Hello World Example

Check the code folder for more comments.

Create a folder named foobar (please use a better name; any name will do) and create folders bin and src. See example below:

+ foobar
    + bin
    + src
        - Main.hx
    - build.hxml

The Main.hx

Open your favorite editor, copy/paste the code and save it in the src folder.

package;

class Main
{
    // constructor
    function new() {
        trace("Hello world");
    }

    // run code automatically
    static public function main() {
        var main = new Main();
    }
}

Below you can see and try the same example code at try.haxe.org without installing Haxe.

You could create an even shorter "hello world" example:

But I think it's a good idea to use the static main function only to start the constructor

static public function main() {var main = new Main(); }

If you want certain code to run automatically, you need to put it in a static main function, and specify the class in the compiler arguments.

The Haxe build file, build.hxml

There are a lot of different arguments that you are able to pass to the Haxe compiler. Place these arguments into a text file of one per line with the extension hxml. This file can then passed directly to the Haxe compiler as a build script.

# // build.hxml
-cp src
-main Main
-php bin/www
-dce full

Build PHP with Haxe

To finish and see what we have, build the file and see the result

1. Open your terminal
2. cd to the correct folder where you have saved the build.hxml
3. Type haxe build.hxml
4. Press enter

It will output PHP files in the bin/www folder You can configure your webserver to point at the www folder to see the PHP code in action.

You could build everything directly in the terminal.

haxe -cp src -main Main -php bin/www -dce full