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Measuring the size of PHP project and its PHP features
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2026-06-15 13:52 UTC
Requires
- php: ^8.4
- entropy/entropy: ^0.4.2
- nikic/php-parser: ^5.7
- ondram/ci-detector: ^4.2
- sebastian/lines-of-code: ^4.0
- symfony/finder: ^6.4|^7.4|^8.0
- webmozart/assert: ^2.0
Requires (Dev)
- phpstan/extension-installer: ^1.4
- phpstan/phpstan: ^2.1
- phpunit/phpunit: ^12.5
- rector/jack: ^1.0
- rector/rector: ^2.4
- rector/type-perfect: ^2.1
- shipmonk/composer-dependency-analyser: ^1.8
- symplify/easy-coding-standard: ^13.2
- symplify/phpstan-rules: ^14.12
- tomasvotruba/class-leak: ^2.1
- tomasvotruba/unused-public: ^2.2
- tracy/tracy: ^2.12
Replaces
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Last update: 2026-06-15 13:53:15 UTC
README
CLI tool for quick size measure of PHP project, and real used PHP features.
Zero dependencies. Runs anywhere.
What are killer features?
- install anywhere - PHP 7.2? PHPUnit 6? Symfony 3? Not a problem, this package has zero dependencies and works on PHP 7.2+
- get quick overview of your project size - no details, no complexity, just lines of code
- get easy JSON output for further processing
- measure used PHP features in your project - how much PHP 8.0-features used? How many attributes? How many arrow function? How many union types?
Install
The package is scoped and downgraded to PHP 7.2. So you can install it anywhere with any set of dependencies:
composer require tomasvotruba/lines --dev
1. Measure Lines and Size
vendor/bin/lines measure
By default, we measure the root directory. To narrow it down, provide explicit path:
vendor/bin/lines measure src
For short output:
vendor/bin/lines measure --short
For json output, just add --json:
vendor/bin/lines measure --json
Also, you can combine them (very handy for blog posts and tweets):
vendor/bin/lines measure --short --json
For the text output, you'll get data like these:
--------------------------------------------------- -------
Filesystem Count
--------------------------------------------------- -------
Directories 32
Files 160
--------------------------------------------------- -------
--------------------------------------- -------- ----------
Lines of code Count Relative
--------------------------------------- -------- ----------
Code 15 521 70.9 %
Comments 6 372 29.1 %
Total 21 893 100 %
--------------------------------------- -------- ----------
--------------------------------------------------- -------
Structure Count
--------------------------------------------------- -------
Namespaces 32
Classes 134
* Constants 91
* Methods 1 114
Interfaces 20
Traits 4
Enums 1
Functions 36
Global constants 0
--------------------------------------------------- -------
---------------------------------------- ------- ----------
Method access Count Relative
---------------------------------------- ------- ----------
Non-static 1 058 95 %
Static 56 5 %
---------------------------------------- ------- ----------
---------------------------------------- ------- ----------
Method visibility Count Relative
---------------------------------------- ------- ----------
Public 875 78.5 %
Protected 90 8.1 %
Private 149 13.4 %
---------------------------------------- ------- ----------
Or in a json format:
{
"filesystem": {
"directories": 10,
"files": 15
},
"lines_of_code": {
"code": 1064,
"code_relative": 95.4,
"comments": 51,
"comments_relative": 4.6,
"total": 1115
},
"structure": {
"namespaces": 11,
"classes": 14,
"class_methods": 88,
"class_constants": 0,
"interfaces": 1,
"traits": 0,
"enums": 0,
"functions": 5,
"global_constants": 3
},
"methods_access": {
"non_static": 82,
"non_static_relative": 93.2,
"static": 6,
"static_relative": 6.8
},
"methods_visibility": {
"public": 70,
"public_relative": 79.5,
"protected": 2,
"protected_relative": 2.3,
"private": 16,
"private_relative": 18.2
}
}
Longest files
Are you looking for top 10 longest files?
vendor/bin/lines measure --longest
----------------------------------------------------- ------------
Longest files Line count
----------------------------------------------------- ------------
src/Measurements.php 320
src/Console/OutputFormatter/TextOutputFormatter.php 136
src/NodeVisitor/StructureNodeVisitor.php 124
src/Console/Command/MeasureCommand.php 98
src/Analyser.php 92
----------------------------------------------------- ------------
Scan package in /vendor
This tool measures your code, not the 3rd party libraries. It skips /vendor directory by default to avoid false positives. If you want to measure vendor files too, use --allow-vendor option:
vendor/bin/lines measure vendor/rector/rector --allow-vendor
2. PHP Feature Counter
Two codebases using PHP 8.4 in composer.json, are not the same codebases. One has zero type param/return/property declarations, other has promoted properties. Reveal their real value by counting PHP feature they actually use.
vendor/bin/lines features src
For json output, just add --json:
vendor/bin/lines features src --json
This command:
- scans your codebase,
- count PHP feature being used from which PHP version,
- gives you quick overview of how modern the codebase really is
For the text output, you'll get data like these:
PHP features
============
------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------
PHP version PHP Feature Count
------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------
7.0 Parameter types 2 793
7.0 Return types 1 736
7.0 Strict declares 492
7.0 Space ship <=> operator 0
------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------
7.1 Nullable type (?type) 333
7.1 Void return type 317
7.1 Class constant visibility 557
------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------
7.2 Object type 14
------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------
7.3 Coalesce ?? operator 69
------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------
7.4 Typed properties 156
7.4 Arrow functions 38
7.4 Coalesce assign (??=) 0
------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------
8.0 Named arguments 10
8.0 Union types 147
8.0 Match expression 1
8.0 Nullsafe method call/property fetch 0
8.0 Attributes 0
8.0 Throw expression 111
8.0 Promoted properties 596
------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------
8.1 First-class callables 8
8.1 Readonly property 3
8.1 Intersection types 0
8.1 Enums 0
------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------
8.2 Readonly class 182
------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------
8.3 Typed class constants 0
------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------
8.4 Property hooks 0
------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------
Or in a json format:
{
"7.0": [
{
"name": "Parameter types",
"count": 122
},
{
"name": "Return types",
"count": 143
},
{
"name": "Strict declares",
"count": 31
},
{
"name": "Space ship <=> operator ",
"count": 0
},
{
"name": "Coalesce ?? operator",
"count": 1
}
],
"7.1": [
{
"name": "Nullable type (?type)",
"count": 5
},
{
"name": "Void return type",
"count": 48
},
{
"name": "Class constant visibility",
"count": 15
}
],
"7.2": [
{
"name": "Object type",
"count": 3
}
],
"7.4": [
{
"name": "Typed properties",
"count": 26
},
{
"name": "Arrow functions",
"count": 25
},
{
"name": "Coalesce assign (??=)",
"count": 0
}
],
"8.0": [
{
"name": "Named arguments",
"count": 14
},
{
"name": "Union types",
"count": 5
},
{
"name": "Match expression",
"count": 0
},
{
"name": "Nullsafe method call\/property fetch",
"count": 0
},
{
"name": "Attributes",
"count": 0
},
{
"name": "Throw expression",
"count": 0
},
{
"name": "Promoted properties",
"count": 30
}
],
"8.1": [
{
"name": "First-class callables",
"count": 0
},
{
"name": "Readonly property",
"count": 0
},
{
"name": "Intersection types",
"count": 0
},
{
"name": "Enums",
"count": 1
}
],
"8.2": [
{
"name": "Readonly class",
"count": 6
}
],
"8.3": [
{
"name": "Typed class constants",
"count": 9
}
],
"8.4": [
{
"name": "Property hooks",
"count": 0
}
]
}
That's it. Happy coding!