Sed script for re-formatting php files Use: sed -r -f format.sd -i <path/to/file/to/reformat>

format.sd

# swap tabs for spaces
s/\t/    /g

# ensure spaces around =>
s/([^ ])=>([^ ])/\1 => \2/g

# remove trailing whitespace
s/ +$//g

# ensure spaces around .
s/('|\)|\])\.('|\$|\(|\[)/\1 . \2/g

# handle explode and implode exceptions
s/explode\(' \. '/explode\('\.'/g
s/implode\(' \. '/implode\('\.'/g

# ensure space between if/for/foreach and (
s/(if|for|foreach)\(/\1 (/g

# ensure space for commas
s/(.),([^ ])/\1, \2/g

# convert hash comments to //
s/^([ ]+)\#(.+)/\1 \/\/\2/g

# ensure space after one-line comments
s/^([ ]+)\/\/([^ ])/\1\/\/ \2/g

# implement one true brace
/^[^\*\/]*\b(function|if|else|for|foreach|switch|catch|while|case|do|try)\b([^;{]*)\)([^;{]*)$/,+1 {
    /^ *\{ *$/d
    s/([^\{]*)/\1 \{/g
}