eXplain

eXplain

PKS Software
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About

​PHPStan is an open source static analysis tool for PHP that identifies bugs in your codebase without the need for writing tests. It thoroughly scans your entire code, detecting both obvious and subtle issues, including those in rarely executed conditional statements that tests might not cover. By integrating PHPStan into your development environment and continuous integration pipelines, you can prevent bugs from reaching production. It is compatible with legacy codebases, even those lacking an autoloader, and facilitates gradual improvement through configurable rule levels. This approach allows developers to incrementally enhance code quality without being overwhelmed by numerous errors on the initial run. ​PHPStan supports advanced PHP features ahead of their official release, such as generics, array shapes, and checked exceptions, by leveraging PHPDocs. It also offers extensions for popular frameworks like Symfony, Laravel, and Doctrine, ensuring comprehensive understanding.

About

eXplain is a specialized code-analysis and legacy-system evaluation tool from PKS Software GmbH, designed to deeply analyze, map, document, and assess legacy applications, especially on mainframe platforms such as IBM i (AS/400) and IBM Z, so organizations can understand what lives in their software, how it’s structured, and what parts are worth keeping, refactoring or retiring. It imports existing source code into an independent “eXplain server”, no need to install anything on the host system, then uses advanced parsers to examine languages like COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, Natural, RPG, JCL, and others, along with data about databases (Db2, Adabas, IMS), job-schedulers, transaction monitors, and more. eXplain builds a central repository that becomes a knowledge hub; from there, it generates cross-language dependency graphs, data-flow maps, interface analyses, clusterings of related modules, and detailed object-and-resource usage reports.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

PHP developers in need of a solution to enhance code quality by identifying and resolving bugs through static analysis

Audience

IT organizations, architects, and software-maintenance teams seeking a tool to modernize, refactor, or safely retire legacy systems

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

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Pricing

Free
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

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Free Version
Free Trial

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Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
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Training

Documentation
Webinars
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Company Information

PHPStan
United States
phpstan.org

Company Information

PKS Software
Founded: 1991
Germany
www.pks.de/en/kompetenzen/software-analyse-explain

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Categories

Categories

Integrations

C
C++
COBOL
CakePHP
Doctrine
HTML
IBM Db2
IBM Power Servers
IBM Z
IBM i
Java
Laminas
Laravel
Magento
PHP
PHPUnit
Rexx Systems
SQL
Symfony
WordPress

Integrations

C
C++
COBOL
CakePHP
Doctrine
HTML
IBM Db2
IBM Power Servers
IBM Z
IBM i
Java
Laminas
Laravel
Magento
PHP
PHPUnit
Rexx Systems
SQL
Symfony
WordPress
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