SublimeLinter for PHP

Question

I cannot get SublimeLinter to work with Sublime Text 2. I have node.js installed and wamp installed and my user settings for SublimeLinter is as follows:

{
    "sublimelinter_executable_map":
    {
        "javascript":"C:/Program Files/nodejs/node.exe",
        "css":"C:/Program Files/nodejs/node.exe",
        "php":"C:/wamp/bin/php/php5.3.13/php.exe"
    }
}

I have created a file on my desktop called 'cool.php' with the following code:

<?php
function hel()
{
    error->
}
?>

But nothing shows up to tell me that the 'error->' is incorrect. What am I doing wrong?

Side Note: In the readme of SublimeLinter it says '* PHP - syntax check via php -l'. What does that mean?

No, in a terminal, or how do you call that in Windows? If I do that, it says: "-l Syntax check only (lint)". — Marcel Korpel
In command prompt? I'm really not sure what you are talking about - — William
Yes, on the command line. There you'll see what php -l means. — Marcel Korpel

Sam Sam · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-10T18:06:15

I had a similar issue on Linux which was caused by ST2 was opening PHP files as a different file type.

To fix it, open a .php file then click View > Syntax > Open all with current extension as... > PHP.

It might also be that you need to use double backslash instead of forward slashes:

{
    "sublimelinter_executable_map":
    {
        "javascript":"C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe",
        "css":"C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe",
        "php":"C:\\wamp\\bin\\php\\php5.3.13\\php.exe"
    }
}

I'm not sure if it matters but my Windows settings use double backslashes and work.

SublimeLinter for PHP

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