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3f/lint
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Lint is a wrapper to `PHP -l` command.

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Since Oct 26Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Lint
====

[](#lint)

Lint is a wrapper to `php -l` command.

Composer Installation
---------------------

[](#composer-installation)

To install Lint, you first need to install [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/), a Package Manager for PHP, following those few [steps](http://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#installation-nix):

```
curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
```

You can run this command to easily access composer from anywhere on your system:

```
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
```

Lint Installation
-----------------

[](#lint-installation)

Once you have installed Composer, it's easy install Lint.

1. Edit your `composer.json` file, adding Lint to the require section:

```
{
    "require": {
        "3f/lint": "dev-master"
    },
}
```

2. Run the following command in your project root dir:

```
composer update
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Lint provides two static methods only: `checkSourceFile()` and `checkSourceCode()`:

```
Lint::checkSourceFile("foo.php");
```

Methods
-------

[](#methods)

### Lint::checkSourceFile()

[](#lintchecksourcefile)

```
public static function checkSourceFile(
    $fileName
)
```

Makes the syntax check of the specified file. If an error occurs, generates an exception.

**Parameters**

- fileName

    The file name you want check.

**Exceptions**

- RuntimeException

    In case of error it raises an exception.

### Lint::checkSourceCode()

[](#lintchecksourcecode)

```
public static function checkSourceCode(
    $str,
    $addTags = TRUE
)
```

Makes the syntax check of the given source code. If an error occurs, generates an exception.

**Parameters**

- str

    The source code.
- addTags

    Tells if you want add PHP tags to the source code, because PHP lint needs them or it will raise an exception.

**Exceptions**

- RuntimeException

    In case of error it raises an exception.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

The documentation can be generated using [Doxygen](http://doxygen.org). A `Doxyfile` is provided for your convenience.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.4.0 or above.

Authors
-------

[](#authors)

Filippo F. Fadda -  -

License
-------

[](#license)

Lint is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~206 days

Recently: every ~313 days

Total

10

Last Release

3090d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/311248?v=4)[Filippo Fadda](/maintainers/dedalozzo)[@dedalozzo](https://github.com/dedalozzo)

---

Top Contributors

[![dedalozzo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/311248?v=4)](https://github.com/dedalozzo "dedalozzo (32 commits)")

---

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