Before I choose yaxx and XML tools for code source transformation, I looked very attentively the phpCompiler project.

The main goal of phpCompiler is to translate PHP code directly into Linux assembly code (and they are apparently very close to it).

He mentions, though, that phpCompiler just doesn't fit what he's trying to do. He needs things like portability between platforms and a simple way to extend the PHP lexer and grammer for phpAspect. Unfortunately, phpCompiler either doesn't allow these or just makes them too difficult. He makes his choice for his situation - Yaxx

As I wrote earlier, I am not satisfied with the Current State of AOP for PHP and started to work on AspectPHP a while ago. Today I am going to share my ideas on the subject.

What sets AspectPHP apart from other implementations of Aspect-Oriented Programming is its simplicity: aspects are plain PHP classes that declare pointcuts using annotations.

He gives an example of this kind of functionality, including a bit of code to illustrate. The example logs all method calls and, in this case, simply outputs them to the browser.

Unfortunately, he also mentions that, at this time, he doesn't have any code for the framework that he can release, but you can check out the site he's created for more information.]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:54:17 -0600 http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/4833 http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/4833 Sebastian Bergmann has posted a current state of AOP for PHP summary on his blog today, a look at a few resources and an addition of one of his own.

I know about four existing approaches to faciliate Aspect-Oriented Programming with the PHP Programming Language:

• PHPAspect
• Aspect-oriented PHP
• aspectPHP
• AOP Library for PHP

But, as was previously mentioned, he's not happy with the current implementations, so he's working up his own - AspectPHP...]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2006 07:18:24 -0600