Parser (programming language)

This article is about the programming language called Parser. For technique of parsing, see parsing. For other uses, see parse (disambiguation).

Parser is a scripting language developed by Art. Lebedev Studio used for web development and server-side scripting.

Parser

Paradigm	multiparadigm - macro, object-oriented
Designed by	Konstantin Morshnev (Art. Lebedev Studio)
Developer	Alexander Petrosyan (Art. Lebedev Studio)
First appeared	1997; 28 years ago (1997)
Stable release	3.5.1 / January 10, 2025; 4 months ago (2025-01-10)
Typing discipline	dynamic
OS	Cross-platform - Windows, Unix-like
License	GPL[1]
Website	www.parser.ru/en/
Influenced by
Perl

• Free and open-source software portal

The reference compiler for the language was developed in C++ by studio employees Konstantin Morshnev and Alexander Petrosyan to automate often repeated tasks, especially maintenance of already existing websites. It was used in many web projects of the studio. In March 2006, revision three was released as free software under a GPL license^[1] and it is now used in other websites, mostly in Russia (according to a partial list at the language website).

Originally, Parser was merely a simple macro processing language but revision three introduced object-oriented programming features.

The language supports technologies needed for common web design tasks: XML, Document Object Model (DOM), Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) and others.

Parser supports web server integration via:

• Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
• Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI)
• Apache module (mod_parser3)

See also

• Parsing