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dscrd | karma 608 | avg karma 1.7 · 2014-03-04 16:47:16+00:00

Here's what would make me accept PHP as passable practical web programming language: A good REPL, with good support for it over all frameworks. That's all it would take.

Given that it doesn't have one, python beats it easily.

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indeyets | karma 394 | avg karma 2.13 · 2014-03-04 16:55:12+00:00

You mean like boris? https://github.com/d11wtq/boris

dscrd | karma 608 | avg karma 1.7 · 2014-03-04 11:05:48

Looks good, but here's the practical question: Can I enter this REPL with all the libraries and models of my web framework loaded so that I can query a model through it, modify the object and save?

oinksoft | karma 3796 | avg karma 4.49 · 2014-03-04 11:09:10

No more than you could with any other execution environment. Autoloaders should find your libraries if you are using the same entry point, and you can query a model as you could in any other language. It looks like people have made something like this for CakePHP: http://josediazgonzalez.com/2013/12/04/interactive-command-l...

And there are some REPLs with tab completion: https://github.com/ErikDubbelboer/php-repl

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indeyets | karma 394 | avg karma 2.13 · 2014-03-04 12:15:41

https://github.com/d11wtq/boris#using-boris-with-your-applic...