Bug #52515 [NEW]: php -l (lint) documentation incorrect/confusing

From: Operating system: PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:php -l (lint) documentation incorrect/confusing Description: ------------ Under the -l option at http://php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.options.php it says "This option won't find fatal errors (like undefined functions). Use -f if you would like to test for fatal errors too." "-f"? Really? That doesn't make any sense, given what -f is for (actually running the script). I asked on the users mailing list and Peter Lnid said "Sounds like a roundabout way of saying "You can only find run-time errors (such as undefined functions) by actually running the script". Could definitely need some clarification" I agree with him, on both points. Please make it explicitly clear what you mean. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52515&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52515&r=mysqlcfg