sunel · December 10, 2015 12:00 · Jun 4, 2014 · Jun 4, 2014 · Jun 4, 2014
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ It will only check files that have one of the extensions listed in the `$extensi
 
 Things to note:
 * You may have to change the `#!/usr/bin/php` to point to your path for PHP
-* If you don't want to check untracked files, remove the `$untracked` variable.
+* If you don't want to check untracked files, remove the `$untracked` variable.
+* Place `pre-commit` file in your `.git/hooks` folder and `chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit`
diff --git a/pre-commit b/pre-commit
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ foreach ($files as $file) {
         if ($return == 0) {
             continue;
         }
-        echo implode("\n", $output), "\n";
+        echo implode("\n", $output) . "\n";
         $status = 1;
     }
 }

diff --git a/pre-commit b/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/php
+<?php
+
+// Set empty files array
+$files = array();
+
+// Get untracked files
+// Get modified files
+exec('git ls-files --others --exclude-standard', $untracked);
+exec('git diff --cached --diff-filter=ACMRTUX --name-only', $modified);
+
+// Merge em
+$files = array_merge($untracked, $modified);
+
+// Set extensions to check
+$extensions = array('php', 'tmpl');
+
+// Check their syntax
+foreach ($files as $file) {
+    $ext = strtolower(pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
+    if (in_array($ext, $extensions)) {
+
+        $output = array();
+        exec('php -l ' . escapeshellarg($file), $output, $return);
+        if ($return == 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        echo implode("\n", $output), "\n";
+        $status = 1;
+    }
+}
+
+// Set exit status
+// 0 = good, 1 = fail
+$status = (!isset($status)) ? 0 : 1;
+exit($status);
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+This is a very easy way to check your PHP syntax before each commit. Git will call the script before it runs your commit. If there are syntax errors found, they won't be committed and they will be reported.
+
+It will only check files that have one of the extensions listed in the `$extensions` array. It's a pretty simple script and comes in handy if you are working locally before you push to a remote for testing.
+
+Things to note:
+* You may have to change the `#!/usr/bin/php` to point to your path for PHP
+* If you don't want to check untracked files, remove the `$untracked` variable.