Checking Syntax Error in PHP from Command Line

July 31st, 2012 by Laeeq | 3 comments

PHP allows you to check your script syntax without running the code. Just use the – l switch with php command. It will check the syntax error in your script and show the “Unexpected token …” error message if there is any syntax error in your script.

Here First we will create a  php file “Hello.php”

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  1. <?php
  2. echo “\n Hello PHP! \n”;
  3. ?>

Command to check syntax errors in your PHP script:

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  1. $ php -l hello-world.php

Below is the screen that showing running php command with error messages.

php check error

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    1. Jhon
      August 1st, 2012 at 13:30 | #1
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      nice post!

    2. smith
      August 1st, 2012 at 13:31 | #2
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      better way to know HTMl markup, thanks..keep it up

    3. techstyle
      August 1st, 2012 at 13:37 | #3
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      really fantastic job…keep it up!

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