Version 5.6.2 (2025-10-21)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Fixed formatting-preserving pretty-printing when changing the visibility modifier on a node that
  has attributes.
* Fixed `chr()` deprecation warning on PHP 8.4

### Added

* Added `Param::isFinal()` method.

Version 5.6.1 (2025-08-13)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Fixed `Param::isPublic()` for parameters with asymmetric visibility keyword.
* Fixed PHP 8.5 deprecation warnings for `SplObjectStorage` methods.

### Added

* Added cast `kind` attributes to `Cast\Int_`, `Cast\Bool_` and `Cast\String_`.
  These allow distinguishing the deprecated versions of these casts.

Version 5.6.0 (2025-07-27)
--------------------------

### Added

* [8.5] Added support for `clone` with arbitrary function arguments. This will be parsed as an
  `Expr\FuncCall` node, instead of the usual `Expr\Clone_` node.
* [8.5] Permit declaration of `function clone` for use in stubs.
* [8.5] Added support for the pipe operator, represented by `Expr\BinaryOp\Pipe`.
* [8.5] Added support for the `(void)` cast, represented by `Expr\Cast\Void_`.
* [8.5] Added support for the `final` modifier on promoted properties.
* Added `CallLike::getArg()` to fetch an argument by position and name.

Version 5.5.0 (2025-05-31)
--------------------------

### Added

* [8.5] Added support for attributes on constants. `Stmt\Const_` now has an `attrGroups` subnode.
* Added `weakReferences` option to `NodeConnectingVisitor` and `ParentConnectingVisitor`. This
  will create the parent/next/prev references as WeakReferences, to avoid making the AST cyclic
  and thus increasing GC pressure.

### Changed

* Attributes on parameters are now printed on separate lines if the pretty printer target version
  is PHP 7.4 or older (which is the default). This allows them to be interpreted as comments,
  instead of causing a parse error. Specify a target version of PHP 8.0 or newer to restore the
  previous behavior.

Version 5.4.0 (2024-12-30)
--------------------------

### Added

* Added `Property::isAbstract()` and `Property::isFinal()` methods.
* Added `PropertyHook::isFinal()` method.
* Emit an error if property hook is used on declaration with multiple properties.

### Fixed

* Make legacy class aliases compatible with classmap-authoritative autoloader.
* `Param::isPromoted()` and `Param::isPublic()` now returns true for parameters that have property
  hooks but no explicit visibility modifier.
* `PropertyHook::getStmts()` now correctly desugars short `set` hooks. `set => $value` will be
  expanded to `set { $this->propertyName = $value; }`. This requires the `propertyName` attribute
  on the hook to be set, which is now also set by the parser. If the attribute is not set,
  `getStmts()` will throw an error for short set hooks, as it is not possible to produce a correct
  desugaring.

Version 5.3.1 (2024-10-08)
--------------------------

### Added

* Added support for declaring functions with name `exit` or `die`, to allow their use in stubs.

Version 5.3.0 (2024-09-29)
--------------------------

### Added

* Added `indent` option to pretty printer, which can be used to specify the indentation to use
  (defaulting to four spaces). This also allows using tab indentation.

### Fixed

* Resolve names in `PropertyHook`s in the `NameResolver`.
* Include the trailing semicolon inside `Stmt\GroupUse` nodes, making them consistent with
  `Stmt\Use_` nodes.
* Fixed indentation sometimes becoming negative in formatting-preserving pretty printer, resulting
  in `ValueError`s.

Version 5.2.0 (2024-09-15)
--------------------------

### Added

* [8.4] Added support for `__PROPERTY__` magic constant, represented using a
  `Node\Scalar\MagicConst\Property` node.
* [8.4] Added support for property hooks, which are represented using a new `hooks` subnode on
  `Node\Stmt\Property` and `Node\Param`, which contains an array of `Node\PropertyHook`.
* [8.4] Added support for asymmetric visibility modifiers. Property `flags` can now hold the
  additional bits `Modifiers::PUBLIC_SET`, `Modifiers::PROTECTED_SET` and `Modifiers::PRIVATE_SET`.
* [8.4] Added support for generalized exit function. For backwards compatibility, exit without
  argument or a single plain argument continues to use a `Node\Expr\Exit_` node. Otherwise (e.g.
  if a named argument is used) it will be represented as a plain `Node\Expr\FuncCall`.
* Added support for passing enum values to various builder methods, like `BuilderFactory::val()`.

### Removed

* Removed support for alternative array syntax `$array{0}` from the PHP 8 parser. It is still
  supported by the PHP 7 parser. This is necessary in order to support property hooks.

Version 5.1.0 (2024-07-01)
--------------------------

### Added

* [8.4] Added support for dereferencing `new` expressions without parentheses.

### Fixed

* Fixed redundant parentheses being added when pretty printing ternary expressions.

### Changed

* Made some phpdoc types more precise.

Version 5.0.2 (2024-03-05)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Fix handling of indentation on next line after opening PHP tag in formatting-preserving pretty
printer.

### Changed

* Avoid cyclic references in `Parser` objects. This means that no longer used parser objects are
  immediately destroyed now, instead of requiring cycle GC.
* Update `PhpVersion::getNewestSupported()` to report PHP 8.3 instead of PHP 8.2.

Version 5.0.1 (2024-02-21)
--------------------------

### Changed

* Added check to detect use of PHP-Parser with libraries that define `T_*` compatibility tokens
  with incorrect type (such as string instead of int). This would lead to `TypeError`s down the
  line. Now an `Error` will be thrown early to indicate the problem.

Version 5.0.0 (2024-01-07)
--------------------------

See UPGRADE-5.0 for detailed migration instructions.

### Fixed

* Fixed parent class of `PropertyItem` and `UseItem`.

Version 5.0.0-rc1 (2023-12-20)
------------------------------

See UPGRADE-5.0 for detailed migration instructions.

### Fixed

* Fixed parsing of empty files.

### Added

* Added support for printing additional attributes (like `kind`) in `NodeDumper`.
* Added `rawValue` attribute to `InterpolatedStringPart` and heredoc/nowdoc `String_`s, which
  provides the original, unparsed value. It was previously only available for non-interpolated
  single/double quoted strings.
* Added `Stmt\Block` to represent `{}` code blocks. Previously, such code blocks were flattened
  into the parent statements array. `Stmt\Block` will not be created for structures that are
  typically used with code blocks, for example `if ($x) { $y; }` will be represented as previously,
  while `if ($x) { { $x; } }` will have an extra `Stmt\Block` wrapper.

### Changed

* Use visitor to assign comments. This fixes the long-standing issue where comments were assigned
  to all nodes sharing a starting position. Now only the outer-most node will hold the comments.
* Don't parse unicode escape sequences when targeting PHP < 7.0.
* Improve NodeDumper performance for large dumps.

### Removed

* Removed `Stmt\Throw_` node, use `Expr\Throw_` inside `Stmt\Expression` instead.
* Removed `ParserFactory::create()`.

Version 5.0.0-beta1 (2023-09-17)
--------------------------------

See UPGRADE-5.0 for detailed migration instructions.

### Added

* Visitors can now be passed directly to the `NodeTraverser` constructor. A separate call to
  `addVisitor()` is no longer required.

### Changed

* The minimum host PHP version is now PHP 7.4. It is still possible to parse code from older
  versions. Property types have been added where possible.
* The `Lexer` no longer accepts options. `Lexer\Emulative` only accepts a `PhpVersion`. The
  `startLexing()`, `getTokens()` and `handleHaltCompiler()` methods have been removed. Instead,
  there is a single method `tokenize()` returning the tokens.
* The `Parser::getLexer()` method has been replaced by `Parser::getTokens()`.
* Attribute handling has been moved from the lexer to the parser, and is no longer configurable.
  The comments, startLine, endLine, startTokenPos, endTokenPos, startFilePos, and endFilePos
  attributes will always be added.
* The pretty printer now defaults to PHP 7.4 as the target version.
* The pretty printer now indents heredoc/nowdoc strings if the target version is >= 7.3
  (flexible heredoc/nowdoc).

### Removed

* The deprecated `Comment::getLine()`, `Comment::getTokenPos()` and `Comment::getFilePos()` methods
  have been removed. Use `Comment::getStartLine()`, `Comment::getStartTokenPos()` and
  `Comment::getStartFilePos()` instead.

### Deprecated

* The `Node::getLine()` method has been deprecated. Use `Node::getStartLine()` instead.

Version 5.0.0-alpha3 (2023-06-24)
---------------------------------

See UPGRADE-5.0 for detailed migration instructions.

### Added

* [PHP 8.3] Added support for typed constants.
* [PHP 8.3] Added support for readonly anonymous classes.
* Added support for `NodeVisitor::REPLACE_WITH_NULL`.
* Added support for CRLF newlines in the pretty printer, using the new `newline` option.

### Changed

* Use PHP 7.1 as the default target version for the pretty printer.
* Print `else if { }` instead of `else { if { } }`.
* The `leaveNode()` method on visitors is now invoked in reverse order of `enterNode()`.
* Moved `NodeTraverser::REMOVE_NODE` etc. to `NodeVisitor::REMOVE_NODE`. The old constants are still
  available for compatibility.
* The `Name` subnode `parts` has been replaced by `name`, which stores the name as a string rather
  than an array of parts separated by namespace separators. The `getParts()` method returns the old
  representation.
* No longer accept strings for types in Node constructors. Instead, either an `Identifier`, `Name`
  or `ComplexType` must be passed.
* `Comment::getReformattedText()` now normalizes CRLF newlines to LF newlines.

### Fixed

* Don't trim leading whitespace in formatting preserving printer.
* Treat DEL as a label character in the formatting preserving printer depending on the targeted
  PHP version.
* Fix error reporting in emulative lexer without explicitly specified error handler.
* Gracefully handle non-contiguous array indices in the `Differ`.

Version 5.0.0-alpha2 (2023-03-05)
---------------------------------

See UPGRADE-5.0 for detailed migration instructions.

### Added

* [PHP 8.3] Added support for dynamic class constant fetch.
* Added many additional type annotations. PhpStan is now used.
* Added a fuzzing target for PHP-Fuzzer, which was how a lot of pretty printer bugs were found.
* Added `isPromoted()`, `isPublic()`, `isProtected()`, `isPrivate()` and `isReadonly()` methods
  on `Param`.
* Added support for class constants in trait builder.
* Added `PrettyPrinter` interface.
* Added support for formatting preservation when toggling static modifiers.
* The `php-parse` binary now accepts `-` as the file name, in which case it will read from stdin.

### Fixed

* The pretty printer now uses a more accurate treatment of unary operator precedence, and will only
  wrap them in parentheses if required. This allowed fixing a number of other precedence related
  bugs.
* The pretty printer now respects the precedence of `clone`, `throw` and arrow functions.
* The pretty printer no longer unconditionally wraps `yield` in parentheses, unless the target
  version is set to older than PHP 7.0.
* Fixed formatting preservation for alternative elseif/else syntax.
* Fixed checks for when it is safe to print strings as heredoc/nowdoc to accommodate flexible
  doc string semantics.
* The pretty printer now prints parentheses around new/instanceof operands in all required
  situations.
* Similar, differences in allowed expressions on the LHS of `->` and `::` are now taken into account.
* Fixed various cases where `\r` at the end of a doc string could be incorrectly merged into a CRLF
  sequence with a following `\n`.
* `__halt_compiler` is no longer recognized as a semi-reserved keyword, in line with PHP behavior.
* `<?=` is no longer recognized as a semi-reserved keyword.
* Fix handling of very large overflowing `\u` escape sequences.

### Removed

* Removed deprecated `Error` constructor taking a line number instead of an attributes array.

Version 5.0.0-alpha1 (2022-09-04)
---------------------------------

See UPGRADE-5.0 for detailed migration instructions.

### Changed

* PHP 7.1 is now required to run PHP-Parser.
* Formatting of the standard pretty printer has been adjusted to match PSR-12 more closely.
* The internal token representation now uses a `PhpParser\Token` class, which is compatible with
  PHP 8 token representation (`PhpToken`).
* Destructuring is now always represented using `Expr\List_` nodes, even if it uses `[]` syntax.
* Renamed a number of node classes, and moved things that were not real expressions/statements
  outside the `Expr`/`Stmt` hierarchy. Compatibility shims for the old names have been retained.

### Added

* Added `PhpVersion` class, which is accepted in a number of places (e.g. ParserFactory, Parser,
  Lexer, PrettyPrinter) and gives more precise control over the PHP version being targeted.
* Added PHP 8 parser though it only differs from the PHP 7 parser in concatenation precedence.
* Added `Parser::getLexer()` method.
* Added a `Modifiers` class, as a replacement for `Stmt\Class_::MODIFIER_*`.
* Added support for returning an array or `REMOVE_NODE` from `NodeVisitor::enterNode()`.

### Removed

* The PHP 5 parser has been removed. The PHP 7 parser has been adjusted to deal with PHP 5 code
  more gracefully.

Version 4.15.1 (2022-09-04)
---------------------------

### Fixed

* Fixed formatting preservation when adding *multiple* attributes to a class/method/etc that
  previously had none. This fixes a regression in the 4.15.0 release.

Version 4.15.0 (2022-09-03)
---------------------------

### Added

* PHP 8.2: Added support for `true` type.
* PHP 8.2: Added support for DNF types.

### Fixed

* Support `readonly` as a function name.
* Added `__serialize` and `__unserialize` to magic method list.
* Fixed bounds check in `Name::slice()`.
* Fixed formatting preservation when adding attributes to a class/method/etc that previously had none.

Version 4.14.0 (2022-05-31)
---------------------------

### Added

* Added support for readonly classes.
* Added `rawValue` attribute to `LNumber`, `DNumber` and `String_` nodes, which stores the unparsed
  value of the literal (e.g. `"1_000"` rather than `1000`).

Version 4.13.2 (2021-11-30)
---------------------------

### Added

* Added builders for enums and enum cases.

### Fixed

* NullsafeMethodCall now extends from CallLike.
* The `namespacedName` property populated by the `NameResolver` is now declared on relevant nodes,
  to avoid a dynamic property deprecation warning with PHP 8.2.

Version 4.13.1 (2021-11-03)
---------------------------

### Fixed

* Support reserved keywords as enum cases.
* Support array unpacking in constant expression evaluator.

Version 4.13.0 (2021-09-20)
---------------------------

### Added

* [PHP 8.1] Added support for intersection types using a new `IntersectionType` node. Additionally
  a `ComplexType` parent class for `NullableType`, `UnionType` and `IntersectionType` has been
  added.
* [PHP 8.1] Added support for explicit octal literals.
* [PHP 8.1] Added support for first-class callables. These are represented using a call whose first
  argument is a `VariadicPlaceholder`. The representation is intended to be forward-compatible with
  partial function application, just like the PHP feature itself. Call nodes now extend from
  `Expr\CallLike`, which provides an `isFirstClassCallable()` method to determine whether a
  placeholder id present. `getArgs()` can be used to assert that the call is not a first-class
  callable and returns `Arg[]` rather than `array<Arg|VariadicPlaceholder>`.

### Fixed

* Multiple modifiers for promoted properties are now accepted. In particular this allows something
  like `public readonly` for promoted properties.
* Formatting-preserving pretty printing for comments in array literals has been fixed.

Version 4.12.0 (2021-07-21)
---------------------------

### Added

* [PHP 8.1] Added support for readonly properties (through a new `MODIFIER_READONLY`).
* [PHP 8.1] Added support for final class constants.

### Fixed

* Fixed compatibility with PHP 8.1. `&` tokens are now canonicalized to the
  `T_AMPERSAND_FOLLOWED_BY_VAR_OR_VARARG` and `T_AMPERSAND_NOT_FOLLOWED_BY_VAR_OR_VARARG` tokens
  used in PHP 8.1. This happens unconditionally, regardless of whether the emulative lexer is used.

Version 4.11.0 (2021-07-03)
---------------------------

### Added

* `BuilderFactory::args()` now accepts named arguments.
* `BuilderFactory::attribute()` has been added.
* An `addAttribute()` method accepting an `Attribute` or `AttributeGroup` has been adde to all
  builders that accept attributes, such as `Builder\Class_`.

### Fixed

* `NameResolver` now handles enums.
* `PrettyPrinter` now prints backing enum type.
* Builder methods for types now property handle `never` type.

Version 4.10.5 (2021-05-03)
---------------------------

### Added

* [PHP 8.1] Added support for enums. These are represented using the `Stmt\Enum_` and
  `Stmt\EnumCase` nodes.
* [PHP 8.1] Added support for never type. This type will now be returned as an `Identifier` rather
  than `Name`.
* Added `ClassConst` builder.

### Changed

* Non-UTF-8 code units in strings will now be hex-encoded.

### Fixed

* Fixed precedence of arrow functions.

Version 4.10.4 (2020-12-20)
---------------------------

### Fixed

* Fixed position information for variable-variables (#741).
* Fixed position information for traits/interfaces preceded by if statement (#738).

Version 4.10.3 (2020-12-03)
---------------------------

### Fixed

* Fixed formatting-preserving pretty printing for `"{$x}"`.
* Ternary expressions are now treated as non-associative in the pretty printer, in order to
  generate code that is compatible with the parentheses requirement introduced in PHP 8.
* Removed no longer necessary `error_clear_last()` call in lexer, which may interfere with fatal
  error handlers if invoked during shutdown.


Version 4.10.2 (2020-09-26)
------------------

### Fixed

* Fixed check for token emulation conflicts with other libraries.

Version 4.10.1 (2020-09-23)
---------------------------

### Added

* Added support for recovering from a missing semicolon after a property or class constant
  declaration.

### Fixed

* Fix spurious whitespace in formatting-preserving pretty printer when both removing and adding
  elements at the start of a list.
* Fix incorrect case-sensitivity in keyword token emulation.

Version 4.10.0 (2020-09-19)
---------------------------

### Added

* [PHP 8.0] Added support for attributes. These are represented using a new `AttributeGroup` node
  containing `Attribute` nodes. A new `attrGroups` subnode is available on all node types that
  support attributes, i.e. `Stmt\Class_`, `Stmt\Trait_`, `Stmt\Interface_`, `Stmt\Function_`,
  `Stmt\ClassMethod`, `Stmt\ClassConst`, `Stmt\Property`, `Expr\Closure`, `Expr\ArrowFunction` and
  `Param`.
* [PHP 8.0] Added support for nullsafe properties inside interpolated strings, in line with an
  upstream change.

### Fixed

* Improved compatibility with other libraries that use forward compatibility defines for PHP tokens.

Version 4.9.1 (2020-08-30)
--------------------------

### Added

* Added support for removing the first element of a list to the formatting-preserving pretty
  printer.

### Fixed

* Allow member modifiers as part of namespaced names. These were missed when support for other
  keywords was added.

Version 4.9.0 (2020-08-18)
--------------------------

### Added

* [PHP 8.0] Added support for named arguments, represented using a new `name` subnode on `Arg`.
* [PHP 8.0] Added support for static return type, represented like a normal class return type.
* [PHP 8.0] Added support for throw expression, represented using a new `Expr\Throw_` node. For
  backwards compatibility reasons, throw expressions in statement context continue to be
  represented using `Stmt\Throw_`.
* [PHP 8.0] Added support for keywords as parts of namespaced names.

### Fixed

* Emit parentheses for class constant fetch with complex left-hand-side.
* Emit parentheses for new/instanceof on complex class expression.

Version 4.8.0 (2020-08-09)
--------------------------

### Added

* [PHP 8.0] Added support for nullsafe operator, represented using the new
  `Expr\NullsafePropertyFetch` and `Expr\NullsafeMethodCall` nodes.
* Added `phpVersion` option to the emulative lexer, which allows controlling the target version to
  emulate (defaults to the latest available, currently PHP 8.0). This is useful to parse code that
  uses reserved keywords from newer PHP versions as identifiers.

Version 4.7.0 (2020-07-25)
--------------------------

### Added

* Add `ParentConnectingVisitor` and `NodeConnectingVisitor` classes.
* [PHP 8.0] Added support for match expressions. These are represented using a new `Expr\Match_`
  containing `MatchArm`s.
* [PHP 8.0] Added support for trailing comma in closure use lists.

### Fixed

* Fixed missing error for unterminated comment with trailing newline (#688).
* Compatibility with PHP 8.0 has been restored: Namespaced names are now always represented by
  `T_NAME_*` tokens, using emulationg on older PHP versions. Full support for reserved keywords
  in namespaced names is not yet present.

Version 4.6.0 (2020-07-02)
--------------------------

### Added

* [PHP 8.0] Added support for trailing commas in parameter lists.
* [PHP 8.0] Added support for constructor promotion. The parameter visibility is stored in
  `Node\Param::$flags`.

### Fixed

* Comment tokens now always follow the PHP 8 interpretation, and do not include trailing
  whitespace.
* As a result of the previous change, some whitespace issues when inserting a statement into a
  method containing only a comment, and using the formatting-preserving pretty printer, have been
  resolved.

Version 4.5.0 (2020-06-03)
--------------------------

### Added

* [PHP 8.0] Added support for the mixed type. This means `mixed` types are now parsed as an
  `Identifier` rather than a `Name`.
* [PHP 8.0] Added support for catching without capturing the exception. This means that
  `Catch_::$var` may now be null.

Version 4.4.0 (2020-04-10)
--------------------------

### Added

* Added support for passing union types in builders.
* Added end line, token position and file position information for comments.
* Added `getProperty()` method to `ClassLike` nodes.

### Fixed

* Fixed generation of invalid code when using the formatting preserving pretty printer, and
  inserting code next to certain nop statements. The formatting is still ugly though.
* `getDocComment()` no longer requires that the very last comment before a node be a doc comment.
  There may not be non-doc comments between the doc comment and the declaration.
* Allowed arbitrary expressions in `isset()` and `list()`, rather than just variables.
  In particular, this allows `isset(($x))`, which is legal PHP code.
* [PHP 8.0] Add support for [variable syntax tweaks RFC](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/variable_syntax_tweaks).

Version 4.3.0 (2019-11-08)
--------------------------

### Added

* [PHP 8.0] Added support for union types using a new `UnionType` node.

Version 4.2.5 (2019-10-25)
--------------------------

### Changed

* Tests and documentation are no longer included in source archives. They can still be accessed
  by cloning the repository.
* php-yacc is now used to generate the parser. This has no impact on users of the library.

Version 4.2.4 (2019-09-01)
--------------------------

### Added

* Added getProperties(), getConstants() and getTraitUses() to ClassLike. (#629, #630)

### Fixed

* Fixed flexible heredoc emulation to check for digits after the end label. This synchronizes
  behavior with the upcoming PHP 7.3.10 release.

Version 4.2.3 (2019-08-12)
--------------------------

### Added

* [PHP 7.4] Add support for numeric literal separators. (#615)

### Fixed

* Fixed resolution of return types for arrow functions. (#613)
* Fixed compatibility with PHP 7.4.

Version 4.2.2 (2019-05-25)
--------------------------

### Added

* [PHP 7.4] Add support for arrow functions using a new `Expr\ArrowFunction` node. (#602)
* [PHP 7.4] Add support for array spreads, using a new `unpack` subnode on `ArrayItem`. (#609)
* Added support for inserting into empty list nodes in the formatting preserving pretty printer.

### Changed

* `php-parse` will now print messages to stderr, so that stdout only contains the actual result of
  the operation (such as a JSON dump). (#605)

### Fixed

* Fixed attribute assignment for zero-length nop statements, and a related assertion failure in
  the formatting-preserving pretty printer. (#589)

Version 4.2.1 (2019-02-16)
--------------------------

### Added

* [PHP 7.4] Add support for `??=` operator through a new `AssignOp\Coalesce` node. (#575)

Version 4.2.0 (2019-01-12)
--------------------------

### Added

* [PHP 7.4] Add support for typed properties through a new `type` subnode of `Stmt\Property`.
  Additionally `Builder\Property` now has a `setType()` method. (#567)
* Add `kind` attribute to `Cast\Double_`, which allows to distinguish between `(float)`,
  `(double)` and `(real)`. The form of the cast will be preserved by the pretty printer. (#565)

### Fixed

* Remove assertion when pretty printing anonymous class with a name (#554).

Version 4.1.1 (2018-12-26)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Fix "undefined offset" notice when parsing specific malformed code (#551).

### Added

* Support error recovery for missing return type (`function foo() : {}`) (#544).

Version 4.1.0 (2018-10-10)
--------------------------

### Added

* Added support for PHP 7.3 flexible heredoc/nowdoc strings, completing support for PHP 7.3. There
  are two caveats for this feature:
   * In some rare, pathological cases flexible heredoc/nowdoc strings change the interpretation of
     existing doc strings. PHP-Parser will now use the new interpretation.
   * Flexible heredoc/nowdoc strings require special support from the lexer. Because this is not
     available on PHP versions before 7.3, support has to be emulated. This emulation is not perfect
     and some cases which we do not expect to occur in practice (such as flexible doc strings being
     nested within each other through abuse of variable-variable interpolation syntax) may not be
     recognized correctly.
* Added `DONT_TRAVERSE_CURRENT_AND_CHILDREN` to `NodeTraverser` to skip both traversal of child
  nodes, and prevent subsequent visitors from visiting the current node.

Version 4.0.4 (2018-09-18)
--------------------------

### Added

* The following methods have been added to `BuilderFactory`:
  * `useTrait()` (fluent builder)
  * `traitUseAdaptation()` (fluent builder)
  * `useFunction()` (fluent builder)
  * `useConst()` (fluent builder)
  * `var()`
  * `propertyFetch()`
  
### Deprecated

* `Builder\Param::setTypeHint()` has been deprecated in favor of the newly introduced
  `Builder\Param::setType()`.

Version 4.0.3 (2018-07-15)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Fixed possible undefined offset notice in formatting-preserving printer. (#513)

### Added

* Improved error recovery inside arrays.
* Preserve trailing comment inside classes. **Note:** This change is possibly BC breaking if your
  code validates that classes can only contain certain statement types. After this change, classes
  can also contain Nop statements, while this was not previously possible. (#509)

Version 4.0.2 (2018-06-03)
--------------------------

### Added

* Improved error recovery inside classes.
* Support error recovery for `foreach` without `as`.
* Support error recovery for parameters without variable (`function (Type ) {}`).
* Support error recovery for functions without body (`function ($foo)`).

Version 4.0.1 (2018-03-25)
--------------------------

### Added

* [PHP 7.3] Added support for trailing commas in function calls.
* [PHP 7.3] Added support for by-reference array destructuring. 
* Added checks to node traverser to prevent replacing a statement with an expression or vice versa.
  This should prevent common mistakes in the implementation of node visitors.
* Added the following methods to `BuilderFactory`, to simplify creation of expressions:
  * `funcCall()`
  * `methodCall()`
  * `staticCall()`
  * `new()`
  * `constFetch()`
  * `classConstFetch()`

Version 4.0.0 (2018-02-28)
--------------------------

* No significant code changes since the beta 1 release.

Version 4.0.0-beta1 (2018-01-27)
--------------------------------

### Fixed

* In formatting-preserving pretty printer: Fixed indentation when inserting into lists. (#466)

### Added

* In formatting-preserving pretty printer: Improved formatting of elements inserted into multi-line
  arrays.

### Removed

* The `Autoloader` class has been removed. It is now required to use the Composer autoloader.

Version 4.0.0-alpha3 (2017-12-26)
---------------------------------

### Fixed

* In the formatting-preserving pretty printer:
  * Fixed comment indentation.
  * Fixed handling of inline HTML in the fallback case.
  * Fixed insertion into list nodes that require creation of a code block.

### Added

* Added support for inserting at the start of list nodes in formatting-preserving pretty printer.

Version 4.0.0-alpha2 (2017-11-10)
---------------------------------

### Added

* In the formatting-preserving pretty printer:
  * Added support for changing modifiers.
  * Added support for anonymous classes.
  * Added support for removing from list nodes.
  * Improved support for changing comments.
* Added start token offsets to comments.

Version 4.0.0-alpha1 (2017-10-18)
---------------------------------

### Added

* Added experimental support for format-preserving pretty-printing. In this mode formatting will be
  preserved for parts of the code which have not been modified.
* Added `replaceNodes` option to `NameResolver`, defaulting to true. If this option is disabled,
  resolved names will be added as `resolvedName` attributes, instead of replacing the original
  names.
* Added `NodeFinder` class, which can be used to find nodes based on a callback or class name. This
  is a utility to avoid custom node visitor implementations for simple search operations.
* Added `ClassMethod::isMagic()` method.
* Added `BuilderFactory` methods: `val()` method for creating an AST for a simple value, `concat()`
  for creating concatenation trees, `args()` for preparing function arguments.
* Added `NameContext` class, which encapsulates the `NameResolver` logic independently of the actual
  AST traversal. This facilitates use in other context, such as class names in doc comments.
  Additionally it provides an API for getting the shortest representation of a name.
* Added `Node::setAttributes()` method.
* Added `JsonDecoder`. This allows conversion JSON back into an AST.
* Added `Name` methods `toLowerString()` and `isSpecialClassName()`.
* Added `Identifier` and `VarLikeIdentifier` nodes, which are used in place of simple strings in
  many places.
* Added `getComments()`, `getStartLine()`, `getEndLine()`, `getStartTokenPos()`, `getEndTokenPos()`,
  `getStartFilePos()` and `getEndFilePos()` methods to `Node`. These provide a more obvious access
  point for the already existing attributes of the same name.
* Added `ConstExprEvaluator` to evaluate constant expressions to PHP values.
* Added `Expr\BinaryOp::getOperatorSigil()`, returning `+` for `Expr\BinaryOp\Plus`, etc.

### Changed

* Many subnodes that previously held simple strings now use `Identifier` (or `VarLikeIdentifier`)
  nodes. Please see the UPGRADE-4.0 file for an exhaustive list of affected nodes and some notes on
  possible impact.
* Expression statements (`expr;`) are now represented using a `Stmt\Expression` node. Previously
  these statements were directly represented as their constituent expression.
* The `name` subnode of `Param` has been renamed to `var` and now contains a `Variable` rather than
  a plain string.
* The `name` subnode of `StaticVar` has been renamed to `var` and now contains a `Variable` rather
  than a plain string.
* The `var` subnode of `ClosureUse` now contains a `Variable` rather than a plain string.
* The `var` subnode of `Catch` now contains a `Variable` rather than a plain string.
* The `alias` subnode of `UseUse` is now `null` if no explicit alias is given. As such,
  `use Foo\Bar` and `use Foo\Bar as Bar` are now represented differently. The `getAlias()` method
  can be used to get the effective alias, even if it is not explicitly given.

### Removed

* Support for running on PHP 5 and HHVM has been removed. You can however still parse code of old
  PHP versions (such as PHP 5.2), while running on PHP 7.
* Removed `type` subnode on `Class`, `ClassMethod` and `Property` nodes. Use `flags` instead.
* The `ClassConst::isStatic()` method has been removed. Constants cannot have a static modifier.
* The `NodeTraverser` no longer accepts `false` as a return value from a `leaveNode()` method.
  `NodeTraverser::REMOVE_NODE` should be returned instead.
* The `Node::setLine()` method has been removed. If you really need to, you can use `setAttribute()`
  instead.
* The misspelled `Class_::VISIBILITY_MODIFER_MASK` constant has been dropped in favor of
  `Class_::VISIBILITY_MODIFIER_MASK`.
* The XML serializer has been removed. As such, the classes `Serializer\XML`, and
  `Unserializer\XML`, as well as the interfaces `Serializer` and `Unserializer` no longer exist.
* The `BuilderAbstract` class has been removed. It's functionality is moved into `BuilderHelpers`.
  However, this is an internal class and should not be used directly.

Version 3.1.5 (2018-02-28)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Fixed duplicate comment assignment in switch statements. (#469)
* Improve compatibility with PHP-Scoper. (#477)

Version 3.1.4 (2018-01-25)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Fixed pretty printing of `-(-$x)` and `+(+$x)`. (#459)

Version 3.1.3 (2017-12-26)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Improve compatibility with php-scoper, by supporting prefixed namespaces in
  `NodeAbstract::getType()`.

Version 3.1.2 (2017-11-04)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Comments on empty blocks are now preserved on a `Stmt\Nop` node. (#382)

### Added

* Added `kind` attribute for `Stmt\Namespace_` node, which is one of `KIND_SEMICOLON` or
  `KIND_BRACED`. (#417)
* Added `setDocComment()` method to namespace builder. (#437)

Version 3.1.1 (2017-09-02)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Fixed syntax error on comment after brace-style namespace declaration. (#412)
* Added support for TraitUse statements in trait builder. (#413)

Version 3.1.0 (2017-07-28)
--------------------------

### Added

* [PHP 7.2] Added support for trailing comma in group use statements.
* [PHP 7.2] Added support for `object` type. This means `object` types will now be represented as a
  builtin type (a simple `"object"` string), rather than a class `Name`.

### Fixed

* Floating-point numbers are now printed correctly if the LC_NUMERIC locale uses a comma as decimal
  separator.

### Changed

* `Name::$parts` is no longer deprecated.

Version 3.0.6 (2017-06-28)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Fixed the spelling of `Class_::VISIBILITY_MODIFIER_MASK`. The previous spelling of
  `Class_::VISIBILITY_MODIFER_MASK` is preserved for backwards compatibility.
* The pretty printing will now preserve comments inside array literals and function calls by
  printing the array items / function arguments on separate lines. Array literals and functions that
  do not contain comments are not affected.

### Added

* Added `Builder\Param::makeVariadic()`.

### Deprecated

* The `Node::setLine()` method has been deprecated.

Version 3.0.5 (2017-03-05)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Name resolution of `NullableType`s is now performed earlier, so that a fully resolved signature is
  available when a function is entered. (#360)
* `Error` nodes are now considered empty, while previously they extended until the token where the
  error occurred. This made some nodes larger than expected. (#359)
* Fixed notices being thrown during error recovery in some situations. (#362)

Version 3.0.4 (2017-02-10)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Fixed some extensibility issues in pretty printer (`pUseType()` is now public and `pPrec()` calls
  into `p()`, instead of directly dispatching to the type-specific printing method).
* Fixed notice in `bin/php-parse` script.

### Added

* Error recovery from missing semicolons is now supported in more cases.
* Error recovery from trailing commas in positions where PHP does not support them is now supported.

Version 3.0.3 (2017-02-03)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* In `"$foo[0]"` the `0` is now parsed as an `LNumber` rather than `String`. (#325)
* Ensure integers and floats are always pretty printed preserving semantics, even if the particular
  value can only be manually constructed.
* Throw a `LogicException` when trying to pretty-print an `Error` node. Previously this resulted in
  an undefined method exception or fatal error.

### Added

* [PHP 7.1] Added support for negative interpolated offsets: `"$foo[-1]"`
* Added `preserveOriginalNames` option to `NameResolver`. If this option is enabled, an
  `originalName` attribute, containing the unresolved name, will be added to each resolved name.
* Added `php-parse --with-positions` option, which dumps nodes with position information.

### Deprecated

* The XML serializer has been deprecated. In particular, the classes `Serializer\XML`,
  `Unserializer\XML`, as well as the interfaces `Serializer` and `Unserializer` are deprecated.

Version 3.0.2 (2016-12-06)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Fixed name resolution of nullable types. (#324)
* Fixed pretty-printing of nullable types.

Version 3.0.1 (2016-12-01)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Fixed handling of nested `list()`s: If the nested list was unkeyed, it was directly included in
  the list items. If it was keyed, it was wrapped in `ArrayItem`. Now nested `List_` nodes are
  always wrapped in `ArrayItem`s. (#321)

Version 3.0.0 (2016-11-30)
--------------------------

### Added

* Added support for dumping node positions in the NodeDumper through the `dumpPositions` option.
* Added error recovery support for `$`, `new`, `Foo::`.

Version 3.0.0-beta2 (2016-10-29)
--------------------------------

This release primarily improves our support for error recovery.

### Added

* Added `Node::setDocComment()` method.
* Added `Error::getMessageWithColumnInfo()` method.
* Added support for recovery from lexer errors.
* Added support for recovering from "special" errors (i.e. non-syntax parse errors).
* Added precise location information for lexer errors.
* Added `ErrorHandler` interface, and `ErrorHandler\Throwing` and `ErrorHandler\Collecting` as
  specific implementations. These provide a general mechanism for handling error recovery.
* Added optional `ErrorHandler` argument to `Parser::parse()`, `Lexer::startLexing()` and
  `NameResolver::__construct()`.
* The `NameResolver` now adds a `namespacedName` attribute on name nodes that cannot be statically
  resolved (unqualified unaliased function or constant names in namespaces).

### Fixed

* Fixed attribute assignment for `GroupUse` prefix and variables in interpolated strings.

### Changed

* The constants on `NameTraverserInterface` have been moved into the `NameTraverser` class.
* Due to the error handling changes, the `Parser` interface and `Lexer` API have changed.
* The emulative lexer now directly postprocesses tokens, instead of using `~__EMU__~` sequences.
  This changes the protected API of the lexer.
* The `Name::slice()` method now returns `null` for empty slices, previously `new Name([])` was
  used. `Name::concat()` now also supports concatenation with `null`.

### Removed

* Removed `Name::append()` and `Name::prepend()`. These mutable methods have been superseded by
  the immutable `Name::concat()`.
* Removed `Error::getRawLine()` and `Error::setRawLine()`. These methods have been superseded by
  `Error::getStartLine()` and `Error::setStartLine()`.
* Removed support for node cloning in the `NodeTraverser`.
* Removed `$separator` argument from `Name::toString()`.
* Removed `throw_on_error` parser option and `Parser::getErrors()` method. Use the `ErrorHandler`
  mechanism instead.

Version 3.0.0-beta1 (2016-09-16)
--------------------------------

### Added

* [7.1] Function/method and parameter builders now support PHP 7.1 type hints (void, iterable and
  nullable types).
* Nodes and Comments now implement `JsonSerializable`. The node kind is stored in a `nodeType`
  property.
* The `InlineHTML` node now has an `hasLeadingNewline` attribute, that specifies whether the
  preceding closing tag contained a newline. The pretty printer honors this attribute.
* Partial parsing of `$obj->` (with missing property name) is now supported in error recovery mode.
* The error recovery mode is now exposed in the `php-parse` script through the `--with-recovery`
  or `-r` flags.

The following changes are also part of PHP-Parser 2.1.1:

* The PHP 7 parser will now generate a parse error for `$var =& new Obj` assignments.
* Comments on free-standing code blocks will now be retained as comments on the first statement in
  the code block.

Version 3.0.0-alpha1 (2016-07-25)
---------------------------------

### Added

* [7.1] Added support for `void` and `iterable` types. These will now be represented as strings
  (instead of `Name` instances) similar to other builtin types.
* [7.1] Added support for class constant visibility. The `ClassConst` node now has a `flags` subnode
  holding the visibility modifier, as well as `isPublic()`, `isProtected()` and `isPrivate()`
  methods. The constructor changed to accept the additional subnode.
* [7.1] Added support for nullable types. These are represented using a new `NullableType` node
  with a single `type` subnode.
* [7.1] Added support for short array destructuring syntax. This means that `Array` nodes may now
  appear as the left-hand-side of assignments and foreach value targets. Additionally the array
  items may now contain `null` values if elements are skipped.
* [7.1] Added support for keys in list() destructuring. The `List` subnode `vars` has been renamed
  to `items` and now contains `ArrayItem`s instead of plain variables.
* [7.1] Added support for multi-catch. The `Catch` subnode `type` has been renamed to `types` and
  is now an array of `Name`s.
* `Name::slice()` now supports lengths and negative offsets. This brings it in line with
  `array_slice()` functionality.

### Changed

Due to PHP 7.1 support additions described above, the node structure changed as follows:

* `void` and `iterable` types are now stored as strings if the PHP 7 parser is used.
* The `ClassConst` constructor changed to accept an additional `flags` subnode.
* The `Array` subnode `items` may now contain `null` elements (destructuring).
* The `List` subnode `vars` has been renamed to `items` and now contains `ArrayItem`s instead of
  plain variables.
* The `Catch` subnode `type` has been renamed to `types` and is now an array of `Name`s.

Additionally the following changes were made:

* The `type` subnode on `Class`, `ClassMethod` and `Property` has been renamed to `flags`. The
  `type` subnode has retained for backwards compatibility and is populated to the same value as
  `flags`. However, writes to `type` will not update `flags`.
* The `TryCatch` subnode `finallyStmts` has been replaced with a `finally` subnode that holds an
  explicit `Finally` node. This allows for more accurate attribute assignment.
* The `Trait` constructor now has the same form as the `Class` and `Interface` constructors: It
  takes an array of subnodes. Unlike classes/interfaces, traits can only have a `stmts` subnode.
* The `NodeDumper` now prints class/method/property/constant modifiers, as well as the include and
  use type in a textual representation, instead of only showing the number.
* All methods on `PrettyPrinter\Standard` are now protected. Previously most of them were public.

### Removed

* Removed support for running on PHP 5.4. It is however still possible to parse PHP 5.2-5.4 code
  while running on a newer version.
* The deprecated `Comment::setLine()` and `Comment::setText()` methods have been removed.
* The deprecated `Name::set()`, `Name::setFirst()` and `Name::setLast()` methods have been removed.

Version 2.1.1 (2016-09-16)
--------------------------

### Changed

* The pretty printer will now escape all control characters in the range `\x00-\x1F` inside double
  quoted strings. If no special escape sequence is available, an octal escape will be used.
* The quality of the error recovery has been improved. In particular unterminated expressions should
  be handled more gracefully.
* The PHP 7 parser will now generate a parse error for `$var =& new Obj` assignments.
* Comments on free-standing code blocks will no be retained as comments on the first statement in
  the code block.

Version 2.1.0 (2016-04-19)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* Properly support `B""` strings (with uppercase `B`) in a number of places.
* Fixed reformatting of indented parts in a certain non-standard comment style.

### Added

* Added `dumpComments` option to node dumper, to enable dumping of comments associated with nodes.
* Added `Stmt\Nop` node, that is used to collect comments located at the end of a block or at the
  end of a file (without a following node with which they could otherwise be associated).
* Added `kind` attribute to `Expr\Exit` to distinguish between `exit` and `die`.
* Added `kind` attribute to `Scalar\LNumber` to distinguish between decimal, binary, octal and
  hexadecimal numbers.
* Added `kind` attribute to `Expr\Array` to distinguish between `array()` and `[]`.
* Added `kind` attribute to `Scalar\String` and `Scalar\Encapsed` to distinguish between
  single-quoted, double-quoted, heredoc and nowdoc string.
* Added `docLabel` attribute to `Scalar\String` and `Scalar\Encapsed`, if it is a heredoc or
  nowdoc string.
* Added start file offset information to `Comment` nodes.
* Added `setReturnType()` method to function and method builders.
* Added `-h` and `--help` options to `php-parse` script.

### Changed

* Invalid octal literals now throw a parse error in PHP 7 mode.
* The pretty printer takes all the new attributes mentioned in the previous section into account.
* The protected `AbstractPrettyPrinter::pComments()` method no longer returns a trailing newline.
* The bundled autoloader supports library files being stored in a different directory than
  `PhpParser` for easier downstream distribution.

### Deprecated

* The `Comment::setLine()` and `Comment::setText()` methods have been deprecated. Construct new
  objects instead.

### Removed

* The internal (but public) method `Scalar\LNumber::parse()` has been removed. A non-internal
  `LNumber::fromString()` method has been added instead.

Version 2.0.1 (2016-02-28)
--------------------------

### Fixed

* `declare() {}` and `declare();` are not semantically equivalent and will now result in different
  ASTs. The format case will have an empty `stmts` array, while the latter will set `stmts` to
  `null`.
* Magic constants are now supported as semi-reserved keywords.
* A shebang line like `#!/usr/bin/env php` is now allowed at the start of a namespaced file.
  Previously this generated an exception.
* The `prettyPrintFile()` method will not strip a trailing `?>` from the raw data that follows a
  `__halt_compiler()` statement.
* The `prettyPrintFile()` method will not strip an opening `<?php` if the file starts with a
  comment followed by InlineHTML.

Version 2.0.0 (2015-12-04)
--------------------------

### Changed

* String parts of encapsed strings are now represented using `Scalar\EncapsStringPart` nodes.
  Previously raw strings were used. This affects the `parts` child of `Scalar\Encaps` and
  `Expr\ShellExec`. The change has been done to allow assignment of attributes to encapsed string
  parts.

Version 2.0.0-beta1 (2015-10-21)
--------------------------------

### Fixed

* Fixed issue with too many newlines being stripped at the end of heredoc/nowdoc strings in some
  cases. (#227)

### Changed

* Update group use support to be in line with recent PHP 7.0 builds.
* Renamed `php-parse.php` to `php-parse` and registered it as a composer bin.
* Use composer PSR-4 autoloader instead of custom autoloader.
* Specify phpunit as a dev dependency.

### Added

* Added `shortArraySyntax` option to pretty printer, to print all arrays using short syntax.

Version 2.0.0-alpha1 (2015-07-14)
---------------------------------

A more detailed description of backwards incompatible changes can be found in the
[upgrading guide](UPGRADE-2.0.md).

### Removed

* Removed support for running on PHP 5.3. It is however still possible to parse PHP 5.2 and PHP 5.3
  code while running on a newer version.
* Removed legacy class name aliases. This includes the old non-namespaced class names and the old
  names for classes that were renamed for PHP 7 compatibility.
* Removed support for legacy node format. All nodes must have a `getSubNodeNames()` method now.

### Added

* Added support for remaining PHP 7 features that were not present in 1.x:
  * Group use declarations. These are represented using `Stmt\GroupUse` nodes. Furthermore a `type`
    attribute was added to `Stmt\UseUse` to handle mixed group use declarations.
  * Uniform variable syntax.
  * Generalized yield operator.
  * Scalar type declarations. These are presented using `'bool'`, `'int'`, `'float'` and `'string'`
    as the type. The PHP 5 parser also accepts these, however they'll be `Name` instances there.
  * Unicode escape sequences.
* Added `PhpParser\ParserFactory` class, which should be used to create parser instances.
* Added `Name::concat()` which concatenates two names.
* Added `Name->slice()` which takes a subslice of a name.

### Changed

* `PhpParser\Parser` is now an interface, implemented by `Parser\Php5`, `Parser\Php7` and
  `Parser\Multiple`. The `Multiple` parser will try multiple parsers, until one succeeds.
* Token constants are now defined on `PhpParser\Parser\Tokens` rather than `PhpParser\Parser`.
* The `Name->set()`, `Name->append()`, `Name->prepend()` and `Name->setFirst()` methods are
  deprecated in favor of `Name::concat()` and `Name->slice()`.
* The `NodeTraverser` no longer clones nodes by default. The old behavior can be restored by
  passing `true` to the constructor.
* The constructor for `Scalar` nodes no longer has a default value. E.g. `new LNumber()` should now
  be written as `new LNumber(0)`.

---

**This changelog only includes changes from the 2.0 series. For older changes see the
[1.x series changelog](https://github.com/nikic/PHP-Parser/blob/1.x/CHANGELOG.md) and the
[0.9 series changelog](https://github.com/nikic/PHP-Parser/blob/0.9/CHANGELOG.md).**
