creating diagrams/schemas of a PHP project

Question

Hello,

The main goal is create relationship diagrams/flow schemas from a big and complex PHP project automatically.

I have a one big framework and it is not documented. Structure looks good but modules and additional codes not.

If you can give me the ideas, may be i can code myself an analyzer with PHP but it would be good if you can suggest a ready-to-use tool.

Thank you, Tim

Answer 1

You might find the following useful:

• http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/class_dependency_graph_generation.html
• http://qualityassuranceinphpprojects.com/pages/tools.html
• http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=php+to+uml

Answer 2

Check out nWire for PHP: it is a code analysis plugin for Eclipse PDT. It will not create your diagrams automatically, but it works interactively as you code. You can use it to create all sorts of diagrams and export them as image files.