Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-03-04 Thread tedd
At 6:58 PM -0800 2/28/08, Richard S. Crawford wrote: I'm trying to figure out a way to make sure an included PHP file has no syntax errors before actually including it as a part of project. Is this even possible? I'm running into brick walls. I'm not sure if this is what you are asking for,

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-03-04 Thread tedd
At 7:52 PM + 2/29/08, Richard Heyes wrote: 1. My host does not allow command line access and has disabled shell execution of PHP; 2. Error reporting has been turned off and I can't seem to turn that on with ini_set or error_reporting (which is fun when I have minor syntax errors to fix);

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-03-04 Thread tedd
At 12:05 PM -0500 3/4/08, Daniel Brown wrote: No, that would work fine in any case. In fact, code should always be thoroughly tested before going into production. Yeah, but that rules out all the fun. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-03-04 Thread Daniel Brown
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Mike Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Daniel Brown wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Richard S. Crawford I'm trying to figure out a way to make sure an included PHP file has no syntax errors before actually

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-03-03 Thread Aschwin Wesselius
Aschwin Wesselius wrote: Chris wrote: have you considered installing a local copy of php (and suitable webserver) so you can test it there? I'd also suggest using a revision control system (subversion or git) and have pre-commit hooks to check the syntax. It's a bit of work to set up

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-03-03 Thread Richard Lynch
On Thu, February 28, 2008 10:25 pm, Robert Cummings wrote: Doh! Time for me to start trawling the PHP site again to acquaint myself with all the new functions :) I probably would have found it though if searching the site's functions for syntax didn't take me directly to the documentation

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-03-02 Thread Chris
have you considered installing a local copy of php (and suitable webserver) so you can test it there? I'd also suggest using a revision control system (subversion or git) and have pre-commit hooks to check the syntax. It's a bit of work to set up but once it's done you'll notice a

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-03-02 Thread Aschwin Wesselius
Chris wrote: have you considered installing a local copy of php (and suitable webserver) so you can test it there? I'd also suggest using a revision control system (subversion or git) and have pre-commit hooks to check the syntax. It's a bit of work to set up but once it's done you'll

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-03-01 Thread Daniel Brown
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 10:02 PM, Richard S. Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 29 February 2008 11:58:16 Daniel Brown wrote: Get a new host that knows how to administer a web server. PHP 4.3 was released 27 December, 2002, with the latest from the 4.3 branch (4.3.11) being

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-02-29 Thread Richard S. Crawford
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. Unfortunately, I'm up against a couple of major hurdles: 1. My host does not allow command line access and has disabled shell execution of PHP; 2. Error reporting has been turned off and I can't seem to turn that on with ini_set or error_reporting

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-02-29 Thread Daniel Brown
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Richard S. Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to figure out a way to make sure an included PHP file has no syntax errors before actually including it as a part of project. Is this even possible? I'm running into brick walls. As far as I know,

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-02-29 Thread Richard Heyes
1. My host does not allow command line access and has disabled shell execution of PHP; 2. Error reporting has been turned off and I can't seem to turn that on with ini_set or error_reporting (which is fun when I have minor syntax errors to fix); and 3. My host is also stuck in PHP 4.3, so

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-02-29 Thread Daniel Brown
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Richard S. Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. Unfortunately, I'm up against a couple of major hurdles: Not to be a smartass with my responses here 1. My host does not allow command line access and has disabled

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-02-29 Thread Jochem Maas
Richard S. Crawford schreef: Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. Unfortunately, I'm up against a couple of major hurdles: 1. My host does not allow command line access and has disabled shell execution of PHP; 2. Error reporting has been turned off and I can't seem to turn that on with

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-02-29 Thread Daniel Brown
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Jochem Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: have you considered installing a local copy of php (and suitable webserver) so you can test it there? Always good advice. At the very least, a remote dev box on which to work the code. However, it's not going to be

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-02-29 Thread Richard S. Crawford
On Friday 29 February 2008 11:58:16 Daniel Brown wrote:     Get a new host that knows how to administer a web server.  PHP 4.3 was released 27 December, 2002, with the latest from the 4.3 branch (4.3.11) being released 31 March, 2005.  The CHANGELOG should give you an idea of how *horrible*

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-02-28 Thread Dan Joseph
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Richard S. Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to figure out a way to make sure an included PHP file has no syntax errors before actually including it as a part of project. Is this even possible? I'm running into brick walls. The include itself

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-02-28 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 18:58 -0800, Richard S. Crawford wrote: I'm trying to figure out a way to make sure an included PHP file has no syntax errors before actually including it as a part of project. Is this even possible? I'm running into brick walls. I don't believe there is a function

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-02-28 Thread Casey
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Robert Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 18:58 -0800, Richard S. Crawford wrote: I'm trying to figure out a way to make sure an included PHP file has no syntax errors before actually including it as a part of project. Is this even

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-02-28 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 20:17 -0800, Casey wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Robert Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 18:58 -0800, Richard S. Crawford wrote: I'm trying to figure out a way to make sure an included PHP file has no syntax errors before

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-02-28 Thread Jim Lucas
Robert Cummings wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 20:17 -0800, Casey wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Robert Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 18:58 -0800, Richard S. Crawford wrote: I'm trying to figure out a way to make sure an included PHP file has no syntax

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-02-28 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 20:46 -0800, Jim Lucas wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 20:17 -0800, Casey wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Robert Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 18:58 -0800, Richard S. Crawford wrote: I'm trying to figure out a

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-02-28 Thread Jim Lucas
Robert Cummings wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 20:46 -0800, Jim Lucas wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 20:17 -0800, Casey wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Robert Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 18:58 -0800, Richard S. Crawford wrote: I'm

Re: [PHP] Making sure an include file works

2008-02-28 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 20:53 -0800, Jim Lucas wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 20:46 -0800, Jim Lucas wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 20:17 -0800, Casey wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Robert Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu,