# sebastian/diff [![CI Status](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/diff/workflows/CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/diff/actions) [![Type Coverage](https://shepherd.dev/github/sebastianbergmann/diff/coverage.svg)](https://shepherd.dev/github/sebastianbergmann/diff) Diff implementation for PHP, factored out of PHPUnit into a stand-alone component. ## Installation You can add this library as a local, per-project dependency to your project using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/): ``` composer require sebastian/diff ``` If you only need this library during development, for instance to run your project's test suite, then you should add it as a development-time dependency: ``` composer require --dev sebastian/diff ``` ### Usage #### Generating diff The `Differ` class can be used to generate a textual representation of the difference between two strings: ```php diff('foo', 'bar'); ``` The code above yields the output below: ```diff --- Original +++ New @@ @@ -foo +bar ``` There are three output builders available in this package: #### UnifiedDiffOutputBuilder This is default builder, which generates the output close to udiff and is used by PHPUnit. ```php diff('foo', 'bar'); ``` #### StrictUnifiedDiffOutputBuilder Generates (strict) Unified diff's (unidiffs) with hunks, similar to `diff -u` and compatible with `patch` and `git apply`. ```php true, // ranges of length one are rendered with the trailing `,1` 'commonLineThreshold' => 6, // number of same lines before ending a new hunk and creating a new one (if needed) 'contextLines' => 3, // like `diff: -u, -U NUM, --unified[=NUM]`, for patch/git apply compatibility best to keep at least @ 3 'fromFile' => null, 'fromFileDate' => null, 'toFile' => null, 'toFileDate' => null, ]); $differ = new Differ($builder); print $differ->diff('foo', 'bar'); ``` #### DiffOnlyOutputBuilder Output only the lines that differ. ```php diff('foo', 'bar'); ``` #### DiffOutputBuilderInterface You can pass any output builder to the `Differ` class as longs as it implements the `DiffOutputBuilderInterface`. #### Parsing diff The `Parser` class can be used to parse a unified diff into an object graph: ```php use SebastianBergmann\Diff\Parser; use SebastianBergmann\Git; $git = new Git('/usr/local/src/money'); $diff = $git->getDiff( '948a1a07768d8edd10dcefa8315c1cbeffb31833', 'c07a373d2399f3e686234c4f7f088d635eb9641b' ); $parser = new Parser; print_r($parser->parse($diff)); ``` The code above yields the output below: Array ( [0] => SebastianBergmann\Diff\Diff Object ( [from:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Diff:private] => a/tests/MoneyTest.php [to:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Diff:private] => b/tests/MoneyTest.php [chunks:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Diff:private] => Array ( [0] => SebastianBergmann\Diff\Chunk Object ( [start:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Chunk:private] => 87 [startRange:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Chunk:private] => 7 [end:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Chunk:private] => 87 [endRange:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Chunk:private] => 7 [lines:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Chunk:private] => Array ( [0] => SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line Object ( [type:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => 3 [content:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => * @covers SebastianBergmann\Money\Money::add ) [1] => SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line Object ( [type:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => 3 [content:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => * @covers SebastianBergmann\Money\Money::newMoney ) [2] => SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line Object ( [type:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => 3 [content:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => */ ) [3] => SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line Object ( [type:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => 2 [content:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => public function testAnotherMoneyWithSameCurrencyObjectCanBeAdded() ) [4] => SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line Object ( [type:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => 1 [content:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => public function testAnotherMoneyObjectWithSameCurrencyCanBeAdded() ) [5] => SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line Object ( [type:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => 3 [content:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => { ) [6] => SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line Object ( [type:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => 3 [content:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => $a = new Money(1, new Currency('EUR')); ) [7] => SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line Object ( [type:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => 3 [content:SebastianBergmann\Diff\Line:private] => $b = new Money(2, new Currency('EUR')); ) ) ) ) ) )