sanity-check

I am looking for applications or methods for performing sanity checks of php code. I hope to to avoid finding out about the coding mistakes the hard way, but instead find them before publishing the website. display_errors = on and similar run-time methods find the problems too late. So far I have found the following ways, which I think are not thorough enough: php_check_syntax() from within php php -l from the command line ioncube php encoder netbeans and eclipse as editors What better way is there to find problems in PHP code early? PHP Code Sniffer can help ensure you're writing code to a

Is there a standard function to check that a specified directory is valid? The reason I ask is that I am receiving an absolute directory string and filename from a user and I want to sanity check the location to check that it is valid. For a file File.Exists(string) For a Directory Directory.Exists(string) NOTE: If you are reusing an object you should consider using the FileInfo class vs the static File class. The static methods of the File class does a possible unnecessary security check each time. FileInfo - DirectoryInfo - File - Directory FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(fName); if (fi.Exists) /