php-doc-en/reference/tokenizer/functions/token-get-all.xml

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  <refentry id="function.token-get-all">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>token_get_all</refname>
    <refpurpose>Split given source into PHP tokens</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <methodsynopsis>
     <type>array</type><methodname>token_get_all</methodname>
     <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>source</parameter></methodparam>
    </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     <function>token_get_all</function> parses the given <parameter>source</parameter> 
     string into PHP language tokens using the Zend engines lexical scanner.
     The function returns an array of token descriptions. Each array element itself is
     either a one character string or itself an array containing a token id and the 
     string representation of that token in the source code.
    </para>
    <example>
     <title><function>token_get_all</function> example</title>
     <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
  $tokens = token_get_all(";"); // => array(";")
  $tokens = token_get_all("foreach"); // => array(T_FOREACH => "foreach")
  $tokens = token_get_all("/* comment */"); // => array(T_ML_COMMENT => "/* comment */")
?>
]]>
     </programlisting>
    </example>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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