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Summary

  • Fix PHP parsing infrastructure: _get_call_name(), _get_bases(), and _extract_import() all had no PHP-specific branches, making CALLS / INHERITS / IMPORTS edges completely non-functional for PHP codebases
  • Add Laravel semantic edges: Route→Controller CALLS, Eloquent relationship REFERENCES, Blade template directive IMPORTS_FROM, PSR-4 namespace resolution
  • Add language-scoped entry points: PHP-specific patterns (handle, boot, register, up/down) don't pollute other languages

Motivation

PHP is listed as a supported language, but the parser produced zero CALLS edges and zero INHERITS edges for PHP files. The root cause: tree-sitter-php uses name as the AST node type for identifiers (not identifier like other grammars), so _get_call_name() could never match PHP call expressions. Similarly, _get_bases() and _extract_import() had no PHP branches, falling through to defaults that produced no useful edges.

Tested on real Laravel 9, 12, and 13 projects:

Metric Laravel 9 (before → after) Laravel 12 (before → after) Laravel 13 (before → after)
CALLS 4,962 → 35,771 (7.2x) 0 → 9,369 25,773 → 27,008 (+1,235)
INHERITS 0 → 346 0 → 481 0 → 49
REFERENCES 9 → 54 (6x) 2 → 74 (37x) 273 → 278
TESTED_BY 0 → 4,800 0 → 681 68 → 135
Total edges 13,525 → 49,527 (+266%) 4,703 → 15,338 (+226%) 35,455 → 36,813 (+3.8%)

Laravel 13 project has JS/TS frontend code (hence non-zero baseline CALLS), but INHERITS was still 0→49 — Filament resource inheritance chains now correctly detected.

All edges spot-checked for accuracy — Route→Controller mappings, Eloquent relationships, Filament resource inheritance, and Blade directives all correspond to real code relationships.

Changes

Phase 1 — PHP infrastructure fix (parser.py)

  • _get_call_name(): PHP-specific branches for 4 call expression types (function_call_expression, member_call_expression, scoped_call_expression, object_creation_expression)
  • _get_bases(): PHP branch for base_clause (extends) + class_interface_clause (implements)
  • _extract_import(): PHP branch handling simple, grouped (use Foo\{A, B}), and aliased imports
  • _CLASS_TYPES["php"]: add trait_declaration, enum_declaration
  • _CALL_TYPES["php"]: add scoped_call_expression, object_creation_expression

Phase 2 — Entry points + Blade detection

  • flows.py: _LANG_ENTRY_NAME_PATTERNS dict for language-scoped patterns; _matches_entry_name() accepts optional language parameter
  • parser.py: detect_language() checks .blade.php compound extension before generic suffix lookup

Phase 3 — Laravel semantic edges (parser.py)

  • _extract_php_constructs(): Route definitions (Route::get('/path', [Controller::class, 'method'])) → CALLS edge to controller method
  • Detect Eloquent relationships (hasMany, belongsTo, etc. — 11 methods) → REFERENCES edge to target model
  • _php_class_from_class_access(): handles both short (Post::class) and FQCN (\App\Models\Post::class) forms

Phase 4 — Blade templates + PSR-4 (parser.py)

  • _parse_blade(): regex-based extraction of @extends, @include, @component, @livewire as IMPORTS_FROM / REFERENCES edges
  • _find_php_composer_psr4(): resolve namespaces to file paths via composer.json autoload PSR-4 mappings with caching

Docs (README.md)

  • Update flow detection limitation to include PHP/Laravel
  • Add "Framework-aware parsing" row to features table

Test plan

  • 26 new test methods across test_multilang.py (TestPHPParsing: 14, TestLaravelParsing: 5, TestBladeParsing: 6) and test_flows.py (1)
  • 761 total tests pass, 0 regressions (2 pre-existing async test failures unrelated to this PR)
  • ruff check clean
  • Verified on real Laravel 9 project — CALLS 0→35k, INHERITS 0→346
  • Verified on real Laravel 12 project — HasMiddleware, PHP 8.1 Enums, Eloquent relationships
  • Verified on real Laravel 13 project — Filament resources, Route→Controller, INHERITS 0→49
  • Non-PHP languages unaffected — all PHP-specific code gated by language == "php" or in PHP-only methods

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…ure + add Laravel semantic edges

PHP's core parsing infrastructure (CALLS, INHERITS, IMPORTS edges) was
completely non-functional because `_get_call_name()` could not match
tree-sitter-php's `name` node type, `_get_bases()` had no PHP branch,
and `_extract_import()` fell through to a raw-text fallback.

This commit fixes the PHP foundation and adds Laravel-specific semantic
analysis on top:

**Phase 1 — PHP infrastructure fix:**
- `_get_call_name()`: add PHP-specific branches for all 4 call expression
  types (function_call, member_call, scoped_call, object_creation)
- `_get_bases()`: add PHP branch for `base_clause` (extends) and
  `class_interface_clause` (implements)
- `_extract_import()`: add PHP branch handling simple, grouped, and
  aliased `use` statements with proper AST traversal
- `_CLASS_TYPES["php"]`: add `trait_declaration`, `enum_declaration`
- `_CALL_TYPES["php"]`: add `scoped_call_expression`,
  `object_creation_expression`

**Phase 2 — Entry points + Blade detection:**
- `_LANG_ENTRY_NAME_PATTERNS`: language-scoped entry-point patterns so
  PHP-specific names (handle, boot, register, up, down) don't pollute
  other languages
- `detect_language()`: handle `.blade.php` compound extension before
  the generic suffix lookup

**Phase 3 — Laravel semantic edges:**
- `_extract_php_constructs()`: detect Route definitions
  (`Route::get('/path', [Controller::class, 'method'])`) and emit CALLS
  edges to controller methods
- Detect Eloquent relationships (`hasMany`, `belongsTo`, etc.) and emit
  REFERENCES edges to target models
- `_php_class_from_class_access()`: correctly extract class names from
  both short (`Post::class`) and FQCN (`\App\Models\Post::class`) forms

**Phase 4 — Blade templates + PSR-4:**
- `_parse_blade()`: regex-based extraction of `@extends`, `@include`,
  `@component`, `@livewire` directives as IMPORTS_FROM/REFERENCES edges
- `_find_php_composer_psr4()`: resolve PHP namespaces to file paths via
  `composer.json` autoload PSR-4 mappings with caching

**Tested on real Laravel 9 and 12 projects:**
- CALLS edges: 0 → 9,369 (Laravel 12 project), 4,962 → 35,771 (Laravel 9)
- INHERITS edges: 0 → 481 / 0 → 346
- REFERENCES edges: 2 → 74 / 9 → 54
- Total edges: +226% / +266%

26 new tests covering all phases. 761 total tests pass, 0 regressions.
Update limitations section to reflect PHP/Laravel entry-point detection
and add framework-aware parsing row to the features table.
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