How to debug which file is causing errors in laravel 5.1

Question

After creating multiple migrations I started editing these and sometimes testing them out. All was working well untill I tried the use of foreign keys taken from this example.

For some reason this wasn't working for me, so I decided to remove everything with foreign. Now when I run a php artisan migrate I get the following error:

[Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalErrorException] syntax error, unexpected ';'

I know it's related to one of the migrations I edited, but how can I quickly find it without going through all the migrations I created.

My question isn't about where my problem is (so my exact code isn't necessary), but how to debug efficiently?

EDIT:

I just tried php artisan:rollback and that works.

EDIT #2:

I just 'fixed' my problem, but would like to know for future reference how to debug faster.

maybe an editor can help you achieve this!? like phpStorm! – mehany Dec 03 '15 at 23:27 — mehany, Dec 03 '15 at 23:27
You mean an ide? I'm already using an editor (notepad++) – davejal Dec 03 '15 at 23:31 — davejal, Dec 03 '15 at 23:31

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 29 '16 at 21:22

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Run the artisan command with verbose output

php artisan -vvv migrate

This will reveal more information about the syntax error.

Edit: from my comment,

You can quickly scan for syntax issues with the following cli command (unix only)

find -L database/migrations -name '*.php' -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 -P 4 php -l

For users on windows using git bash:

find database/migrations -name '*.php' -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 -P 4 php -l

edited Jan 29 '16 at 21:22

davejal

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answered Dec 03 '15 at 23:34

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still the same output nothing more or less – davejal Dec 03 '15 at 23:36
in that case, try running php lint over your directory `find -L database/migrations -name '*.php' -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 -P 4 php -l` – Ben Rowe Dec 03 '15 at 23:40
this is for unix/linux rigth? I'm using xampp on windows – davejal Dec 03 '15 at 23:41
I edited my question to reflect that, sorry for not adding it in the first place – davejal Dec 03 '15 at 23:42
there's probably a way to do that via the windows cli, but i'd suggest using https://www.cygwin.com/ to emulate a nix* terminal on your windows machine :) – Ben Rowe Dec 03 '15 at 23:46
would a git bash work? I never really liked cygwin, but for this project I needed some windows dll's to run, so I am stuck on windows – davejal Dec 03 '15 at 23:52
I'm not familiar with it, so i'm not sure. Try it :) – Ben Rowe Dec 03 '15 at 23:54
just tried it, it gives an error: find: invalid predicate '-L' – davejal Dec 03 '15 at 23:54
after removing the -L it works in git bash, what does the -L do? – davejal Dec 03 '15 at 23:59
It's to deal with symbolic links. In your case removing it is fine. – Ben Rowe Dec 04 '15 at 00:07

How to debug which file is causing errors in laravel 5.1

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