Req #64184 [Wfx]: Enhance the -l (Lint) command line option

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64184&edit=1 ID: 64184 User updated by: andyearnshaw at gmail dot com Reported by: andyearnshaw at gmail dot com Summary: Enhance the -l (Lint) command line option Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues Operating System: Any PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I could, but then there's the problem of reading a backlog of upgrading documents when I don't religiously update PHP, and also the issue of remembering which functions are deprecated and which aren't at the time of programming without checking the docs :-) However, I do understand that this is beyond the scope of the compiler and, therefore, the -l command line option. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-02-11 23:41:37] rasmus@php.net You could read the UPGRADING doc we provide with every new release. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-02-11 23:38:24] andyearnshaw at gmail dot com That's a shame. One of the annoying things about not keeping up with every single PHP release is that you don't know things are deprecated until you've spent time developing and then check the error logs during the testing phase. Then you have to either spend time rewriting the code or live with using deprecated functions for a while. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-02-11 23:33:23] rasmus@php.net That would require writing a static analyzer which is outside our scope at this point. Right now it simply runs the compile-phase and none of the things you are asking for can be done by the compiler. The executor can do some of this, but not without actually executing the script, which you don't want. The closest thing to a full static analyzer is Facebook's HipHop project if you run it in analyze-only mode. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-02-10 13:27:23] andyearnshaw at gmail dot com Description: ------------ It would be great if the command line -l option could be enhanced to do more than just syntax checking. It would be infinitely more useful if it could also output warnings for the following: - Use of deprecated functions - Correct number of function arguments - Other useful warnings (creating default object from empty value, etc) - Optionally, best practices This would make it more akin to the JavaScript linters available, with the added benefit of always being relevant to the version of PHP installed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64184&edit=1