#44020 [NEW]: "php -l" exit code

From: root at mantoru dot de Operating system: Windows XP PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: "php -l" exit code Description: ------------ http://php.net/features.commandline php -l: "On success [...] the shell return code is 0. On failure, [...] the shell return code is set to 255." This doesn't seem to be true, at least not on Windows. Reproduce code: --------------- C:\> ver Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] C:\> cd\php5\scripts C:\php5\scripts> type victim.php <?php if {"";?> C:\php5\scripts> php -d error_reporting=0 -l victim.php Errors parsing victim.php C:\php5\scripts> echo %ERRORLEVEL% Expected result: ---------------- 255 Actual result: -------------- -1 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44020&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44020&r=mysqlcfg