diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..530234e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+**/
diff --git a/pre_commit.sh b/pre_commit.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b984d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre_commit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+git diff --cached --name-only | while read FILE; do
+if [[ "$FILE" =~ ^.+(php)$ ]]; then
+    if [[ -f ${FILE} ]]; then
+        php -l "$FILE" 1> /dev/null
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo -e "\e[1;31m\tAborting commit due to files with syntax errors.\e[0m" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+done || exit $?