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.
You can copy phptal_lint.php to directory in your path (e.g. /usr/local/bin). Run echo $PATH to see which directories you have in path.
Or you can run it by always specifying full path to the phptal_lint.php file (most terminals support drag'n'drop, so just drop phptal_lint.php file into terminal window instead of typing entire path).
If you're getting errors that phptal_lint.php is not executable:
chmod a+rx /full/path/to/phptal_lint.php
If you're getting errors about missing interpreter, then use:
php /full/path/to/phptal_lint.php
to run the tool.
C:\path\to\php.exe C:\path\to\phptal_lint.php
Running of this tool from %PATH% requires writing DOS batch file that passes arguments appropriately.
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 TALES modifiers)phptal_lint.php .
Scan current directory for all templates (templates are recognized by popular file extensions). TALES modifiers (as in ${mycustommodifier:foo/bar}) will be ignored.
phptal_lint.php -e xhtml,zpt,tal,phtml -i myproject/includes/phptalmodifiers.php myproject/templates/
Checks only *.xhtml, *.zpt, *.tal and *.phtml files in myproject/templates/. Will load myproject/includes/phptalmodifiers.php file first assuming it defines all TALES modifiers used by the templates.