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Free online PHP code formatter and beautifier. Automatically format, indent, and organize your PHP scripts to improve readability instantly.
Overview
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Use this page to change the layout of PHP source text. Beautify mode adds readable indentation and spacing; minify mode produces a more compact text form. In beautify mode you can choose 2, 4, or 8 indentation units, use spaces or tabs, choose K&R or Allman brace placement, and remove comments. Minify mode removes comments as part of its compacting operation.
A coding standard such as PSR-12 defines a coordinated set of style rules so teams can read code consistently. This formatter exposes useful layout choices, but those options do not amount to a PSR-12 conformance check. PHP-FIG describes PSR-12 as an extended coding-style guide. The output here is a text transformation: it does not run the program, validate its behavior, or establish that it meets a project’s complete coding standard.
Guide
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Paste or type a snippet in the input editor, or load the included example to see the transformation.
Choose Beautify for a more spaced layout or Minify for compact output. The formatting controls apply to Beautify.
For Beautify, choose indentation width and tabs or spaces, then select K&R braces on the same line or Allman braces on a new line. Turn on comment removal only if you want those comments omitted.
Review the output for changed text and any formatting error message. Copy it or download the result when it matches your intent.
For example, paste a tightly packed class and choose four spaces with K&R braces to make its blocks easier to scan. The exact result depends on the selected options.
Use cases
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A developer reviewing a short code sample can normalize indentation and brace placement before discussing its structure with a teammate.
A team member can try tabs versus spaces or K&R versus Allman on a snippet, then choose the layout that matches the project convention.
Minify mode can create a compact text version for a constrained handoff. Review it carefully, especially if comments contain context someone needs.
Q&A
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No. It reformats source text and is not a PHP runtime, compiler, or complete syntax validator. Test code with the tools and environment used by your project.
No. PSR-12 covers a full set of coding-style rules. Indentation and brace placement alone cannot establish conformance, and the available options do not claim to implement every rule.
Minify mode removes comments. In Beautify mode, the remove-comments switch controls whether comments are omitted.
Notes
Review scope, result limitations, and important precautions before use.
Formatting can change whitespace and selected comments, so compare the result with the original before saving it into a project. Keep a source copy when comment text or exact layout matters. Do not treat a clean-looking output as evidence that the program is correct, safe, or compliant with a project’s standard; use a PHP-aware test and style-check workflow for those decisions.
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