into Functioncall, MethocallCall and Newcall.
  • Added support for ‘namespace’ in any full name.

Version 0.11.2 (Scorpion Demon, 2017-05-08)

• Architecture

  • Code cleaning, and more stability

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Report preference between != and <>
  • New analysis : report empty regex and wrong delimiters
  • Added protection for $ in RegexDelimiters

Version 0.11.1 (Ruler of Women’s Country, 2017-05-01)

• Architecture

  • Fixed handling for large list of data in gremlin queries
  • Handles static in anonymous classes correctly

• Report

  • Reports handle traits like class.

• Analysis

  • New analysis : ends arrays with , or not (favorite)
  • New analysis : suspicious comparison
  • New analysis : strange spaces in strings

• Tokenizer

  • Arrays are now Arrayliteral, split from Functioncall

Version 0.11.0 (Immortal Ruyi, 2017-04-24)

• Architecture

  • Removed prepared statements from loops in dump
  • made Gremlin cache compatible with 32bits platforms

• Report

  • Ambassador : first work on upgrading visibilities for properties.

• Analysis

  • New analysis : could use str_repeat()
  • New analysis : Crc32() Might Be Negative
  • Update analysis : Queries in loop reports cubrid and sqlsrv, prepared statements.
  • Update analysis : type mismatch for indices works on constants too.
  • Update analysis : Loop calling covers less ground

• Tokenizer

  • Split function and method entities for differentiated processing

Version 0.10.9 (Single Horned Rhinoceros King, 2017-04-17)

• Architecture

  • File extensions are processed before include/ignore dirs.
  • Reduced number of DEFINITION links, leading to less processing.
  • Added several assertion() in the code
  • Added assertions report in doctor (better leave them out with phar)

• Report

  • Added support for PHP 7.0.18 and 7.1.4
  • Ambassador : better layout for favorites
  • Zend Framework : 8 new components supported
  • Zend Framework : now supports zendframework/zendframework too
  • Zend Framework : report unused components

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report nested Use expressions
  • New analysis : report repeated regex (to be federated)
  • New analysis : report code that output directly to std
  • Updated analysis : Should use this now omits overwritten methods
  • New analysis : report overwritten methods
  • Upgraded analysis : 2123 / 2123 test pass (100% pass)

Version 0.10.8 (King of Spiritual Touch, 2017-04-10)

• Report

  • Slim report : list of routes used.

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report Group Use Declaration (PHP 7.0+)
  • Zend Framework : 30 components are now covered.
  • Slim : No echo in route callable and Inventory of routes.
  • PHP : list of new PHP 7.2 functions.

• Tokenizer

  • Sped up loading time by 10%.
  • Added support for PHP6 binary string : $a = u’b’;

Version 0.10.7 (Immortal of Antelope Power, 2017-04-03)

• Report

  • Ambassador : fixed composer report.
  • Added report for Composer (beta phase)
  • Added report for Slim framework.

• Analysis

  • Added support for Slim versions.
  • Added 10 new components for Zend Framework 3

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed support for $ in file names.

Version 0.10.6 (Immortal of Elk Power, 2017-03-27)

• Architecture

  • Major speed up of loading and analysis
  • Fixed themes configuration.

• Report

  • Ambassador : report cookies usage, infinite and NAN usage
  • Zend Framework : Report incompatibilites component/version for ZF3

• Analysis

  • Upgraded analysis : 1941 / 1941 test pass (100.00% pass)
  • New analysis : Zend Framework 3 Deprecated
  • New analysis : Zend cache, view, db.
  • New analysis : Report missing type tests.
  • New analysis : suggest setcookie() with safe arguments
  • New analysis : Do not cast to Int
  • New analysis : CakePHP classes compatibilities from 2.5 to 3.3
  • Upgraded analysis : instanceof doesn’t report traits anymore
  • Upgraded analysis : mb_ereg has options in the 4th arguments
  • Upgraded analysis : more strange names

• Tokenizer

  • Reviewed most of the load processing.
  • Reduced the number of ‘fullnspath’ properties.

Version 0.10.5 (Immortal of Tiger Power, 2017-03-13)

• Architecture

  • Collect graph size in dump.sqlite
  • Collect memory usage in dump.sqlite
  • Now uses the calling PHP version to run all parts of exakat (no config)
  • Doctor report the ran gremlin version.

• Report

  • Ported the Zend Framework report to ambassador
  • Added regex delimiter in favorites.
  • Ambassador : syntax coloring

• Analysis

  • New analysis : could be typehinted ‘callable’
  • New analysis : encoded letters in strings for security
  • New analysis : report arguments that may be callable
  • New analysis : report strangely named variables
  • New analysis : report strangely named constants
  • New analysis : too many FindsBy*() methods
  • Updated analysis : Useless Instructions doesn’t report array_merge(_recursive) with one argument
  • Updated analysis : array_replace handles …
  • Updated analysis : 7.2 deprecation with assert()
  • Generalized usage of commons for CIT
  • Added first 4 set of analysis for Zend Framework 3
  • Added support for dynamic new $a[i];

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed fullnspath with new on functioncall
  • Reduced the number of fullnspath loaded
  • Added support for ‘s’() as functioncall
  • Fixed case where file names has ‘ ‘ in it

Version 0.10.4 (Dragon King of the West Sea, 2017-03-06)

• Architecture

  • Ignore some classic files by default (README, LICENSE…)

• Report

  • Ambassador : protection of HTML values
  • PHPcompilation : fixed export to stdout

• Analysis

  • New analysis : report useless else branches
  • New analysis : should regenerate session Id, for PHP and Zend Framework
  • Added support for Extension Data structures (ext/ds)
  • Upgraded analysis : Hardcoded Hash
  • Speed up analysis for extensions

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed edge case where a constant was used inside a ternary operator
  • Fixed processing of labels

Version 0.10.3 (Dragon King of the Jing River, 2017-02-27)

• Architecture

  • Added URL glossary to Manual.
  • Extended CS ruleset
  • Use exakat/exakat as user/login for git.
  • New helper to rename analysis
  • Project command now accept -P/-T to run one analysis/Thema directly

• Report

  • New report style : Codesniffer

• Analysis

  • New analysis : suggest usage for array_column()
  • New analysis : __DIR__ must be concatenated with a string starting with ‘/’
  • New analysis : report usage of parent, self and static outside a class/trait
  • New analysis : report properties used only in one method
  • New analysis : report properties used only once at all
  • New analysis : multiple aliases per class
  • Updated analysis : Fopen() mode support ‘e’ option (7.1.2 + )
  • Updated analysis : Make One Call covers str_replace, substr_replace, preg_replace*
  • Updated analysis : Unused arguments : now ignores arguments from interface or parent

• Tokenizer

  • Removed double DEFINITION link. Faster loading, less processing.
  • Fixed an edge case when function name is boolean or null.
  • Cleaned atom and tokens names
  • Fixed edge case when object is instantiated in a ternary

Version 0.10.2 (Water Lizard Dragon, 2017-02-20)

• Architecture

• Report

  • Text format now understand -T, -P to extract only some of the results.
  • Fixed dump of extends.

• Analysis

  • Added support for PHP 7.1.2 and PHP 7.0.16
  • New analysis : report forgotten ‘throw’ keyword.
  • New analysis : report class / function confusing name
  • Added support for libsodium
  • Upgraded PHP Relaxed Keyword : Ignore properties.
  • Upgraded analysis : 1824 / 1826 test pass (99.9% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed a bug that mistakes native PHP classes for functions
  • Fixed rare situation with grouped const/function.

Version 0.10.1 (King of Wuji Kingdom, 2017-02-13)

• Architecture

  • Report SVN revision when updating or not.
  • Default reports are in config.
  • Configure now supports include_dirs, to include files.
  • Project name is now noted in datastore.
  • Inventories is a default themas; PHP Compatibility < 5.6 are not default anymore.

• Documentation

  • Fixed outgoing links
  • Better coverage of PHP functions

• Report

  • Added ‘Inventories’ report : reports all names and literals
  • Ambassador : Added list of included files, Yield From and classes stats

• Analysis

  • New Analysis : Strange Names For Methods (Classes/StrangeName)
  • New Analysis : SQL queries (Type/Sql)
  • New Analysis : Avoid Non Wordpress Globals (Wordpress/AvoidOtherGlobals)
  • Upgraded analysis : Should be single quote, escape sequences refined.
  • Upgraded analysis : Should Preprocess now support determinist PHP functions
  • Upgraded analysis : 1817 / 1824 test pass (99.6% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed LOC counting.
  • Fixed edge case when closure is directly use as argument
  • Fixed double inventories for Use’s Definitions

Version 0.10.0 (Azure Lion, 2017-02-06)

• Architecture

  • Replacement of booleans with constants (WIP)
  • Removed PHPloc (merged features into load)
  • Added coding standard for Code Sniffer (ruleset.xml)
  • PHP version used default to running script version
  • Now reading Token Constants from the binaries
  • Doctor reports project configuration if -p is used

• Report

• Analysis

  • New Analysis : No Boolean As Default
  • New Analysis : Raised Access Level
  • New Analysis : Recommend Wpdb->prepare when variables are in query
  • Directive suggestion now include error_log
  • Upgraded analysis : UselessParenthesis also checks Typehint
  • Upgraded analysis : 1804 / 1811 test pass (99.6% pass)

• Tokenizer

  • Reinforced detection of parsable PHP script
  • Fixed Files command : it now cleans data before running
  • Removed warning about memory
  • Index creation made lighter

Version 0.9.9 (Pilanpo Bodhisattva, 2017/01/30)

• Architecture

  • Moving true/false to constants

• Report

  • Ambassador : Added ‘Compilation’ and Version compatibility reports.
  • Prepared collection of dependencies in dump

• Analysis

  • New Thema : Compatibility PHP 7.2
  • New analysis : Deprecated Features of PHP 7.2
  • New analysis : Removed Function for PHP 7.2
  • New preference : New Line Style
  • Upgraded analysis : 1781 / 1802 test pass (98.9% pass)

Version 0.9.8 (Multiple Eyed Creature, 2017-01-23)

• Architecture

  • Moved ‘Truthy/Falsy’ as ‘boolean’ characteristics
  • Updated Gremlin3 interface to handle Groovy maps
  • Added default name when creating project

• Report

  • Added checks on merged table at Dump stage
  • Added support for PHP 7.1.1 and 7.0.15

• Analysis

  • New analysis : variables assigned twice or more
  • New preference : new x() / new x;
  • Upgraded analysis : 1785 / 1794 test pass (99.5% pass)
  • Fixed Interface usage : missing interfaces extends interfaces
  • Added extra check for Functioncalls

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for instanceof + several names

Version 0.9.7 (Hundred Eyed Demon Lord, 2017-01-16)

• Architecture

  • Fixed constant names for tokens in Load
  • Changed duplication check to dedup(). Cleaned analysis for duplicates.
  • Speed but for large projects. Work in Progress.
  • Reduced usage of static properties
  • Better detection of PHP scripts during project

• Report

  • Fixed generation of inventories when no target is provided

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Could Be Protected Property (not a public)
  • New analysis : avoid large literal arrays in local variables.
  • New analysis : report long arguments.
  • Removed analysis : Structures/EchoArguments (double with Echo With Concat)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed list of constants for PHP 7.1

Version 0.9.6 (Spider Demons, 2017-01-09)

• Architecture

  • Added support for report/analysis theme list in config (exakat and project)
  • Better cleaning of projects
  • Doctor : Initialisation with themes/reports; Reports executable being used.
  • Added a log for gremlin Queries
  • Rebuild the server command
  • Added ‘catalog’ command

• Report

  • Split Phpconfiguration into eponymous and Phpcompilation

• Analysis

  • New analysis : avoid Glob, use scandir without sorting.
  • New analysis : always configure ext/sqlite3 FetchRow()
  • New analysis : no string with append
  • Removed analysis : Structures/ForeachSourcesNotVariable
  • Upgraded Analysis ‘Should Import Functions’
  • Upgraded analysis : 1764 / 1773 test pass (99.5% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Added ‘aliased’ property to nodes.

Version 0.9.5 (Immortal Ziyang, 2017-01-04)

• Architecture

  • Better check of PHP version

• Report

  • Ambassador : report analysis settings
  • PHP Compilations : supports all extensions
  • New report : Inventories

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Don’t Use Fallback to Global space
  • New analysis : MongoDB (ext/mongo version 3)
  • New analysis : zbarcode
  • Bug : Fixed intval for octals in Arrays/MultipleIdenticalKeys
  • Removed analysis : Php/InconsistantClosingTag (double)

• Tokenizer

  • Ranking arguments, not functioncall

Version 0.9.4 (Lady of Jinsheng Palace, 2016-12-19)

• Architecture

  • Rewrote the concurrence check (removed needs for ext/sem)
  • Results are never double anymore
  • Upgraded gremlin calls, to handle n
  • Dump cleans the previous values before dumping
  • Excluded namespaces classes when searching for external libraries

• Report

  • Ambassador : extension usage, inventories, global lists, stats, PHP Compilation directives
  • Covers more compilation directives (Not finished)

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Final by Ocramius
  • Upgraded : Comparison with == : added curl_exec
  • Upgraded : isset with constant (mistake on properties as arrays)
  • Upgraded : Avoid using now uses full NS path
  • Upgraded : Useless instructions handles for() correctly
  • Upgraded : Recursive, IsGenerator and Loop Calling includes yield from
  • Upgraded analysis : 1741 / 1750 test pass (99.5% pass).

Version 0.9.3 (Purple-Gold Bells, 2016-12-12)

• Architecture

  • Lots of cleaned code
  • Harmonized data for extensions
  • Stop ‘project’ if no code is available
  • Now using stub in phar.

• Report

  • Added directives, bugfixes, external services and
  • Added support for PHP 7.0.14 and 5.6.29

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Wordpress, recommend prepare()
  • More favorite reports : final ?> and unset()/(unset)
  • Reduced number of double reports for many analysis
  • Update : Fixed analysis with $THIS
  • Upgrade : report useless casting of comparisons
  • Update : Should use this takes into account parent

Version 0.9.2 (Golden Haired Hou, 2016-12-05)

• Architecture

  • First version of Exakat for docker (beta)
  • Added a waiting loop in cleandb
  • Docs include a list of new analysis per version

• Report

  • Added 2 first inventories, Appinfo() in Ambassador
  • Favorites now reports global/$GLOBALS
  • Restore composer.lock report
  • Upgraded uselessReturn for the final return.

• Analysis

  • New analysis for Newt, Nsapi,
  • New analysis : __ in methods names
  • New analysis : Too many local variables
  • New analysis : Avoid array_push()
  • Upgraded ext/apache coverage

Version 0.9.1 (Sai Tai Sui, 2016-11-28)

• Architecture

  • Docker supported in exakat/config.ini for PHP binaries.
  • Added exakatSince in analysis documentation
  • Added some missing tokens in anonymize command

• Report

  • Added several new analysis for PHP 7.1

• Analysis

  • new analysis : find methods that could return Void
  • new analysis : find malformed octal sequence in strings
  • new analysis : spot rethrown exception
  • new analysis : reach the last element
  • new analysis : find undefined Zend Framework classes (2.0 to 3.0)
  • Upgraded analysis : 1706 / 1714 test pass (99.5% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed handling references (some were missing)
  • Fixed handling of ellipsis (some were missing)

Version 0.9.0 (Python Demon, 2016-11-21)

• Architecture

  • Project now include ‘Preference’ analysis
  • Dump is now incremental (-u option), and doesn’t need to be run in paralell
  • Added new hashAnalysis table, to handle generic results from analysis.
  • Added project name in the graph.
  • New command ‘status’ to report the current status of exakat

• Report

  • Ambassador includes ‘Preferences’ section and new menu system
  • Upgraded progressbar to display project processing

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Early Bail Out (with if/then)
  • New analysis : PHP 7.1 backward incompatibilities with microseconds
  • New analysis : Wordpress : recommend using WP api, not PHP.
  • Upgraded ‘Constant condition’ to include do..while()
  • Upgraded ‘Useless Abstract’ to include methodless classes
  • Upgraded analysis : 1687 / 1697 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Added ‘Array’ to list of determinist functions (more constants are spotted)
  • Fixed ‘Name’ for Array Short Syntax.
  • Fixed variadic support

Version 0.8.9 (Yellow Brows Great King, 2016-11-14)

• Architecture

  • Fixed and document -tgz and -zip option of init
  • Removed progress folder
  • Made MagicNumber a parallel task in Project.
  • Turned some die into assertion()
  • .phar doesn’t report any PHP errors.
  • Checked compilation with PHP 5.3->7.2

• Report

  • Removed Faceted report
  • Added Bugfixes for PHP 7.0.13, 5.6.28 and PHP 7.2
  • Added ‘One variable string’ to Radwell report

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Object Calisthenics #1, #4
  • New analysis : check that properties are all set at constructor time.
  • New analysis : spot useless checks
  • Updated UndefinedParentMP to take PHP ext classes into account
  • Upgraded ‘array_merge in loops’ with file_put_contents
  • Upgraded ‘useless parenthesis’ with math operations
  • Upgraded analysis : 1666 / 1682 test pass (99% pass).
  • Added debug Query method to analysis

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed Files to compile first, then count tokens
  • Find Ext Lib handle UT classes better
  • Added limit to ‘code’ before loading into database. There is a 2M limit.
  • Fixed edge case with nested foreach()
  • Fixed segmentation fault when getting tokens from a script with wrong encoding

Version 0.8.8 (Apricot Immortal, 2016-11-07)

• Architecture

  • Added concurency test to avoid running several instance at the same time
  • Report error when it happens with git clone
  • Added UT classes to external libraries
  • Dump is now hidden until finished.
  • Better detection of java and composer (Thanks Julien)

• Report

  • New report : Radwell
  • New report : PhpConfiguration helping with configure and php.ini
  • Ambassador : Fixed dashboard values

• Analysis

  • New analysis : time() vs strtotime(‘now’)
  • New analysis : useless casting
  • New analysis : No Isset() with Empty()
  • New analysis : don’t echo errors
  • New analysis : ext/rar
  • New analysis : use Class::class when possible
  • Added array_key_exists() to slow functions list.
  • Upgraded UpperCaseKeywords to handle partial uppercase
  • Added reported directives for ext/filter
  • Upgraded ‘Variables used once’ to exclude $this and arguments
  • Upgraded Unreachable Code with break/continue;
  • Multiple Identical Keys now handles null, boolean, real.
  • Upgraded analysis : 1652 / 1668 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Now spots true, false, null as Boolean and Null
  • Removed ‘xargs too many arguments’ error on Linux

Version 0.8.7 (Naked Demon, 2016-10-31)

• Architecture

  • Upgraded Boolean and Integer to report results without storing them in graph

• Analysis

  • New analysis : modernizable empty() calls
  • New analysis : recommend Positive conditions
  • New analysis : drop else after return
  • Upgraded analysis : unreacheable code handles if/then with returns.
  • Added tests for Boolean and Null
  • More not Hashes dict.
  • Upgraded analysis : 1637 / 1650 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed line number of <?=
  • Fixed token on arguments

Version 0.8.6 (Fuyun Sou, 2016-10-24)

• Architecture

  • New command to ping a queue
  • More documentation

• Report

  • Ambassador report sped up multiple times
  • Text, Json and XML all report only analysis (not the dependencies)

• Analysis

  • New analysis : suggest ternary instead of Ifthen
  • New analysis : check for returned value usage
  • Added support for PHP 7.0.12 and 5.6.27
  • Added more bugs fixing from extensions
  • Fixed analysis for Zend Framework 1
  • Ignore $this in variable used once
  • Fixed report with unlimited arguments functions
  • Overwritten literals : Ignore assignations in for()
  • Upgraded old PHP 5.* analysis to Gremlin 3
  • Upgraded analysis : 1639 / 1645 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed precedence between require and .
  • Better fullcode for <?=

Version 0.8.5 (Naked Demon, 2016-10-17)

• Architecture

  • Moved all classes under Exakat folder for clean hierarchy

• Report

  • Ambassador : restored line number in display

• Analysis

  • New analysis, check for substr() comparisons with literals
  • New analysis, suggest boolean cast, instead of Ternary.
  • New analysis, spot 3 levels of if/then
  • Upgraded ‘hardcoded password’, for kadm5 and hash_* functions
  • Upgraded ‘external libs’, with Zend Framework
  • Upgraded analysis : 1625 / 1638 test pass (99% pass).

Version 0.8.4 (Lingkongzi, 2016-10-10)

• Architecture

  • Moved Tasks into ExkatTasks
  • Fixed findExternalLibs

• Report

  • Ambassador report got good annex, fixed settings and faceted search
  • Omit clearPHP if not present in docs

• Analysis

  • New analysis : detect multiple identical traits/interface in CIT
  • New analysis : suggest creating aliases to reduce code
  • New analysis : spot aliases that may be reused again
  • New analysis : hidden use, that are not at the beginning of the code
  • Upgraded analysis : 1607 / 1618 test pass (99% pass).
  • More documentations to many analysis
  • HasMagicProperty report all magic methods
  • Upgraded ‘Useless Parenthesis’ with more situations
  • Upgraded ‘Unchecked resources’ with 2 more situations
  • Fixed several analysis when using Boolean and Null as a class
  • Fixed analysisIsNot with arrays
  • Removed include-like from undefined functions
  • Arrays/AmbiguousKeys : Extended to arrays calls

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed edge case with return ?>
  • Fixed path for reporting

Version 0.8.3 (Guzhi Gong, 2016-10-03)

• Architecture

  • Created temp folder .exakat in projects_dir
  • Removed mentions of float, only using Real
  • Moved Config to ExakatConfig
  • More examples in docs

• Report

  • Added settings and files to Ambassador

• Analysis

  • New analysis for dependant Traits
  • Added new Theme ‘Cakephp’ with 6 analysis for migration
  • New values for Not-a-hash
  • Unresolved Catch now takes Throwable into account

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed edge case where return is used inside if/then without {} nor value.
  • Fixed ‘code’ and ‘token’ for ?: and ()

Version 0.8.2 (Jinjie Shiba Gong, 2016-09-26)

• Architecture

  • More examples in docs
  • Fixed ‘file’ in results

• Report

  • Added more media for Ambassador

• Analysis

  • New analysis for count/strlen compared to 0
  • Upgraded analysis : 1563 / 1579 test pass (99% pass).
  • Backported all 4 Wordpress analysis (wpdb, nonce usage)
  • Added new Wordpress analysis : variable escaping in templates

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed <?= so it is handled like echo

Version 0.8.1 (Babo’erben, 2016-09-19)

• Architecture

  • Added main Try/Catch

• Report

  • Added ‘Ambassador’ report.

• Analysis

  • Upgraded analysis : 1540 / 1561 test pass (99% pass).
  • More documentation (examples, glossary)
  • Added a list of stopwords for No Hardcoded Hash
  • Upgraded analysis ‘No Hardcoded Path’ with protocols and glob with wildcards
  • Upgraded analysis ‘No Hardcoded Hash’ with stopwords
  • Added new Analysis for portability : spot common Linux files
  • Added new Analysis : use system temp dir, not hardcoded one
  • New analysis that spot unused protected methods
  • Added Time-to-fix and severity to all analysis

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed edge case with if/then and try/catch
  • Synchronized constants in Tokens/Consts*.php
  • Added support for PHP 7.2

Version 0.8.0 (Benbo’erba, 2016-09-12)

• Architecture

  • More examples in the docs
  • Better find root in export

• Report

  • Prepared code for new report style

• Analysis

  • New analysis : no throw in __destruct
  • New analysis : spot empty blocks in control structures
  • Update : Check parse_str and mb_parse_str()
  • Upgraded analysis : 1524 / 1540 test pass (99% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed representation of [] and [index] with static properties

Version 0.7.10 (Nine Headed Bug, 2016-09-05)

• Architecture

  • Added optional dependency to mbstring in Doctor

• Analysis

  • Added analysis for PHP 7.1 features
  • Upgraded analysis : 1377 / 1510 test pass (91% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Removed parasit ‘void’ added in sequences.
  • Raised export max depth to 15.
  • Fixed FQN for new without parenthesis
  • Fixed support for PHP 5.5/5.6.
  • Added support for iterable
  • Checked support for extensions and ignore dirs

Version 0.7.9 (Wansheng Princess, 2016-08-29)

• Architecture

  • Added several features at Loading time : mark global variables in $GLOBALS, fallback FQN in functions, link constant to definitions.

• Analysis

  • Added analysis for impossible comparisons (count($a) < or >= 0)
  • Added analysis for PHP 7.1 : removed directives, added functions
  • Upgraded analysis : 1485 / 1522 test pass (97.5% pass).

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed edge case with <?= $v;
  • Fixed priorities between include and .
  • Better support of trait in classes

Version 0.7.8 (Wansheng Dragon King, 2016-08-22)

• Architecture

  • Prepared databases for PHP 7.2

• Analysis

  • Reports that preg_match results are not checked
  • Report List short syntax usage.
  • Upgraded analysis : 1224 / 1493 test pass.

• Tokenizer

Version 0.7.7 (Water Repelling Golden Crystal Beast, 2016-08-17)

• Analysis

  • Upgraded Bug database to handle PHP 7.0.10, 5.6.24 and 5.5.38

Version 0.7.5 (Jade Faced Princess, 2016-07-19)

• Architecture

  • Added ‘anonymize’ command, that anonymize files and projects

• Analysis

  • new analysis : recommend preg_replace_callback_array() when there are several call to preg_replace_callback_array()
  • Upgraded analysis : 1103 / 1464 test pass.

• Tokenizer

  • Lots of fixes for stability : tested on 28M tokens

Version 0.7.4 (Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven, 2016-07-12)

• Architecture

  • Entirely rewrote the ‘Tokenizer’ part
  • Upgraded database schema

• Analysis

  • Upgraded analysis : 1027 / 1461 test pass.

• Tokenizer

  • Entirely rewrote the ‘Tokenizer’ part
  • 1851 UT pass correctly (extra 51)

Version 0.6.7 (Red boy, 2016-05-30)

• Report

  • Added List With Keys in Appinfo()
  • Added by-reference functions mention
  • Now reporting good visibility/static for __callstatic
  • Added bug info for PHP 7.0.7, 5.5.36, 5.6.21

• Analysis

  • New : recommend instanceof over is_object()
  • Fixed several ignored limitations, due to case : $phpversion

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed ‘originclass’ in namespaced use

Version 0.6.6 (Princess Iron Fan, 2016-05-23)

• Report

  • New report, suggest disable_functions directive value.
  • Added support for memcached directives

• Analysis

  • New analysis : spot throw without new
  • New analysis : suggest adding 2nd parameter to unserialize in PHP 7.0+
  • New analysis : spot successive if/then with the same condition
  • Added support for zendoptimizer and suhosin extensions
  • PHP7 indirect expression : added support for {} in properties

• Tokenizer

  • Raised cycle count, to speed up building AST for large projects

Version 0.6.5 (Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven, 2016-05-16)

• Analysis

  • New analysis : spot globals that may be turned into property
  • New analysis : check that ZF1 classes are well located
  • Upgraded ‘dangling foreach reference’ to support key=>value
  • Better support for PHP 7 indirect expression
  • More directives for xdebug
  • Eval Without Try is PHP 7 only
  • No Choice analysis is now case insensitive

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for keys in list() (PHP 7.1)
  • Added support for constant visibility (PHP 7.2)
  • Added support for Multi catch : catch(A|B $e) (PHP 7.1)
  • Fixed bug with + and instanceof
  • Fixed precedence between :: and ??

Version 0.6.4 (Bull Demon King, 2016-05-09)

• Architecture

  • Externalized the list of recognized libraries to Json
  • Added ‘Wordpress’ and ‘Coding convention’ as Recipes

• Report

  • Initial report for Zend Framework. Still prototyping.

• Analysis

  • Accelerated analysis for Implicit GLobals variables
  • New analyze : Indirect Injections (Security)
  • New analyze : Should Use Coalesce (code upgrade)
  • New analyze : Suggest dirname(__FILE__) => __DIR__
  • Added ‘str_rot13’ as unsafe ‘crypto’
  • Properties without default can’t be redefined
  • Added Yield and Yield From as structures without parenthesis needs
  • Double Assignation, unless 2nd call is a functioncall (less false positives)

Version 0.6.3 (Jade Faced Princess, 2016-05-02)

• Architecture

  • Removed several useless pieces of code (self analysis)
  • Added documentation for Wordpress Recipes
  • Lengthened Cycle for tokenizer

• Report

  • Added bugfixes for PHP 7.0.6, 5.6.21, 5.5.35.
  • Now reporting token counts per files

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Spot variable that holds $_GET, $_POST, $_REQUEST or $_COOKIE values (internal)
  • New analysis : Report variables that are overwritten by themselves
  • New analysis : Report useless switch (empty, 1 case only)
  • Upgraded NoChoice to handle larger sequences
  • Upgraded Useless Global to handle global $x / $GLOBALS[‘x’] situations
  • New analysis : Wordpress Recipe : Unverified Nonce, Best Usage for $wpdb
  • New analysis : Void for PHP 7.1

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed but with Typehint
  • Added phppowerpoint class in external libraries

Version 0.6.2 (Long Armed Ape Monkey, 2016-04-25)

• Architecture

  • Fixed phar detection (based on ext/phar)
  • Cleaned code with myself

• Report

  • New report format : clustergrammer

• Analysis

  • New analysis : same conditions in If / Then
  • New analysis : spot dead code in catch expressions
  • Static loops now exclude methods usage
  • Indirect variable expression are stricter
  • preg_* Option e has better support for delimiters
  • Upgraded Direct Injection in case of concatenation
  • Detect Ellipsis when counting arguments
  • Could use short assignation : avoid $a += $a + 3;

• Tokenizer

  • Sped up Typehint detection
  • No indexing for T_STRING in properties
  • Reduced errors from token_get_all()

Version 0.6.1 (Red Bottomed Horse Monkey, 2016-04-18)

• Architecture

  • Prepared to support PHP 7.1
  • Fixed bug in user / passwords when initing the project
  • Better support for ::class when searching for libraries

• Analysis

  • UselessParenthesis : spot nested parenthesis
  • Spot exceptions that are thrown but uncaught by the current code
  • Support for ext/lua,
  • New : Check catch order in try/catch
  • Better identification of Composer classes, based on composer.json
  • Now spot interfaces in use declarations (less undefined interfaces)

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for PHP 7.1
  • key => value in list() calls
  • visibility for constants in Classes and Interfaces
  • Accelerated up Typehint support

Version 0.6.0 (Intelligent Stone Monkey, 2016-04-11)

• Architecture

  • Fixed a bug in Find external libraries
  • Applied fixed based on new analysis audit
  • Fixed a bug that prevented results to be prepared for report (Thanks Philippe G.)

• Report

  • Now reports reason for excluding a file from analysis

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Logical Mistake (first version),
  • New analysis : Iffectations (code restoration)
  • New analysis : Common alternatives
  • New analysis : No Choice (No alternatives)
  • New analysis : Random_* Without Try (security risk)
  • New analysis : Unknown PCRE options
  • New analysis : Identical conditions
  • New analysis : Hardcoded hashes
  • Upgrade List with appends with variable name
  • Upgrade /e option detection
  • Fixed detection of unused use, with long namespaces.
  • Added finfo to ext/finfo
  • Finds exceptions that are reserved for later throwing
  • Exclude anonymous classes from Already Defined Interface

• Tokenizer

  • Extended cycle number to speed up tokenizer.
  • Better escaping of file names

Version 0.5.9 (Six Eared Macaque, 2016-04-04)

• Architecture

  • One progressbar per Recipe during project analysis
  • report’s documentation
  • Upgraded ‘External Lib’ to ignore Composer folders.
  • Fixed a bug about interpreting tokens
  • Dump collects classes, interfaces, traits definitions
  • Now storing project name in database for future use
  • Removed PHP configuration modifications (error_reporting, display_errors)

• Report

  • Added ‘Uml’ report : hierarchy report
  • Now reports Pear Usage
  • Upgraded Bugfix database for 7.0.5, 5.6.20 and 5.5.34
  • Report Yield (from) usage
  • New external configuration files : bazar, github, docker, openshift

• Analysis

  • Added detection for undefined classes in ZF (1.8 to 1.12)
  • New : report undefined Traits
  • Added support for parent/grandparent when checking argument numbers
  • Added support for V8js

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed bug in fullnspath for use within trait or class
  • It is possible to reach a property on an array append
  • Fixed AST between PHP 5 and 7 for globals
  • Simplified ++ analysis

Version 0.5.8 (Sun Deity of Mao, 2016-03-28)

• Architecture

  • Moved to self::, instead of static::.
  • First UT for command line
  • Sped up phploc. Prepare code for finite states, in Tasks.
  • Prepare for Gremlin3 (moved gremlin calls to class)
  • Reduced shell_exec usage

• Report

  • Fixed display bugs in Devoops report
  • Removed double analysis
  • ‘Wrong number of arguments’ now supports constructors

• Analysis

  • Upgraded ‘No Hardcoded IP’ to handle constants, spot domains
  • Added support for TokyoTyrant
  • New analysis : spot simple regex, and suggest strpos
  • Excluded “$a[b]” from undefined constants

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed bug with nested call to echo.
  • Fixed bug where concatenation ends on a ‘AS’ keyword
  • Added support of Constants in Foreach
  • Fixed multiple bugs in Grouped Use
  • Support for function as ‘class’ in static calls
  • Comparison accepts powers
  • Added support for empty array short syntax in sequence
  • Support constant with visibility
  • Parenthesis may be the base for Arrays

Version 0.5.7 (Scorpion Demon, 2016-03-21)

• Architecture

  • Added support for folders in UT, for tests that requires several files
  • Improved compatibility with PHPunit
  • Moving gremlin_query() to Gremlin2 class
  • Doctor also reports for phar
  • Improved adaptation to PHP and Exakt in server mode
  • Autoload shouldn’t die
  • Fixed case when calling Phpexec
  • Upgraded status presentation in server mode

• Report

  • More details for Global Variable list

• Analysis

  • Now spotting class when it is inside a string
  • Check for $this outside a trait/class
  • Check for ternary/concatenation precedence
  • Spot classes that attempt to extend final
  • Spot set_exception_handler() that may need rework
  • Refined array_merge analysis, in case of nested loops

• Tokenizer

  • Yield [from] may be inside an array
  • Refactored for/foreach tokens
  • Added support for a ‘Project’ node

Version 0.5.6 (Ruler of Women’s Country, 2016-03-14)

• Architecture

  • Fixed some backward compatibility with PHP 5.4
  • Started revamping ‘Status’ command
  • Centralized all tokenizations to PhpExec class
  • Removed usage of __DIR__ and __FILE__

• Analysis

  • Spot usage of empty() that can’t work on PHP 5.4
  • Suggest using random_int instead of rand
  • Upgraded ‘No Array_merge in loops’ with array_merge_recursive
  • Added support for scalar type hint in Undefined Classes
  • New analysis : Better rand()

• Tokenizer

  • Instanceof has lower precedence than comparison

Version 0.5.5 (Immortal Ruyi, 2016-03-07)

• Architecture

  • Added default values for all neo4j_* configs

• Report

  • Added support for bugfixes in 7.0.4, 5.6.19 and 5.5.33
  • Added support for bugfixes in 7.1.0-dev

• Analysis

  • Added support for Typehint in Undeclared Classes
  • Extended ‘Multiple Classes in One File’ to interfaces and traits
  • Added analysis for truthy and falsy
  • Spot interfaces implemented by parents (Thanks PHP Inspect)
  • Report usage for unsafe Curl options

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed emptyString inside a Heredoc
  • Fixed bug where Sign has lower priority than Power

Version 0.5.4 (Nezha, 2016-02-29)

• Architecture

  • Removed some shell_exec() to help with portability
  • Clean command now rebuilds an empty datastore
  • Check the availability of php binaries before using
  • Produce report in a hidden folder, then push it

• Report

  • Report the list of bug fixes that apply to code

• Analysis

  • Help using preg_match_all options

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed a bug with reference and instanceof

Version 0.5.3 (Li Jing, 2016-02-22)

• Architecture

  • More UT
  • Supports symlinks for neo4j’s folder
  • Supports symlinks for ‘code’ folder in projects
  • Added upgrade command to check for exakat’s available versions and upgrade

• Analysis

  • Spot CLI scripts
  • Undefined Interfaces avoids self, parent, static
  • Fixed bug in spotting undefined Interface
  • Variable Used Once in a method are not arguments
  • Added support for all structures in Double Assignation

Version 0.5.2 (Single Horned Rhinoceros King, 2016-02-15)

• Analysis

  • Fixed functioncall detection with ‘empty’
  • Refined ‘Buried assignation’ analysis
  • Fixed a bug when using definitions (class, trait, interface, functions…)
  • Better support for case-insensitive constants

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed bug in use statement
  • Now spots PHP code in files without extension
  • Upgraded support for grouped Use statement
  • namespace may be a valid nsname part
  • Fixed bracket reports in do…while

Version 0.5.1 (King of Spiritual Touch, 2016-02-08)

• Architecture

  • Added test in UT to skip incompilable sources
  • Stabilized tokenizer’s UT (partial)

• Report

  • HTML protection in Devoops format
  • No display of negative stats
  • Added support for directives : wincache, xcache, apc, opcache
  • Added support for eaccelerator and openssl

• Analysis

  • New analysis : Spot unknown PHP directive names
  • Fixed Constants/MultipleDefinedConstants
  • Better detection of functioncalls (with List)
  • Better spotting of ini_set arguments
  • Unreachable code now finds die and exit
  • ObjectReference won’t report references on scalar types
  • Revamped ‘pregOptionE’ analysis
  • Cleaned code with too many arguments
  • Removed useless print
  • Better report of eval() usage
  • Revamped ‘Dynamic code’ report
  • Fixed bug in Case/Default that are empty
  • Avoided sequences of sequences in Case/Default
  • Fixed Detection of classes’ usage with extension

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed bracket detection on While and DoWhile
  • Detect void in DoWhile
  • Removed useless T_DIE token
  • Fixed fullcode processing for anonymous classes

Version 0.5.0 (Immortal of Antelope Power, 2016-02-01)

• Architecture

  • Added support for HTTP API, through ‘server’ command.

• Analysis

  • Fopen modes checked
  • Redefined default, in class’s properties

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed situation where echo and print used parenthesis (they don’t)
  • Fixed rare but with instanceof and concatenation
  • Fixed support of integers in Gremlin
  • Fixed bug in addslashes and and $ protection order
  • Made Assignations more robust (no un-processed tokens)
  • Reduced the number of shell_exec usage => speed up
  • Finished support for relaxed keyword support in classes (PHP 7)

Version 0.4.6 (Immortal of Elk Power, 2016-01-25)

• Architecture

  • New installation script with Vagrant and Ansible (Thanks Alexis!)
  • Updated documentation
  • Added a command to remove a project

• Report

  • Devoops reports has case-insensitive menu sort

• Analysis

  • Spot redefined properties, classes and methods.
  • Spot properties that may be turned private
  • Fixed special case in Wrong Number Of Arguments
  • Fixed ‘OnePage’ analysis

• Tokenizer

  • Finished support for relaxed keywords in classes
  • Sped up tokenizer by keeping counts of tokens in datastore
  • Fixed detection of CakePHP
  • Fixed special case with Labels
  • Fixed rare case with die() within ternary operator

Version 0.4.5 (Immortal of Tiger Power, 2016-01-18)

• Architecture

  • Upgraded documentation
  • Default command is ‘help’

• Report

  • Better version for FacetedJson report

• Analysis

  • New analysis that spots wrong type of argument in PHP internal functions
  • Fixed Isset With Constant for PHP 7
  • Fixed a bug that limited query size during analysis (good for bigger projects)
  • Include variadic (…) to Variable Argument Number

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed a bug that blocked tokenizer when a analyzed script generated parse errors.
  • Added support for bazar, svn.
  • Fixed a bug in Nsnames at Loading time.

Version 0.4.4 (Crown Prince Mo’ang, 2016-01-11)

• Architecture

  • Reviewed OnePage analysis
  • Dump as now an option to select Recipes
  • Dump forces line to be integer
  • Added a task to update a project’s code (git only ATM)

• Report

  • Better check when opening database for report (more to come)
  • FacetedJson (and Json) report ignore non-unicode lines
  • Added ‘search’ box to facetedJson

• Analysis

  • Switch To Switch suggestions
  • Unused arguments patch for arguments used in methods
  • Unused properties doesn’t mistake function static variable

• Tokenizer

  • All Nsnames are now build at Loading time
  • Constants may be calld ‘const’
  • More relaxed syntax for methods (exit, include, eval…)
  • Foreach may use coalesce
  • Fixed an edge case with Closures in functioncall

Version 0.4.3 (Tuolong, 2015-01-04)

• Architecture

  • Copyright year bump
  • Doctor reports memory_limit and php version consistency
  • Switched to rmDirRecursive

• Report

  • Removed old style reporting system

• Analysis

  • Fixed fileupload and filesystem directives reports
  • Added report of Environment variable usage
  • Added iconv_set_encoding to the list of directive usage
  • Extension analyzes now takes into account namespaces and traits
  • Analysiss all have severity and time to fix

• Tokenizer

Version 0.4.2 (Red Boy, 2015-12-22)

• Architecture

  • Published documentation on http://exakat.readthedocs.org
  • First version of the faceted report (-format Faceted)

• Report

  • First version of the faceted report (-format Faceted)
  • Fixed Dump that actually finishes after some time

• Analysis

  • Spot unused arguments
  • Fixed notInInterface() filter
  • Upgraded HtmlEntitiesCall

Version 0.4.1 (Azure Lion, 2015-12-14)

• Architecture

  • Rebuild the report system, for speed and versatility.

• Report

  • Available format : JSON, Sqlite, XML, Text and HTML (Devoops).
  • Rules are now part of the documentation.

• Analysis

  • Upgraded ‘Buried assignations’
  • Locally Unused also spots properties without visibility (but with definition)
  • Could be class constant, if the property is used at least once
  • Better detection of files that are Definitions only (fix at Namespace calls)
  • ++ is now correctly reported as isRead and isWritten in Arguments
  • Closure’s use($x) are now reported in both context (calling and called)
  • Removed usage of ‘back’ method, that is blocking at high token counts

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed support for {} and {$ } inside strings
  • Fixed bug with Typehint, that prevented compilation
  • Fixed several (rare) edge cases with Sign and Staticproperties.
  • Fixed detection of closing tags

Version 0.4.0 (Lion Lynx Demon, 2015-12-07)

• Architecture

  • Made PHP 7.0 the default (moved to 0.4.0)
  • Ran unit tests on PHPunit 5.1
  • Added a background tasks to build report. Will allow for progressive report.

• Report

  • Rewrote the report from scratch. Should be finished next iteration.
  • New report is working for XML and Text report.

• Analysis

  • Added support for ext/pecl_http
  • Added several classic folders as ignored by default (change this in config.ini)
  • Create a check for functioncall (and not methods)
  • Spots join(‘’, file())
  • Safely ignoring some dynamic calls in undefined functions (Thanks Marc Delisle)
  • Removed ArrayAppend from double assignation

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed a bug when class was auto-referenced.
  • Fixed detecting Static properties when they are also arrays.
  • Fixed fatal errors for mal-formed octals

Version 0.3.12 (Nine Tailed Vixen, 2015-11-30)

• Architecture

  • ProgressBar is now displayed during Analyze phase.

• Report

  • Report list of error messages used in the library

• Analysis

  • Omit eval with hardcoded strings
  • Exclude some index from _SERVER from the report (they are safe)
  • Exclude php://* files as hard coded path
  • Report usage of timestamp to calculate duration
  • Spots unused traits
  • Fixed support for big integers

• Tokenizer

  • First support for relaxed keywords in classes. More to come.
  • Checked UT on PHP 7 (Soon to become default version)
  • Fixed version detection in Tokenizer
  • Fixed fullnspath in Use expression;

Version 0.3.11 (Hu A’qi, 2015-11-16)

• Architecture

  • Report external services files that may be in the repository

• Report

  • Report nested dirname calls (may be changed in PHP 7)

• Analysis

  • Better spotting of static loops
  • Don’t confuse $globals and $GLOBALS

• Tokenizer

  • Rewrote support for As in classes.
  • Fixed arguments that were indexed as Void
  • Trimmed code

Version 0.3.10 (Silver Horned King, 2015-11-09)

• Architecture

  • Centralized call to cypher.

• Report

  • Sped up several analyzes

• Analysis

  • Fixed naming bug with reflexion
  • Support class name in arrays, short syntax
  • Report Relay Functions
  • More PHP 7 incompatibilities reports

• Tokenizer

  • Support for 7.1 compilation (dev only)
  • Added cakephp to external libraries
  • Fixed parsing bug with static (as property definition)
  • Fixed ‘count’ in sequences from Function
  • Rewrote Argument detection (when there is no parenthesis)

Version 0.3.9 (Golden Horned King, 2015-11-02 up)

• Architecture

  • Cleaned code with Exakat

• Analysis

  • Refined report about double assignation
  • Fixed argument counting in Function Definition
  • Better support of array in Locally Used Properties
  • Updated Composer database

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed a bug that ignored Blocks
  • Fixed a rare bug with echo and the following arguments

Version 0.3.8 (Baihuaxiu, 2015-10-26)

• Architecture

  • Cleaned too many display (they go to log now), leaving commandline empty (or -v)
  • A lot more PHP 7 incompatibilities spotted

• Report

  • Added the list of global variables in the projects (if any)
  • Fixed reports for PHP 5.2 (they were ignored)

• Analysis

  • Better handling of composer in unresolved classes
  • Spot setlocale with string (PHP 7)
  • Spot string unpacking (PHP 7)
  • Upgraded static method call, to avoid classes of the same family
  • Report eval without try/catch
  • Report preg_replace with /e
  • Fixed report for empty list()
  • Spot hexadecimal in strings
  • Report usort (and co) as incompatibilities between PHP 7 and 5

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed edge case with Sign and namespaced function
  • Added xajax, adodb and gacl as common library
  • Fixed arguments in short array syntax
  • Fixed case where [3] was spotted inside a string

Version 0.3.7 (Yellow Robe Demon, 2015-10-19)

• Architecture

  • Added and reviewed many UT. More stability.

• Report

  • Fixed the report of the actual version of PHP being used.
  • Non-run analysis are not marked with a stethoscope
  • Report now report closures and not the containing method
  • Removed some dashboard that would generate empty links

• Analysis

  • Better spot of blocks inside Alternative syntax
  • Speed up method spotting
  • Fixed properties which were mistaken with deep definitions

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed fullcode for Typehint
  • Removed Ppp and moved it to Visibility

Version 0.3.6 (White Bone Demon, 2015-10-12)

• Architecture

  • Large speed up at Parsing stage, for large projects
  • Added git informations in Doctor

• Tokenizer

  • Changed processing for Arguments.
  • Support for more PHP 7 features, including Use Grouping,
  • Fixed support for ~
  • Simplified ::class handling

Version 0.3.5 (Mingyue, 2015-10-06)

• Architecture

  • Reported usage of array constants, improving backward compatibility
  • Checked running on PHP 7

• Report

  • Added Definition annex
  • Fixed ‘version incompatible’ report that was mistaken with ‘no result’
  • List all directives being modified in the code
  • List more directives that should be set for production.

• Analysis

  • Reworked the Themes about compatibility.
  • Added many tests for PHP 7.0 compatibility
  • Sped up UsedMethod analysis
  • Added support for PHP 7 feature : Unicode Escape Sequences, New functions/classes/interfaces, Removed Functions,

• Tokenizer

  • Changed processing for Empty PHP code
  • Support Variable Indirection for both PHP 5 and 7 (depends on exec version)
  • Avoid ignoring all code when finding External Libraries
  • Fixed edge cases with declare() when it is conditional.
  • Support for PHP 7’s f()()()

Version 0.3.4 (Qingfeng, 2015-09-28 up)

• Architecture

  • Added token_limit configuration to avoid running too large project (default is 1 000 000)
  • Several new tools for internal consistency check.
  • Removed support for neo-contrib’s gremlin plugin

• Report

  • Report libraries that were found and ignored

• Analysis

  • Sped up queries that required previous analysis or multiples atoms
  • Spot global keywords inside loops (perf)
  • Better spotting of Composer classes
  • Report double assignations

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for Anonymous classes (PHP 7)
  • Fixed namespace manipulations (They weren’t lower case)
  • Mark constants as fail back globals or local to the namespace
  • Support Null Coalesce operator (PHP 7)
  • Fixed rare case for empty strings and noDelimiter

Version 0.3.3 (Immortal Zhenyuan, 2015-09-21)

• Architecture

  • Removed some shell stderr that leaked to the main script

• Report

  • Added the list of used analysis
  • favicon is now used in the report (Devoops)
  • Fixed count report for Else
  • Fixed directive reports for trader, bcmath and ldap.

• Analysis

  • Rebuild the composer database
  • Fixed htmlentities analyze
  • Spot usage of ‘substr($s, $p, +/- 1)’ and recommend ‘$s[$p]’

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed Multiplication with instantiation

Version 0.3.2 (Tiger Vanguard, 2015-09-14)

• Report

  • Added link back from analysis to its themes.

• Analysis

  • Useless Returns are now Trait compatible
  • Optimized Composer validation
  • Removed IsKnownVendor analyze (replaced by Composer)
  • Spot inconsistent concatenations (“$a b”.$c)

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed situation where forgotten white spaces didn’t have a file
  • Removed DELETE and S_STRING index
  • Fixed compatibility with Debian (shell commands)
  • Added UT for and / && precedence versus =
  • Fixed identification of empty instructions (Functions / Closure have different behaviors)

Version 0.3.1 (Yellow Wind Demon, 2015-09-03)

• Architecture

  • Removed usage of Everyman dependencies
  • Added support for Neo4j Authentication
  • Added a JobQueue
  • Cleaned code with exakat itself

• Report

  • Added Dump to SQLITE format for custom manipulations of the results
  • Added new collection of rules for Calesthenics (dev)
  • Updated composer database
  • Now reporting found Composer.

• Analysis

  • Fixed Compilation spotting

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed an edge case with Sign, when used in a concatenation

Version 0.3.0 (Lingxuzi, 2015-Aug-25)

• Architecture

  • Moved to Thinkaurelius’s gremlin plug-in, Neo4j 2.2.4 and Java 8.

• Report

  • Added a view by File
  • Added sorting for results (by file and by analyze)

• Analysis

  • Spot functions whose results should be checked before they are used
  • Spot breaks/continue out of a loop
  • Exports all the results in a dump.sqlite file

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed a minor bug with ::class (messed up the {} counts)
  • removed dependency to Everyman’s Neo4j classes.
  • Added a step that removes big and identifiable libraries in PHP (such as tcpdf, jpgraph, etc..)

Version 0.2.5 (Scholar in a White Robe, 2015-Aug-17)

• Report

  • List the files that are ignored in the annex

• Analysis

  • Updated Knowledge Database for memcache, aliases, zlib, standard
  • Added more directives to Review
  • Added support for xhprof

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed bug with Else (Not-alternative)
  • Fixed Sequence creation with If-Then
  • Yield may be assigned
  • Removed one Tokenizer’s operation (filterOut2)
  • Fixed priorities with Concatenation, Multiplication, Additions
  • Process Echo and Print separately
  • Automatically removes common bundled libraries to reduce app size

Version 0.2.4 (Black Wind Demon, 2015-06-22)

• Analysis

  • Rebuild the composer database
  • Lots of new extensions supported : ev, libevent, event, php-ast, wikidiff2, proctitle, inotify, ibase, amqp, geoip, output buffering,
  • Report errors when non-variables are returned by reference
  • Marked more analyzes for PHP 7
  • Fixed Unpreprocess structures with split
  • Upgraded spotting for useless parenthesis
  • Added a check ++$i vs $i++;
  • Exclude abstract methods from Variables Used Once
  • Added new directives
  • Also check for ASP Tags

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed the fullpath for functions when they are not defined in the code
  • Upgraded support for Return Type (PHP 7.0+)
  • error_reporting with -1 is OK
  • Fixed a precedence problem with & and &&
  • Refactored Ifthen token to support return type
  • Added a kill command when cleaning Database

Version 0.2.3 (Techu Shi, 2015-06-22)

• Analysis

  • Report usage of Return Typehint, and Scalar Typehint
  • Report usage of classes that used to return null on new
  • Report useless abstract classes

• Tokenizer

  • Upgraded ‘init’ command, to handle various VCS
  • Added support for Return Typehint

Version 0.2.2 (Xiong Shangjun, 2015-06-16)

• Analysis

  • Now spots short assignations
  • More UselessInstructions spotted
  • Ignore Unset as modified values in loops

• Tokenizer

  • Added support for PHP7 new tokens (T_SPACESHIP, T_COALESCE, T_YIELD_FROM)
  • Split loading into more .csv files for lighter and more robust queries
  • Better support for arrays [1,2,3] as functioncall (just like array())
  • Process tokens by batches of 800
  • Clean vertex at each queries, not Sequence

Version 0.2.1 (General Yin, 2015-06-02)

• Analysis

  • sizeOf may have 2 arguments
  • 2 clearPHP link added in documentation

• Tokenizer

  • Fixed bug with Bitshift and Addition
  • Fixed bug with Sequence when merging sequences
  • Fixed bug with String and Addition
  • Fixed Visibility in Use instruction
  • Foreach accepts Constants as Source
  • Fixed special case for nested IfThen

Version 0.2.0 (Demon of Confusion, 2015-05-15)

• First version