Re: php -w causes a parse error

Bom Demais wrote: > I wanted to run "php -w" on my include files on the live server to reduce > overhead. But php -w causes parse errors in the include files. Here's an > example of what happens: > > tanner /php_files > % php -l misc.inc > No syntax errors detected in misc.inc > tanner /php_files > % php -w misc.inc > misc.stripped.inc > tanner /php_files > % php -l misc.stripped.inc > PHP Parse error: parse error, unexpected '&', expecting ']' in > misc.stripped.inc on line 2 > > Parse error: parse error, unexpected '&', expecting ']' in > misc.stripped.inc > on line 2 > Errors parsing misc.stripped.inc > > > Of course i try to look at line 2 to see what the error is, but now the > whole file is on line 2, so there's no way to know what's breaking! > > please let me know if you have any suggestions. My suggestion: don't try to reduce overhead by eliminating whitespace. Take two approaches instead: 1) try to optimize by simplifying how your website does things (don't use 30 objects and a 4000-line script just to display a template) 2) try to optimize database use (only use it where necessary, and optimize queries) and optimize page generation by using a cache if necessary 3) ask your host provider to install a bytecode cache like Zend Optimizer or APC. If they have installed one already, your best efforts with php -w will result in identical running times, and as you noted, make it impossible to debug any problems. Best of luck, Greg