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(PHP 5)

php_check_syntax --  Check the PHP syntax of (and execute) the specified file

Description

bool php_check_syntax ( string file_name [, string &error_message] )

For technical reasons, this function is deprecated and removed from PHP. Instead, use php -l somefile.php from the commandline .

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 except php_check_syntax() will execute (but not output) the checked file_name . For example, if a function is defined in file_name , this defined function will be available to the file that executed php_check_syntax() , but output from file_name will be suppressed.

Parameters

file_name

The name of the file being checked.

error_message

If the error_message parameter is used, it will contain the error message generated by the syntax check. error_message is passed by reference .

Return Values

Returns TRUE if the lint check passed, and FALSE if the link check failed or if file_name cannot be opened.

ChangeLog

Version Description 5.0.5 This function was removed from PHP. 5.0.3 Calling exit() after php_check_syntax() resulted in a Segfault. 5.0.1 error_message is passed by reference.

Examples

php -l somefile.php

The above example will output something similar to:

PHP Parse error: unexpected T_STRING in /tmp/somefile.php on line 81

Related Function(s)

exit()

include()

is_readable()