php_check_syntax
(PHP 5)
php_check_syntax --
Check the PHP syntax of the specified file
Description
bool
php_check_syntax ( string file_name [, string &error_message])
The php_check_syntax() function performs a syntax
(lint) check on the specified filename testing
for scripting errors. This is similar to using php -l
from the commandline.
If the error_message parameter is used, it will
contain the error message generated by the syntax check. error_message
is passed by
reference.
The following example shows how this function can be used.
Example 1. php_check_syntax() example
<?php
$error_message = "";
$filename = "./tests.php";
if(!php_check_syntax($filename, $error_message)) {
printf("Errors were found in the file %s:\n\n%s\n", $filename, $error_message);
} else {
printf("The file %s contained no syntax errors.", $filename);
}
?>
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The output of the above script could look something like this:
Errors were found in the file ./tests.php:
parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /tmp/tests.php on line 81 |
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