How can I measure number of lines of code in my PHP web development projects?
Edit: I'm interested in windows tools only
A:
If you're using a full fledged IDE the quick and dirty way is to count the number of "\n" patterns using the search feature (assuming it supports regexes)
Allain Lalonde
2009-01-13 04:09:51
This was an accepted answer!? WTF? It must have worked.
Allain Lalonde
2009-01-14 16:19:38
LOL, it must have, that's why it was accepted :p
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2009-08-24 23:48:59
Lines of code is *not* the same as number of lines in the file. Especially for PHP, which often has code interspersed with markup.
Brandon Craig Rhodes
2009-09-10 00:37:07
Which is why I was so surprised. :)
Allain Lalonde
2009-09-10 22:15:11
+10
A:
Check CLOC, it's a source code line counter that supports many languages, I always recommend it.
It will differentiate between actual lines of code, blank lines or comments, it's very good.
In addition there are more code counters that you can check:
CMS
2009-01-13 04:09:51
CMS
2009-01-13 04:18:45
I did download it but i got a blank DOS screen and then it disappeared?
Click Upvote
2009-01-13 04:20:12
It's a console app!, you have to run it from the command line, i.e. cloc-1.06.exe C:\myProject\folder
CMS
2009-01-13 04:21:49
Thanks, i tried it but there's something wrong, it said there were only 3 PHP files in my project? that's impossible. Other than that it seems very useful :)
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2009-01-13 04:58:39
Check this one I think it's more friendly :) (and supports PHP code also) http://is.gd/fDF9
CMS
2009-01-13 05:05:06
+1
A:
If you are on a linux box, the easiest way is probably directed by this SO question:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/114814/count-non-blank-lines-of-code-in-bash
Jeffrey
2009-01-13 04:10:01
A:
The SD Source Code Search Engine is a GUI for searching across large bodies of source code such as a PHP web site. It is fast because it preindexes the source code.
As a side effect of the indexing process, it also computes metrics on the source code base, including SLOC, Comments, blank lines, Cyclomatic and Halsted complexity numbers.
And it runs on Windows.
Ira Baxter
2009-08-24 22:02:42