tl2php

A console tool to generate PHP classes based on TL schema. TL schema must be beforehand compiled to .tlo.

How to make the .tlo file from TL schema

.tlo file is a “compiled TL schema” file. You use tl-compiler to generate it from a set of *.tl files. It is inside the vk-tl-tools package, that had been installed if you followed the installation instructions.

tl-compiler -e /path/to/output.tlo input1.tl input2.tl ...

How to run tl2php

The tl2php command is also available after the vk-tl-tools installation. Command-line usage is:

tl2php [options] /path/to/tl/scheme.tlo

List of available options:

Output directory for PHP code (default ‘.')

Overwrite output directory if exists (default false)

Generate PHP classes even TL functions marked @internal (default false)

Output directory structure

Functions and types are named based on TL schema.

---types---
memcache.not_found = memcache.Value;
memcache.str_value value:string = memcache.Value;

---functions---
memcache.get key:string = memcache.Value;

This will lead to the following structure:

output/VK/TL/
    memcache/
        Types/
            memcache_not_found.php
            memcache_str_value.php
            memcache_Value.php
        Functions/
            memcache_get.php
    RpcFunction.php 
    RpcResponse.php

Yes, classes from small letters — unless they are named from capitals in TL. This naming turns out to be the most useful for reading, navigation, and IDE usage. Symbols without namespace are output to _common directory.