Fixes #5954: `yii message` command now shows user friendly error if it's not able to parse source file

framework/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #5735: Added `yii\bootstrap\Tabs::renderTabContent` to support manually rendering tab contents (RomeroMsk)
 - Enh #5770: Added more PHP error names for `ErrorException` (mongosoft)
 - Enh #5806: Allow `Html::encode()` to be used when the application is not started (qiangxue)
+- Enh #5954: `yii message` command now shows user friendly error if it's not able to parse source file (samdark)
 - Enh: `Console::confirm()` now uses `Console::stdout()` instead of `echo` to be consistent with all other functions (cebe)
 - Enh: `yii\rbac\DbManager` migration now uses database component specified in component settings instead of always using default `db` (samdark)
 - Chg #3630: `yii\db\Command::queryInternal()` is now protected (samdark) 

framework/console/controllers/MessageController.php

@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
 namespace yii\console\controllers;
 
 use Yii;
+use yii\base\ErrorException;
 use yii\console\Controller;
 use yii\console\Exception;
+use yii\helpers\Console;
 use yii\helpers\FileHelper;
 use yii\helpers\VarDumper;
 use yii\i18n\GettextPoFile;
@@ -258,7 +260,17 @@ class MessageController extends Controller
             for ($i = 0; $i < $n; ++$i) {
                 $category = substr($matches[$i][1], 1, -1);
                 $message = $matches[$i][2];
-                $messages[$category][] = eval("return {$message};"); // use eval to eliminate quote escape
+                try {
+                    $messages[$category][] = eval("return {$message};"); // use eval to eliminate quote escape
+                } catch (ErrorException $e) {
+                    $category = Console::ansiFormat($category, [Console::FG_CYAN]);
+                    $message = Console::ansiFormat($message, [Console::FG_CYAN]);
+                    $fileName = Console::ansiFormat($fileName, [Console::FG_CYAN]);
+                    $error = Console::ansiFormat($e->getMessage(), [Console::FG_RED]);
+
+                    $this->stdout("Failed parsing $fileName, $message in $category category:\n" . $error . "\n");
+                    Yii::$app->end(self::EXIT_CODE_ERROR);
+                }
             }
         }