first version of an PHP codegen

compiler/jstypes.nim

@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ proc genEnumInfo(p: PProc, typ: PType, name: Rope) =
          [name, genTypeInfo(p, typ.sons[0])])
 
 proc genTypeInfo(p: PProc, typ: PType): Rope =
+  if p.target == targetPHP:
+    return makeJSString(typeToString(typ, preferModuleInfo))
   let t = typ.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyDistinct})
   result = "NTI$1" % [rope(t.id)]
   if containsOrIncl(p.g.typeInfoGenerated, t.id): return

compiler/main.nim

@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ proc commandCompileToJS =
   defineSymbol("nimrod") # 'nimrod' is always defined
   defineSymbol("ecmascript") # For backward compatibility
   defineSymbol("js")
+  if gCmd == cmdCompileToPHP: defineSymbol("nimphp")
   semanticPasses()
   registerPass(JSgenPass)
   compileProject()
@@ -267,6 +268,9 @@ proc mainCommand* =
   of "js", "compiletojs":
     gCmd = cmdCompileToJS
     commandCompileToJS()
+  of "php":
+    gCmd = cmdCompileToPHP
+    commandCompileToJS()
   of "doc":
     wantMainModule()
     gCmd = cmdDoc

compiler/nim.nim

@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ proc handleCmdLine() =
             ex = quoteShell(
               completeCFilePath(changeFileExt(gProjectFull, "js").prependCurDir))
           execExternalProgram(findNodeJs() & " " & ex & ' ' & commands.arguments)
+        elif gCmd == cmdCompileToPHP:
+          var ex: string
+          if options.outFile.len > 0:
+            ex = options.outFile.prependCurDir.quoteShell
+          else:
+            ex = quoteShell(
+              completeCFilePath(changeFileExt(gProjectFull, "php").prependCurDir))
+          execExternalProgram("php " & ex & ' ' & commands.arguments)
         else:
           var binPath: string
           if options.outFile.len > 0:

compiler/options.nim

@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
   TCommands* = enum           # Nim's commands
                               # **keep binary compatible**
     cmdNone, cmdCompileToC, cmdCompileToCpp, cmdCompileToOC,
-    cmdCompileToJS, cmdCompileToLLVM, cmdInterpret, cmdPretty, cmdDoc,
+    cmdCompileToJS,
+    cmdCompileToPHP,
+    cmdCompileToLLVM, cmdInterpret, cmdPretty, cmdDoc,
     cmdGenDepend, cmdDump,
     cmdCheck,                 # semantic checking for whole project
     cmdParse,                 # parse a single file (for debugging)

compiler/rodread.nim

@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ proc cmdChangeTriggersRecompilation(old, new: TCommands): bool =
   # new command forces us to consider it here :-)
   case old
   of cmdCompileToC, cmdCompileToCpp, cmdCompileToOC,
-      cmdCompileToJS, cmdCompileToLLVM:
+      cmdCompileToJS, cmdCompileToPHP, cmdCompileToLLVM:
     if new in {cmdDoc, cmdCheck, cmdIdeTools, cmdPretty, cmdDef,
                cmdInteractive}:
       return false