PHP Dep Insights

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A browser-based, interactive dependency graph explorer for PHP projects.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/DeGraciaMathieu/php-dep-dashboard
cd php-dep-dashboard
composer install

Usage

Run the analyse command with the path to your PHP project:

bin/analyse ../my-project/src/

This will: 1. Run php-dep on the given path 2. Generate a <folder-name>.json file in the dashboard directory

Add --open to automatically open the dashboard in your browser after analysis:

bin/analyse ../my-project/src/ --open

What you get

Once the dashboard is open:

• Navigate namespaces ? click namespace nodes to drill down, use the breadcrumb to go back up
• Switch view modes ? toggle between folder view (one node per namespace) and class view (all individual classes, grouped by namespace)
• Focus a node ? click any class to highlight its direct dependencies and dependants; adjust depth (1 or 2 hops) in the detail panel
• Filter ? left sidebar lets you filter by class type (class/interface/trait/enum), edge confidence, namespace, and whether to show external classes
• Search ? top bar search finds any class by FQCN and navigates to it in the graph
• Cycles ? circular dependencies are highlighted in red; warnings are listed in the top-right badge
• Export ? export the current graph view as a PNG

Manual usage

You can also generate data.json manually and drop it into the dashboard:

vendor/bin/php-dep analyse src/ --format=json > data.json

Then open index.html in your browser (works via file://, no server needed).