README

PHP 5.3 introduced namespaces, which are great for managing large codebases and integrating disparate projects. However, they also introduce significant complexity.

NStrack allows you to search an entire codebase, find all class/interface references, and make sure they're referencing classes that actually exist with appropriate use statements.

It's particularly useful if you have legacy code which you want to move into namespaces, and it's also useful for managing new code to minimise runtime errors.

Usage

Call nstrack.php from within your source code directory.

e.g.

php ~/git/nstrack/nstrack.php

There are also some flags which do additional processing:

• --write Write mode. Alter files rather than just listing changes. A little bit buggy sometimes. Don't use this if you're not using source control!
• --verbose Output extra information
• --debug Output debugging information
• --targeted Refines the output and side-effects (e.g. --write) to a certain directory or file.
• --needs Display only missing use statements.
• --missing Display only missing classes.
• --colours Enable coloured output.
• --git Only operate on changed paths (according to git status). Useful with -w when making changes to projects, especially namespace renames.