Remove file doc block

[escopecz]

I'm wondering how to remove file doc blocks like this one:

<?php

/*
 * @copyright   2014 Mautic Contributors. All rights reserved
 * @author      Mautic
 *
 * @link        http://mautic.org
 *
 * @license     GNU/GPLv3 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
 */

use ...

At first I tried to use RemoveAnnotationRector with this config:

$services->set(RemoveAnnotationRector::class)->configure(['copyright', 'author', 'license', 'link']);

But it does not catch it as it's looking only for classes, methods, properties and constants. Also the file doc blocks do not start with /** but with /*. Is there any way how can rector find those and remove them? Or any direction how to write such rule would be appreciated.

[TomasVotruba]

Hi Honza,

in AST the docs do not exist on their own. They are automatically bound to next node, that can be anything here.
The same way attributes do not exist without class/property etc.

To taret the file docs, it's better to go with custom PHP CS Fixer rule and subscribe to T_DOC/COMMENT tokens.
Detect the content by obvious markers and remove it.

[escopecz]

Thanks for the direction! This worked: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40244960/php-cs-fixer-how-to-remove-header-docblock-comments

[TomasVotruba]

Yes, I used that one before 👍