Minify PHP in Visual Studio 2015

Question

Is there any way to minify (or remove comments) in PHP using Visual Studio 2015? I use PHP Tools and when i release php scripts to public server, i would like at least remove all comments from code. I know, is there way to remove comments with content menu, but i wish to have comments in my project and no comments (or minimal and unread code) in publish scripts (some like Bundler & Minifier tool, but for php). Thanks

Answer 1

There is basically no point in minifying Php since there is no performance gain in doing so. Although if you insist, there are a few ways to remove comments/whitespaces from source. (and these are not limited to just VisualStudio) -

1. Use Gulp.
2. Use Command line options: php -w file.php => generates file without comments & whitespaces. Equivalent to php_strip_whitespace()
3. Use Regular Expression in Find-Replace Function of your IDE. You can use the following inside Find FieldBox. (and keep Replace fieldbox empty)

   //.* or /.

4. Use a Library/tool like Php-Minify

Hope that helps!

Answer 2

Why aren't you going to use online tool to do it? There are many online tools you can use instead of VS 2015.

Here is one tool for you. http://beta.phpformatter.com/

Hope it helps you and check this answer as solved if it helps you.

Thanks!

Answer 3

You can check Comment Remover tool to remove all the comments from a file with a single button click. It also remove #regions and preserve XML Doc comments.