Description

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.

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Return Values

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

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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

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