PHP Code Beautifier

What beautifying means here

A beautifier changes layout only. The code should do the same thing before and after. This tool applies a short list of layout rules:

• Every semicolon ends a line.
• Every opening brace goes on its own line, and every closing brace too.
• Code inside braces is indented one level per nesting depth.
• Commas are followed by a single space.
• Blank lines in the result are removed.

It does not add spaces around operators, rename anything or reorder code.

A before and after example

Input:

<?php class User{private $name;public function getName(){return $this->name;}}

Result with 4 spaces:

<?php class User
{
    private $name;
    public function getName()
    {
        return $this->name;
    }
}

Notice that the opening tag stays on the same line as the first statement when you paste everything on one line. Put the tag on its own line in your input if you want it separate.

When to use something else

The tool counts braces and semicolons as plain characters. It does not parse PHP, so it cannot follow a project style guide, wrap long lines or fix spacing around operators such as = and +. Comments, heredocs and for (;;) loops can come out wrong, because a semicolon inside them is treated like any other. For a full codebase, run a configured fixer in your editor or build pipeline and keep this page for quick one-off cleanups.

Beautifying a function with a loop

Compact input:

function total($items){$sum=0;foreach($items as $item){$sum+=$item["price"];}return $sum;}

Each brace opens a new level, so the loop body sits two levels in and return drops back to one. Reading top to bottom you can now see that the loop adds to $sum and the function returns it afterwards. In the one-line version that was hard to see.

Choosing 2 or 4 spaces

Four spaces is the common width in PHP code and is easiest to scan. Choose 2 when the code is deeply nested or the place you will paste it is narrow, such as a chat message. The setting changes only the indentation, never the line breaks.

Check the result

Beautified code is easier to review, which is the point. Read it once for missing or extra braces, because the tool counts them without reporting problems. If the indentation drifts oddly near the end, an unmatched brace in your input is the usual cause.