PHP Code Cleaner

[Das Capitolin]

I've been searching the web for a decent PHP code cleaner to bulk-clean a Joomla-based test site. There are hundreds of php and js files, and much of the code has unwanted white space and comments. Anyone have a good suggestion for where to look?

[dreamcatcher]

Hi,

Have you tried a search on Sourceforge?
[sourceforge.net...]

dc

[Das Capitolin]

Yes, I have. So far it seems that every program or script I've discovered either doesn't work at all, or operates on a file-by-file basis. The best one I've found actually doesn't even clean, it only formats; Dreamweaver can do that if I wanted to spend the rest of my lifetime running through the hundreds of files.

So to be more specific, do any of you use a PHP tool that removes white space, comments, and also formats the code? Please give me some suggestions.

[edited by: Das_Capitolin at 5:30 pm (utc) on Nov. 16, 2008]

[dreamcatcher]

do any of you use a PHP tool that removes white space, comments, and also formats the code? Please give me some suggestions.

Well, I don`t personally because I never use 3rd party code. Sourceforge has a few 'PHP Code Beautifiers', whatever that means. I`ve seen some beautfiers turn PHP code into a total mess. Its personal opinion how you think code should be laid out.

Maybe other users have something they can recommend.

dc