Lint allows you to check syntax of templates (XML well-formedness) without running them. It is useful to run after upgrade of PHPTAL to ensure that everything still works. You can also use it in SVN pre-commit hook to prevent ill-formed templates from being committed to your repository.

[https://svn.motion-twin.com/phptal/trunk/tools/phptal_lint.php|Download latest phptal_lint.php]

This is command-line tool.

 phptal_lint.php [-e extensions] [-i php_file_or_directory] file_or_directory_to_check ...

• -e comma-separated list of file extensions you use for templates
• -i path to PHP file or directory of PHP files to include (this is needed to check against your custom function modifiers)

phptal_lint.php .

Scan current directory.

phptal_lint.php -e xhtml,zpt,tal,phtml -i myproject/includes/phptalmodifiers.php myproject/templates/