Manual:checkSyntax.php
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| MediaWiki version: | 1.16 |
| MediaWiki File: checkSyntax.php | |
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| Location: | /maintenance/ |
| Source code: | |
| Classes: | CheckSyntax |
This command-line maintenance script checks source files for syntax errors and common coding mistakes, such as byte order marks, pointless PHP closing tags (?>) at the end of file and whitespace before the opening tag (<?php).
[edit] Usage
If called without arguments, checkSyntax.php scans through main code directories (/includes/, /config/, /languages/, /maintenance/ and /skins/) and, if they exist, checks configuration files LocalSettings.php and AdminSettings.php. For example:
Command-line options:
- --with-extensions
- also scan the /extensions/ directory.
- --path <path to check>
- check the given file or directory.
- --list-file <filename>
- check only files or directories listed in the given text file.
- --modified
- check only files modified in the current working copy (requires that the script is run from a Subversion checkout and that the SVN command-line client is present. Use this option to quickly check your changes before committing them to the repository.
