Gilles Ganault wrote:
> Is there a tool on Linux/FreeBSD that can parse a PHP script to make
> sure there's no compile-time issues?
>
> I just noticed that I copy/pasted some code that had lines longer that
> can fit in the SSH terminal window, and that caused a run-time error
> as reported in the /var/log/httpd-error.log but not in the browser:
>
> [error] PHP Notice: Undefined index: etablissemen\nt in
> /usr/local/www/apache22/data/prospect.php on line 49, referer:
> http://server/myscript.php

You can run 'php -l thescript.php' to do a syntax check, however your
error would not be catched by that: this is a run time error, and only
catchable by actually running the script.

Of course, on live websites error should not be shown, but logged, as is
done her apparently.
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Rik Wasmus