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Lines

CLI tool for quick size measure of PHP project, used PHP features and more. Zero dependencies. Runs anywhere

From TomasVotruba·Updated June 15, 2026·View on GitHub·

CLI tool for quick size measure of PHP project, and real used PHP features. The project is written primarily in PHP, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2023. Key topics include: ast, features, lines-of-code, measure, php.

Lines of code and PHP Features

CLI tool for quick size measure of PHP project, and real used PHP features.

Zero dependencies. Runs anywhere.

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What are killer features?

  • install anywhere - PHP 7.2? PHPUnit 6? Symfony 3? Not a problem, this package has zero dependencies and works on PHP 7.2+
  • get quick overview of your project size - no details, no complexity, just lines of code
  • get easy JSON output for further processing
  • measure used PHP features in your project - how much PHP 8.0-features used? How many attributes? How many arrow function? How many union types?
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Install

The package is scoped and downgraded to PHP 7.2. So you can install it anywhere with any set of dependencies:

bash
composer require tomasvotruba/lines --dev
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1. Measure Lines and Size

bash
vendor/bin/lines measure

By default, we measure the root directory. To narrow it down, provide explicit path:

bash
vendor/bin/lines measure src

For short output:

bash
vendor/bin/lines measure --short

For json output, just add --json:

bash
vendor/bin/lines measure --json

Also, you can combine them (very handy for blog posts and tweets):

bash
vendor/bin/lines measure --short --json
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For the text output, you'll get data like these:

text
--------------------------------------------------- ------- Filesystem Count --------------------------------------------------- ------- Directories 32 Files 160 --------------------------------------------------- ------- --------------------------------------- -------- ---------- Lines of code Count Relative --------------------------------------- -------- ---------- Code 15 521 70.9 % Comments 6 372 29.1 % Total 21 893 100 % --------------------------------------- -------- ---------- --------------------------------------------------- ------- Structure Count --------------------------------------------------- ------- Namespaces 32 Classes 134 * Constants 91 * Methods 1 114 Interfaces 20 Traits 4 Enums 1 Functions 36 Global constants 0 --------------------------------------------------- ------- ---------------------------------------- ------- ---------- Method access Count Relative ---------------------------------------- ------- ---------- Non-static 1 058 95 % Static 56 5 % ---------------------------------------- ------- ---------- ---------------------------------------- ------- ---------- Method visibility Count Relative ---------------------------------------- ------- ---------- Public 875 78.5 % Protected 90 8.1 % Private 149 13.4 % ---------------------------------------- ------- ----------

Or in a json format:

json
{ "filesystem": { "directories": 10, "files": 15 }, "lines_of_code": { "code": 1064, "code_relative": 95.4, "comments": 51, "comments_relative": 4.6, "total": 1115 }, "structure": { "namespaces": 11, "classes": 14, "class_methods": 88, "class_constants": 0, "interfaces": 1, "traits": 0, "enums": 0, "functions": 5, "global_constants": 3 }, "methods_access": { "non_static": 82, "non_static_relative": 93.2, "static": 6, "static_relative": 6.8 }, "methods_visibility": { "public": 70, "public_relative": 79.5, "protected": 2, "protected_relative": 2.3, "private": 16, "private_relative": 18.2 } }
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Longest files

Are you looking for top 10 longest files?

bash
vendor/bin/lines measure --longest
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text
----------------------------------------------------- ------------ Longest files Line count ----------------------------------------------------- ------------ src/Measurements.php 320 src/Console/OutputFormatter/TextOutputFormatter.php 136 src/NodeVisitor/StructureNodeVisitor.php 124 src/Console/Command/MeasureCommand.php 98 src/Analyser.php 92 ----------------------------------------------------- ------------
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Scan package in /vendor

This tool measures your code, not the 3rd party libraries. It skips /vendor directory by default to avoid false positives. If you want to measure vendor files too, use --allow-vendor option:

bash
vendor/bin/lines measure vendor/rector/rector --allow-vendor
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2. PHP Feature Counter

Two codebases using PHP 8.4 in composer.json, are not the same codebases. One has zero type param/return/property declarations, other has promoted properties. Reveal their real value by counting PHP feature they actually use.

bash
vendor/bin/lines features src

For json output, just add --json:

bash
vendor/bin/lines features src --json

This command:

  • scans your codebase,
  • count PHP feature being used from which PHP version,
  • gives you quick overview of how modern the codebase really is
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For the text output, you'll get data like these:

text
PHP features ============ ------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------ PHP version PHP Feature Count ------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------ 7.0 Parameter types 2 793 7.0 Return types 1 736 7.0 Strict declares 492 7.0 Space ship <=> operator 0 ------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------ 7.1 Nullable type (?type) 333 7.1 Void return type 317 7.1 Class constant visibility 557 ------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------ 7.2 Object type 14 ------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------ 7.3 Coalesce ?? operator 69 ------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------ 7.4 Typed properties 156 7.4 Arrow functions 38 7.4 Coalesce assign (??=) 0 ------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------ 8.0 Named arguments 10 8.0 Union types 147 8.0 Match expression 1 8.0 Nullsafe method call/property fetch 0 8.0 Attributes 0 8.0 Throw expression 111 8.0 Promoted properties 596 ------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------ 8.1 First-class callables 8 8.1 Readonly property 3 8.1 Intersection types 0 8.1 Enums 0 ------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------ 8.2 Readonly class 182 ------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------ 8.3 Typed class constants 0 ------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------ 8.4 Property hooks 0 ------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------

Or in a json format:

json
{ "7.0": [ { "name": "Parameter types", "count": 122 }, { "name": "Return types", "count": 143 }, { "name": "Strict declares", "count": 31 }, { "name": "Space ship <=> operator ", "count": 0 }, { "name": "Coalesce ?? operator", "count": 1 } ], "7.1": [ { "name": "Nullable type (?type)", "count": 5 }, { "name": "Void return type", "count": 48 }, { "name": "Class constant visibility", "count": 15 } ], "7.2": [ { "name": "Object type", "count": 3 } ], "7.4": [ { "name": "Typed properties", "count": 26 }, { "name": "Arrow functions", "count": 25 }, { "name": "Coalesce assign (??=)", "count": 0 } ], "8.0": [ { "name": "Named arguments", "count": 14 }, { "name": "Union types", "count": 5 }, { "name": "Match expression", "count": 0 }, { "name": "Nullsafe method call\/property fetch", "count": 0 }, { "name": "Attributes", "count": 0 }, { "name": "Throw expression", "count": 0 }, { "name": "Promoted properties", "count": 30 } ], "8.1": [ { "name": "First-class callables", "count": 0 }, { "name": "Readonly property", "count": 0 }, { "name": "Intersection types", "count": 0 }, { "name": "Enums", "count": 1 } ], "8.2": [ { "name": "Readonly class", "count": 6 } ], "8.3": [ { "name": "Typed class constants", "count": 9 } ], "8.4": [ { "name": "Property hooks", "count": 0 } ] }
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That's it. Happy coding!

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