SqlParser\Lexer

Complexity

Total Complexity

162

Size/Duplication

Total Lines	897
Duplicated Lines	6.91 %

Coupling/Cohesion

Components	1
Dependencies	7

Test Coverage

Coverage

100%

Importance

Changes

0

16 Methods

Rating	Name	Duplication	Size	Complexity
A	parseDelimiter()	0	15	4
A	getTokens()	0	6	1
C	__construct()	0	24	7
A	setDelimiter()	0	5	1
D	lex()	16	138	23
A	error()	0	8	1
B	parseKeyword()	0	56	8
B	parseLabel()	0	50	6
B	parseOperator()	0	30	4
A	parseWhitespace()	15	16	4
D	parseComment()	6	93	21
B	parseBool()	0	25	5
D	parseNumber()	13	139	52
C	parseString()	0	39	12
D	parseSymbol()	0	37	9
A	parseUnknown()	12	14	4

<?php

/**
 * Defines the lexer of the library.
 *
 * This is one of the most important components, along with the parser.
 *
 * Depends on context to extract lexemes.
 */

namespace SqlParser;

use SqlParser\Exceptions\LexerException;

if (!defined('USE_UTF_STRINGS')) {
    // NOTE: In previous versions of PHP (5.5 and older) the default
    // internal encoding is "ISO-8859-1".
    // All `mb_` functions must specify the correct encoding, which is
    // 'UTF-8' in order to work properly.

    /*
     * Forces usage of `UtfString` if the string is multibyte.
     * `UtfString` may be slower, but it gives better results.
     *
     * @var bool
     */
    define('USE_UTF_STRINGS', true);
}

/**
 * Performs lexical analysis over a SQL statement and splits it in multiple
 * tokens.
 *
 * The output of the lexer is affected by the context of the SQL statement.
 *
 * @category Lexer
 *
 * @license  https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt GPL-2.0+
 *
 * @see      Context
 */
class Lexer extends Core
{
    /**
     * A list of methods that are used in lexing the SQL query.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    public static $PARSER_METHODS = array(
        // It is best to put the parsers in order of their complexity
        // (ascending) and their occurrence rate (descending).
        //
        // Conflicts:
        //
        // 1. `parseDelimiter`, `parseUnknown`, `parseKeyword`, `parseNumber`
        // They fight over delimiter. The delimiter may be a keyword, a
        // number or almost any character which makes the delimiter one of
        // the first tokens that must be parsed.
        //
        // 1. `parseNumber` and `parseOperator`
        // They fight over `+` and `-`.
        //
        // 2. `parseComment` and `parseOperator`
        // They fight over `/` (as in ```/*comment*/``` or ```a / b```)
        //
        // 3. `parseBool` and `parseKeyword`
        // They fight over `TRUE` and `FALSE`.
        //
        // 4. `parseKeyword` and `parseUnknown`
        // They fight over words. `parseUnknown` does not know about
        // keywords.

        'parseDelimiter', 'parseWhitespace', 'parseNumber',
        'parseComment', 'parseOperator', 'parseBool', 'parseString',
        'parseSymbol', 'parseKeyword', 'parseLabel', 'parseUnknown',
    );

    /**
     * The string to be parsed.
     *
     * @var string|UtfString
     */
    public $str = '';

    /**
     * The length of `$str`.
     *
     * By storing its length, a lot of time is saved, because parsing methods
     * would call `strlen` everytime.
     *
     * @var int
     */
    public $len = 0;

    /**
     * The index of the last parsed character.
     *
     * @var int
     */
    public $last = 0;

    /**
     * Tokens extracted from given strings.
     *
     * @var TokensList
     */
    public $list;

    /**
     * The default delimiter. This is used, by default, in all new instances.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    public static $DEFAULT_DELIMITER = ';';

    /**
     * Statements delimiter.
     * This may change during lexing.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    public $delimiter;

    /**
     * The length of the delimiter.
     *
     * Because `parseDelimiter` can be called a lot, it would perform a lot of
     * calls to `strlen`, which might affect performance when the delimiter is
     * big.
     *
     * @var int
     */
    public $delimiterLen;

    /**
     * Gets the tokens list parsed by a new instance of a lexer.
     *
     * @param string|UtfString $str       the query to be lexed
     * @param bool             $strict    whether strict mode should be
     *                                    enabled or not
     * @param string           $delimiter the delimiter to be used

Should the type for parameter $delimiter not be string|null?

     *
     * @return TokensList
     */
    public static function getTokens($str, $strict = false, $delimiter = null)
    {
        $lexer = new self($str, $strict, $delimiter);

        return $lexer->list;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor.
     *
     * @param string|UtfString $str       the query to be lexed
     * @param bool             $strict    whether strict mode should be
     *                                    enabled or not
     * @param string           $delimiter the delimiter to be used

Should the type for parameter $delimiter not be string|null?

     */
    public function __construct($str, $strict = false, $delimiter = null)
    {
        // `strlen` is used instead of `mb_strlen` because the lexer needs to
        // parse each byte of the input.
        $len = $str instanceof UtfString ? $str->length() : strlen($str);

        // For multi-byte strings, a new instance of `UtfString` is
        // initialized (only if `UtfString` usage is forced.
        if (!$str instanceof UtfString && USE_UTF_STRINGS && $len !== mb_strlen($str, 'UTF-8')) {
            $str = new UtfString($str);
        }

        $this->str = $str;
        $this->len = $str instanceof UtfString ? $str->length() : $len;

        $this->strict = $strict;

        // Setting the delimiter.
        $this->setDelimiter(
            !empty($delimiter) ? $delimiter : static::$DEFAULT_DELIMITER
        );

        $this->lex();
    }

    /**
     * Sets the delimiter.
     *
     * @param string $delimiter the new delimiter
     */
    public function setDelimiter($delimiter)
    {
        $this->delimiter = $delimiter;
        $this->delimiterLen = strlen($delimiter);
    }

    /**
     * Parses the string and extracts lexemes.
     */
    public function lex()
    {
        // TODO: Sometimes, static::parse* functions make unnecessary calls to

Comments for TODO tasks are often forgotten in the code; it might be better to use a dedicated issue tracker.

        // is* functions. For a better performance, some rules can be deduced
        // from context.
        // For example, in `parseBool` there is no need to compare the token
        // every time with `true` and `false`. The first step would be to
        // compare with 'true' only and just after that add another letter from
        // context and compare again with `false`.
        // Another example is `parseComment`.

        $list = new TokensList();

        /**
         * Last processed token.
         *
         * @var Token
         */
        $lastToken = null;

        for ($this->last = 0, $lastIdx = 0; $this->last < $this->len; $lastIdx = ++$this->last) {
            /**
             * The new token.
             *
             * @var Token
             */
            $token = null;

            foreach (static::$PARSER_METHODS as $method) {
                if ($token = $this->$method()) {
                    break;
                }
            }

            if ($token === null) {
                // @assert($this->last === $lastIdx);
                $token = new Token($this->str[$this->last]);
                $this->error(
                    'Unexpected character.',
                    $this->str[$this->last],
                    $this->last
                );
            } elseif ($lastToken !== null
                && $token->type === Token::TYPE_SYMBOL
                && $token->flags & Token::FLAG_SYMBOL_VARIABLE
                && (
                    $lastToken->type === Token::TYPE_STRING
                    || (
                        $lastToken->type === Token::TYPE_SYMBOL
                        && $lastToken->flags & Token::FLAG_SYMBOL_BACKTICK
                    )
                )
            ) {
                // Handles ```... FROM 'user'@'%' ...```.
                $lastToken->token .= $token->token;
                $lastToken->type = Token::TYPE_SYMBOL;
                $lastToken->flags = Token::FLAG_SYMBOL_USER;
                $lastToken->value .= '@' . $token->value;
                continue;
            } elseif ($lastToken !== null
                && $token->type === Token::TYPE_KEYWORD
                && $lastToken->type === Token::TYPE_OPERATOR
                && $lastToken->value === '.'
            ) {
                // Handles ```... tbl.FROM ...```. In this case, FROM is not
                // a reserved word.
                $token->type = Token::TYPE_NONE;
                $token->flags = 0;
                $token->value = $token->token;
            }

            $token->position = $lastIdx;

            $list->tokens[$list->count++] = $token;

            // Handling delimiters.
            if ($token->type === Token::TYPE_NONE && $token->value === 'DELIMITER') {
                if ($this->last + 1 >= $this->len) {
                    $this->error(
                        'Expected whitespace(s) before delimiter.',
                        '',
                        $this->last + 1
                    );
                    continue;
                }

                // Skipping last R (from `delimiteR`) and whitespaces between
                // the keyword `DELIMITER` and the actual delimiter.
                $pos = ++$this->last;
                if (($token = $this->parseWhitespace()) !== null) {
                    $token->position = $pos;
                    $list->tokens[$list->count++] = $token;
                }

                // Preparing the token that holds the new delimiter.
                if ($this->last + 1 >= $this->len) {
                    $this->error(
                        'Expected delimiter.',
                        '',
                        $this->last + 1
                    );
                    continue;
                }
                $pos = $this->last + 1;

                // Parsing the delimiter.
                $this->delimiter = null;
                while (++$this->last < $this->len && !Context::isWhitespace($this->str[$this->last])) {
                    $this->delimiter .= $this->str[$this->last];
                }

                if (empty($this->delimiter)) {
                    $this->error(
                        'Expected delimiter.',
                        '',
                        $this->last
                    );
                    $this->delimiter = ';';
                }

                --$this->last;

                // Saving the delimiter and its token.
                $this->delimiterLen = strlen($this->delimiter);
                $token = new Token($this->delimiter, Token::TYPE_DELIMITER);
                $token->position = $pos;
                $list->tokens[$list->count++] = $token;
            }

            $lastToken = $token;
        }

        // Adding a final delimiter to mark the ending.
        $list->tokens[$list->count++] = new Token(null, Token::TYPE_DELIMITER);

        // Saving the tokens list.
        $this->list = $list;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new error log.
     *
     * @param string $msg  the error message
     * @param string $str  the character that produced the error
     * @param int    $pos  the position of the character
     * @param int    $code the code of the error
     *
     * @throws LexerException throws the exception, if strict mode is enabled
     */
    public function error($msg, $str = '', $pos = 0, $code = 0)
    {
        $error = new LexerException(
            Translator::gettext($msg),
            $str, $pos, $code
        );
        parent::error($error);

$error is of type object<SqlParser\Exceptions\LexerException>, but the function expects a object<SqlParser\Exception>.

    }

    /**
     * Parses a keyword.
     *
     * @return Token

Should the return type not be Token|null?

     */
    public function parseKeyword()
    {
        $token = '';

        /**
         * Value to be returned.
         *
         * @var Token
         */
        $ret = null;

        /**
         * The value of `$this->last` where `$token` ends in `$this->str`.
         *
         * @var int
         */
        $iEnd = $this->last;

        /**
         * Whether last parsed character is a whitespace.
         *
         * @var bool
         */
        $lastSpace = false;

        for ($j = 1; $j < Context::KEYWORD_MAX_LENGTH && $this->last < $this->len; ++$j, ++$this->last) {
            // Composed keywords shouldn't have more than one whitespace between
            // keywords.
            if (Context::isWhitespace($this->str[$this->last])) {
                if ($lastSpace) {
                    --$j; // The size of the keyword didn't increase.
                    continue;
                } else {
                    $lastSpace = true;
                }
            } else {
                $lastSpace = false;
            }

            $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
            if (($this->last + 1 === $this->len || Context::isSeparator($this->str[$this->last + 1]))
                && $flags = Context::isKeyword($token)
            ) {
                $ret = new Token($token, Token::TYPE_KEYWORD, $flags);
                $iEnd = $this->last;

                // We don't break so we find longest keyword.
                // For example, `OR` and `ORDER` have a common prefix `OR`.
                // If we stopped at `OR`, the parsing would be invalid.
            }
        }

        $this->last = $iEnd;

        return $ret;
    }

    /**
     * Parses a label.
     *
     * @return Token

Should the return type not be Token|null?

     */
    public function parseLabel()
    {
        $token = '';

        /**
         * Value to be returned.
         *
         * @var Token
         */
        $ret = null;

        /**
         * The value of `$this->last` where `$token` ends in `$this->str`.
         *
         * @var int
         */
        $iEnd = $this->last;

        /**
         * Whether last parsed character is a whitespace.
         *
         * @var bool
         */
        $lastSpace = false;

        for ($j = 1; $j < Context::LABEL_MAX_LENGTH && $this->last < $this->len; ++$j, ++$this->last) {
            // Composed keywords shouldn't have more than one whitespace between
            // keywords.
            if (Context::isWhitespace($this->str[$this->last])) {
                if ($lastSpace) {
                    --$j; // The size of the keyword didn't increase.
                    continue;
                } else {
                    $lastSpace = true;
                }
            } elseif ($this->str[$this->last] === ':') {
                $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
                $ret = new Token($token, Token::TYPE_LABEL);
                $iEnd = $this->last;
                break;
            } else {
                $lastSpace = false;
            }
            $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
        }

        $this->last = $iEnd;

        return $ret;
    }

    /**
     * Parses an operator.
     *
     * @return Token

Should the return type not be Token|null?

     */
    public function parseOperator()
    {
        $token = '';

        /**
         * Value to be returned.
         *
         * @var Token
         */
        $ret = null;

        /**
         * The value of `$this->last` where `$token` ends in `$this->str`.
         *
         * @var int
         */
        $iEnd = $this->last;

        for ($j = 1; $j < Context::OPERATOR_MAX_LENGTH && $this->last < $this->len; ++$j, ++$this->last) {
            $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
            if ($flags = Context::isOperator($token)) {
                $ret = new Token($token, Token::TYPE_OPERATOR, $flags);
                $iEnd = $this->last;
            }
        }

        $this->last = $iEnd;

        return $ret;
    }

    /**
     * Parses a whitespace.
     *
     * @return Token

Should the return type not be Token|null?

     */
    public function parseWhitespace()

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    {
        $token = $this->str[$this->last];

        if (!Context::isWhitespace($token)) {
            return null;
        }

        while (++$this->last < $this->len && Context::isWhitespace($this->str[$this->last])) {
            $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
        }

        --$this->last;

        return new Token($token, Token::TYPE_WHITESPACE);
    }

    /**
     * Parses a comment.
     *
     * @return Token

Should the return type not be Token|null?

     */
    public function parseComment()
    {
        $iBak = $this->last;
        $token = $this->str[$this->last];

        // Bash style comments. (#comment\n)
        if (Context::isComment($token)) {
            while (
                ++$this->last < $this->len
                && $this->str[$this->last] !== "\n"
            ) {
                $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
            }
            $token .= "\n"; // Adding the line ending.
            return new Token($token, Token::TYPE_COMMENT, Token::FLAG_COMMENT_BASH);
        }

        // C style comments. (/*comment*\/)
        if (++$this->last < $this->len) {
            $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
            if (Context::isComment($token)) {
                $flags = Token::FLAG_COMMENT_C;

                // This comment already ended. It may be a part of a
                // previous MySQL specific command.
                if ($token === '*/') {
                    return new Token($token, Token::TYPE_COMMENT, $flags);
                }

                // Checking if this is a MySQL-specific command.
                if ($this->last + 1 < $this->len
                    && $this->str[$this->last + 1] === '!'
                ) {
                    $flags |= Token::FLAG_COMMENT_MYSQL_CMD;
                    $token .= $this->str[++$this->last];

                    while (
                        ++$this->last < $this->len
                        && '0' <= $this->str[$this->last]
                        && $this->str[$this->last] <= '9'
                    ) {
                        $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
                    }
                    --$this->last;

                    // We split this comment and parse only its beginning
                    // here.
                    return new Token($token, Token::TYPE_COMMENT, $flags);
                }

                // Parsing the comment.
                while (
                    ++$this->last < $this->len
                    && (
                        $this->str[$this->last - 1] !== '*'
                        || $this->str[$this->last] !== '/'
                    )
                ) {
                    $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
                }

                // Adding the ending.
                if ($this->last < $this->len) {
                    $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
                }

                return new Token($token, Token::TYPE_COMMENT, $flags);
            }
        }

        // SQL style comments. (-- comment\n)
        if (++$this->last < $this->len) {
            $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
            if (Context::isComment($token)) {
                // Checking if this comment did not end already (```--\n```).
                if ($this->str[$this->last] !== "\n") {
                    while (
                        ++$this->last < $this->len
                        && $this->str[$this->last] !== "\n"
                    ) {
                        $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
                    }
                    $token .= "\n"; // Adding the line ending.
                }

                return new Token($token, Token::TYPE_COMMENT, Token::FLAG_COMMENT_SQL);
            }
        }

        $this->last = $iBak;

        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Parses a boolean.
     *
     * @return Token

Should the return type not be Token|null?

     */
    public function parseBool()
    {
        if ($this->last + 3 >= $this->len) {
            // At least `min(strlen('TRUE'), strlen('FALSE'))` characters are
            // required.
            return null;
        }

        $iBak = $this->last;
        $token = $this->str[$this->last] . $this->str[++$this->last]
        . $this->str[++$this->last] . $this->str[++$this->last]; // _TRUE_ or _FALS_e

        if (Context::isBool($token)) {
            return new Token($token, Token::TYPE_BOOL);
        } elseif (++$this->last < $this->len) {
            $token .= $this->str[$this->last]; // fals_E_
            if (Context::isBool($token)) {
                return new Token($token, Token::TYPE_BOOL, 1);
            }
        }

        $this->last = $iBak;

        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Parses a number.
     *
     * @return Token

Should the return type not be Token|null?

     */
    public function parseNumber()
    {
        // A rudimentary state machine is being used to parse numbers due to
        // the various forms of their notation.
        //
        // Below are the states of the machines and the conditions to change
        // the state.
        //
        //      1 --------------------[ + or - ]-------------------> 1
        //      1 -------------------[ 0x or 0X ]------------------> 2
        //      1 --------------------[ 0 to 9 ]-------------------> 3
        //      1 -----------------------[ . ]---------------------> 4
        //      1 -----------------------[ b ]---------------------> 7
        //
        //      2 --------------------[ 0 to F ]-------------------> 2
        //
        //      3 --------------------[ 0 to 9 ]-------------------> 3
        //      3 -----------------------[ . ]---------------------> 4
        //      3 --------------------[ e or E ]-------------------> 5
        //
        //      4 --------------------[ 0 to 9 ]-------------------> 4
        //      4 --------------------[ e or E ]-------------------> 5
        //
        //      5 ---------------[ + or - or 0 to 9 ]--------------> 6
        //
        //      7 -----------------------[ ' ]---------------------> 8
        //
        //      8 --------------------[ 0 or 1 ]-------------------> 8
        //      8 -----------------------[ ' ]---------------------> 9
        //
        // State 1 may be reached by negative numbers.
        // State 2 is reached only by hex numbers.
        // State 4 is reached only by float numbers.
        // State 5 is reached only by numbers in approximate form.
        // State 7 is reached only by numbers in bit representation.
        //
        // Valid final states are: 2, 3, 4 and 6. Any parsing that finished in a
        // state other than these is invalid.
        $iBak = $this->last;
        $token = '';
        $flags = 0;
        $state = 1;
        for (; $this->last < $this->len; ++$this->last) {
            if ($state === 1) {
                if ($this->str[$this->last] === '-') {
                    $flags |= Token::FLAG_NUMBER_NEGATIVE;
                } elseif ($this->last + 1 < $this->len
                    && $this->str[$this->last] === '0'
                    && (
                        $this->str[$this->last + 1] === 'x'
                        || $this->str[$this->last + 1] === 'X'
                    )
                ) {
                    $token .= $this->str[$this->last++];
                    $state = 2;
                } elseif ($this->str[$this->last] >= '0' && $this->str[$this->last] <= '9') {
                    $state = 3;
                } elseif ($this->str[$this->last] === '.') {
                    $state = 4;
                } elseif ($this->str[$this->last] === 'b') {
                    $state = 7;
                } elseif ($this->str[$this->last] !== '+') {
                    // `+` is a valid character in a number.
                    break;
                }
            } elseif ($state === 2) {
                $flags |= Token::FLAG_NUMBER_HEX;
                if (
                    !(
                        ($this->str[$this->last] >= '0' && $this->str[$this->last] <= '9')
                        || ($this->str[$this->last] >= 'A' && $this->str[$this->last] <= 'F')
                        || ($this->str[$this->last] >= 'a' && $this->str[$this->last] <= 'f')
                    )
                ) {
                    break;
                }
            } elseif ($state === 3) {
                if ($this->str[$this->last] === '.') {
                    $state = 4;
                } elseif ($this->str[$this->last] === 'e' || $this->str[$this->last] === 'E') {
                    $state = 5;
                } elseif ($this->str[$this->last] < '0' || $this->str[$this->last] > '9') {
                    // Just digits and `.`, `e` and `E` are valid characters.
                    break;
                }
            } elseif ($state === 4) {
                $flags |= Token::FLAG_NUMBER_FLOAT;
                if ($this->str[$this->last] === 'e' || $this->str[$this->last] === 'E') {
                    $state = 5;
                } elseif ($this->str[$this->last] < '0' || $this->str[$this->last] > '9') {
                    // Just digits, `e` and `E` are valid characters.
                    break;
                }
            } elseif ($state === 5) {
                $flags |= Token::FLAG_NUMBER_APPROXIMATE;
                if ($this->str[$this->last] === '+' || $this->str[$this->last] === '-'
                    || ($this->str[$this->last] >= '0' && $this->str[$this->last] <= '9')
                ) {
                    $state = 6;
                } else {
                    break;
                }
            } elseif ($state === 6) {
                if ($this->str[$this->last] < '0' || $this->str[$this->last] > '9') {
                    // Just digits are valid characters.
                    break;
                }
            } elseif ($state === 7) {
                $flags |= Token::FLAG_NUMBER_BINARY;
                if ($this->str[$this->last] === '\'') {
                    $state = 8;
                } else {
                    break;
                }
            } elseif ($state === 8) {
                if ($this->str[$this->last] === '\'') {
                    $state = 9;
                } elseif ($this->str[$this->last] !== '0'
                    && $this->str[$this->last] !== '1'
                ) {
                    break;
                }
            } elseif ($state === 9) {
                break;
            }
            $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
        }
        if ($state === 2 || $state === 3
            || ($token !== '.' && $state === 4)
            || $state === 6 || $state === 9
        ) {
            --$this->last;

            return new Token($token, Token::TYPE_NUMBER, $flags);
        }
        $this->last = $iBak;

        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Parses a string.
     *
     * @param string $quote additional starting symbol
     *
     * @return Token

Should the return type not be Token|null?

     */
    public function parseString($quote = '')
    {
        $token = $this->str[$this->last];
        if (!($flags = Context::isString($token)) && $token !== $quote) {
            return null;
        }
        $quote = $token;

        while (++$this->last < $this->len) {
            if ($this->last + 1 < $this->len
                && (
                    ($this->str[$this->last] === $quote && $this->str[$this->last + 1] === $quote)
                    || ($this->str[$this->last] === '\\' && $quote !== '`')
                )
            ) {
                $token .= $this->str[$this->last] . $this->str[++$this->last];
            } else {
                if ($this->str[$this->last] === $quote) {
                    break;
                }
                $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
            }
        }

        if ($this->last >= $this->len || $this->str[$this->last] !== $quote) {
            $this->error(
                sprintf(
                    Translator::gettext('Ending quote %1$s was expected.'),
                    $quote
                ),
                '',
                $this->last
            );
        } else {
            $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
        }

        return new Token($token, Token::TYPE_STRING, $flags);
    }

    /**
     * Parses a symbol.
     *
     * @return Token

Should the return type not be Token|null?

     */
    public function parseSymbol()
    {
        $token = $this->str[$this->last];
        if (!($flags = Context::isSymbol($token))) {
            return null;
        }

        if ($flags & Token::FLAG_SYMBOL_VARIABLE) {
            if ($this->last + 1 < $this->len && $this->str[++$this->last] === '@') {
                // This is a system variable (e.g. `@@hostname`).
                $token .= $this->str[$this->last++];
                $flags |= Token::FLAG_SYMBOL_SYSTEM;
            }
        } else {
            $token = '';
        }

        $str = null;

        if ($this->last < $this->len) {
            if (($str = $this->parseString('`')) === null) {
                if (($str = static::parseUnknown()) === null) {
                    $this->error(
                        'Variable name was expected.',
                        $this->str[$this->last],
                        $this->last
                    );
                }
            }
        }

        if ($str !== null) {
            $token .= $str->token;
        }

        return new Token($token, Token::TYPE_SYMBOL, $flags);
    }

    /**
     * Parses unknown parts of the query.
     *
     * @return Token

Should the return type not be Token|null?

     */
    public function parseUnknown()

This method seems to be duplicated in your project.

    {
        $token = $this->str[$this->last];
        if (Context::isSeparator($token)) {
            return null;
        }

        while (++$this->last < $this->len && !Context::isSeparator($this->str[$this->last])) {
            $token .= $this->str[$this->last];
        }
        --$this->last;

        return new Token($token);
    }

    /**
     * Parses the delimiter of the query.
     *
     * @return Token

Should the return type not be Token|null?

     */
    public function parseDelimiter()
    {
        $idx = 0;

        while ($idx < $this->delimiterLen && $this->last + $idx < $this->len) {
            if ($this->delimiter[$idx] !== $this->str[$this->last + $idx]) {
                return null;
            }
            ++$idx;
        }

        $this->last += $this->delimiterLen - 1;

        return new Token($this->delimiter, Token::TYPE_DELIMITER);
    }
}