Attaching a PHP Check Syntax Script

[Carlton Gibson]

Hi all,

I tried this message on the BBEdit-Scripting list but it never seemed
to arrive (in fact there don't seem to be any recent messages there
at all... is it still live? )

Anyhows...

Date: 29 March 2008 16:47:43 GMT
Subject: Attaching a PHP Check Syntax Script
Hi all,
BBEdit's #! Menu has a rather useful Check Syntax option.
Unfortunately this is not active for PHP.
PHP however has its own linter which can be accessed via a command
line option. I'm just in the process of wrapping this in an
AppleScript.
What I'd like to do is to attach this script to #! > Check Syntax.
What I'm not sure about is how to convince BBEdit that it wants to
make this menu option active for PHP scripts. I'm hoping that
somebody will be able to steer me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance,
Carlton

[Jim Correia]

Post by Carlton Gibson
I tried this message on the BBEdit-Scripting list but it never
seemed to arrive (in fact there don't seem to be any recent messages
there at all... is it still live? )

That list is still alive.

Post by Carlton Gibson
BBEdit's #! Menu has a rather useful Check Syntax option.
Unfortunately this is not active for PHP.
PHP however has its own linter which can be accessed via a command
line option. I'm just in the process of wrapping this in an
AppleScript.
What I'd like to do is to attach this script to #! > Check Syntax.
What I'm not sure about is how to convince BBEdit that it wants to
make this menu option active for PHP scripts. I'm hoping that
somebody will be able to steer me in the right direction?

BBEdit will enable or disable that menu item based on whether it knows
how to syntax check the language of the front document.

The best solution is to probably leave the script in the Scripts menu
and assign it a different keyboard shortcut.

Jim

[Dennis]

What I’d like to do is to attach this script to #! > Check Syntax.
What I’m not sure about is how to convince BBEdit that it wants to
make this menu option active for PHP scripts. I’m hoping that
somebody will be able to steer me in the right direction?

John Gruber wrote a good article on PHP syntax checking in BBEdit a
few years ago. You can find it here:

http://daringfireball.net/2003/12/php_syntax_checking_in_bbedit

-Dennis

[Carlton Gibson]

Post by Dennis

What I’d like to do is to attach this script to #! > Check
Syntax. What I’m not sure about is how to convince BBEdit that it
wants to make this menu option active for PHP scripts. I’m hoping
that somebody will be able to steer me in the right direction?

John Gruber wrote a good article on PHP syntax checking in BBEdit a
http://daringfireball.net/2003/12/php_syntax_checking_in_bbedit

Thanks Dennis,
as it happens I'd already seen that one—it's what gave me the idea
about attaching it to a menu item.

-Carlton

Post by Dennis
-Dennis