# C.76 PhpLintTask The `PhpLintTask` checks syntax (lint) on one or more PHP source code files. Table C.103:聽Attributes NameTypeDescriptionDefaultRequired`file``String`Path to source filen/aNo`haltonfailure``Boolean`Stop the build process if the linting process encounters an error.`false`No`errorproperty``String`The name of a property that will be set to contain the error string (if any).n/aNo`interpreter``String`Path to alternative PHP interpreterDefaults to the `${php.interpreter}` property which is the interpreter used to execute phing itself.No`cachefile``String`If set, enables writing of last-modified times to `cachefile`, to speed up processing of files that rarely changenoneNo`level``String`Control the level at which phplint reports status messages. One of `error`, `warning`, `info`, `verbose`, `debug`.`debug`No`tofile``String`File to write list of 'bad files' to.n/aNo`deprecatedAsError``Boolean`Whether to treat deprecated warnings (introduced in PHP 5.3) as errors.`false`No C.76.1 Example `<phplint file="path/to/source.php"/>`Checking syntax of one particular source file. ``` <phplint> <fileset dir="src"> <include name="**/*.php"/> </fileset> </phplint> ``` Check syntax of a fileset of source files. C.76.2 Supported Nested Tags - `fileset`