Development Tools for PocketMine-MP

DevTools is a collection of utilities used for developing PocketMine-MP plugins.

Features

• Generate skeleton files to bootstrap a new plugin
• Build plugin phars from source code
• Load plugins directly from source code (folder plugins), useful for rapid development
• Check player permissions using commands

Commands

• /genplugin : Generates skeleton files for a new plugin
• /makeplugin <pluginName>: Creates a Phar plugin archive for its distribution
• /makeplugin *: Creates Phar plugin archives for all loaded plugins
• /checkperm <node> [playerName]: Checks a permission node

Using ConsoleScript to build a DevTools phar from source code

Contrary to popular assumption, this is very simple. Assuming you have a php executable in your PATH variable, cd into the DevTools directory (the folder where plugin.yml is located) and simply run the following:

php -dphar.readonly=0 path/to/ConsoleScript.php --make path/to/DevTools --relative path/to/DevTools --out path/to/put/devtools/phar/in/DevTools.phar

You can then load the phar onto a PocketMine-MP server. A correctly-built DevTools phar can also be executed directly from the command line as if it was the ConsoleScript.

Build plugin phars from the command line

You can also use the ConsoleScript or a DevTools phar from the command-line to build PocketMine-MP phars or plugin phars.

The script currently takes the following arguments:

argument	required	description
--make	yes	The path to the files you want to bundle into a phar
--relative	no	Relative path to use when building the phar. This usually isn't necessary for plugins. Used to build PocketMine-MP phars with the src directory without including the files in the repository root.
--entry	no	PHP file within the phar to execute when running the phar from the command-line. Usually not needed for plugins, but required for a PocketMine-MP phar. Used to generate phar stubs.
--stub	no	(Optional) PHP file to use as a custom phar stub. The stub will be executed when the phar is run from the command line.
--out	yes	Path and filename of the output phar file.

Example command line for building a plugin:

php -dphar.readonly=0 path/to/ConsoleScript.php --make path/to/your/plugin/sourcecode --out path/to/put/your/plugin.phar