Re: [PHP] Re: "php -l" - does it find *anything*?

On 2 August 2010 12:05, Gary <[email protected]> wrote:
> Okay, I'm resurrecting this because I just found something I consider to
> be strange in the documentation. 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."
>
> Okay, but.. umm... "-f"? Really? That doesn't make any sense, given what
> -f is for (actually running the script). Documentation bug, or is my
> brain failing to work today?

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

Regards
Peter

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