Splits given source into PHP tokens, represented by PhpToken objects.

# PhpToken::tokenize

(PHP 8)

PhpToken::tokenize — Splits given source into PHP tokens, represented by PhpToken objects.

### Description

public static PhpToken::tokenize(string `$code`, int `$flags` = 0): array

Returns an array of PhpToken objects representing given `code`.

### Parameters

`code`

  The PHP source to parse.

`flags`

  Valid flags:

  - `TOKEN_PARSE` - Recognises the ability to use reserved words in specific contexts.

### Return Values

An array of PHP tokens represented by instances of PhpToken or its descendants. This method returns static[] so that PhpToken can be seamlessly extended.

### Examples

Example #1 PhpToken::tokenize() example

`<?php
$tokens = PhpToken::tokenize('<?php echo; ?>');
foreach ($tokens as $token) {
echo "Line {$token->line}: {$token->getTokenName()} ('{$token->text}')", PHP_EOL;
}`

The above examples will output:

    Line 1: T_OPEN_TAG ('<?php ')
    Line 1: T_ECHO ('echo')
    Line 1: ; (';')
    Line 1: T_WHITESPACE (' ')
    Line 1: T_CLOSE_TAG ('?>')

Example #2 Extending PhpToken

`<?php
class MyPhpToken extends PhpToken {
public function getUpperText() {
return strtoupper($this->text);
}
}
$tokens = MyPhpToken::tokenize('<?php echo; ?>');
echo "'{$tokens[0]->getUpperText()}'";`

The above examples will output:

    '<?PHP '

### See Also

- token_get_all() - Split given source into PHP tokens

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