#19151 [NEW]: Checking for a valid PHP file from PHP

From: markhers@green-ant.com Operating system: Any PHP version: 4.2.2 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Checking for a valid PHP file from PHP In the CLI version, you can do: 'php -l {filename}' and find out whether the file you specified is syntactically correct. This would be a powerful feature to be able to call from userland when deciding whether or not to include files based on whether or not they are valid PHP files. I know this is in the Zend area of things, but it would be a very cool addition. In /sapi/cli/php_cli.c, it seems like a trivial function. Before creating a function to submit, or someone beating me to it, is there a good reason NOT to do this? -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=19151&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19151&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19151&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19151&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19151&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19151&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19151&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19151&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19151&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19151&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19151&r=globals