README

Phel is a functional, Lisp-inspired programming language that compiles to PHP. It brings the expressive power of Clojure and the simplicity of Janet to the PHP ecosystem — enabling you to write concise, immutable, and composable code that runs anywhere PHP does.

Example

; Define a namespace
(ns my\example)

; Define a variable with name "my-name" and value "world"
(def my-name "world")

; Define a function with name "print-name" and one argument "your-name"
(defn print-name [your-name]
  (print "hello" your-name))

; Call the function
(print-name my-name)

Documentation

Website
Discover features, tutorials, exercises, and the latest blog posts.
Installation
Get started quickly with scaffolding or manual installation.
Packagist
Find Phel on the official PHP package repository.
Internals
Learn more about the compiler’s inner workings.
Examples
Explore practical scripts you can run directly with the Phel CLI.

Build PHAR

Run the following command to create a standalone PHAR executable:

./build/phar.sh

The generated build/out/phel.phar can then be executed directly.

Contribute

Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.md for information on how to contribute to Phel. For a quick overview of project layout, tooling, and review expectations, visit the Repository Guidelines.

phel-lang / phel-lang

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