Check if PHP file is corrupted

Question

is there a way to check by using a command into terminal,recursively into folders, if a PHP file is corrupted? Thank you very much.

In my case, for corruption i mean bad encoding that could create problems with PHP interpreting.

If by "corrupted" you mean "PHP files with syntax errors", then you can use php -l. — Amal
– Amal, Commented Apr 17, 2014 at 18:41
Define corrupted please! Sysntax errors? Semantical errors? bad encoding? — Balázs Édes
– Balázs Édes, Commented Apr 17, 2014 at 18:42
If your version control system says it's not the same as the one you checked out anymore? — Wrikken
– Wrikken, Commented Apr 17, 2014 at 18:44
In my case, for corruption i mean bad encoding that could create problems with PHP interpreting. — Mario Villani
– Mario Villani, Commented Apr 17, 2014 at 19:11

Darragh Enright · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-17 18:42:35Z

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What do you mean by corrupted? I assume you mean syntax error?

You can check for syntax errors in a terminal with:

php -l file.php

You can use find to search recursively and check all php files:

find . -type f -name '*.php' -exec php -l {} \;

Hope this helps :)

answered Apr 17, 2014 at 18:42

Darragh Enright

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Worth noting you need to enable display_errors for CLI PHP to see detailed error message, otherwise all you get will be rather useless.

Mario Villani · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-22 11:02:26Z

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Problem was caused by the Byte Order Mark in my files. Used this answer to fix everything Elegant way to search for UTF-8 files with BOM?

answered May 22, 2014 at 11:02

Mario Villani

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