porter: reverse engineer php into js

examples/basics.php

examples/basics.js

// ported from php with porter. review before shipping.

let label;

let name = "World";
let items = ['apple', 'banana', 'cherry'];
let prices = {'apple': 1.5, 'banana': 0.25};

function greet(who, times = 1) {
    let i;
    let out = '';
    for (i = 0; i < times; i++) {
        out += `Hello, ${who}! `;
    }
    return out.trim();
}

console.log(greet(name, 2));
console.log("We have " + items.length + " items");

for (const [fruit, price] of Object.entries(prices)) {
    if (price > 1) {
        label = 'pricey';
    } else if (price > 0.5) {
        label = 'fair';
    } else {
        label = 'cheap';
    }
    console.log(`${fruit} is ${label}`);
}

let upper = items.map((i) => i.toUpperCase());
console.log(upper.join(', '));

Check by hand 1

echo became console.log. in a web app, build a string and send it with res.send() instead