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+# php-parser
+A Parser for PHP written in Go
+
+## roadmap
+- [X] Lexer
+- [x] PHP 7 syntax analyzer
+- [x] AST nodes
+- [x] AST traverse
+- [x] handling nodes line numbers
+- [ ] handling php doc comments
+- [ ] PHP 5 syntax analyzer
+- [ ] Code flow graph