diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a6924d..5721084 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,28 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 0.3.2 - 2021-12-17
+
+### Added
+
+- Nothing.
+
+### Changed
+
+- Nothing.
+
+### Deprecated
+
+- Nothing.
+
+### Removed
+
+- Nothing.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Check the contents of the file before parsing, to see if any of the formatting functions exist; if not, skip parsing the file
+
 ## 0.3.1 - 2021-12-17
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/Console/Command/ExtractCommand.php b/src/Console/Command/ExtractCommand.php
index 0365f67..4c283a3 100644
--- a/src/Console/Command/ExtractCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/Command/ExtractCommand.php
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Style\SymfonyStyle;
 
+use function array_filter;
 use function array_map;
 use function array_merge;
 use function array_unique;
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ private function buildOptions(InputInterface $input): MessageExtractorOptions
 
         /** @var string $inputFunctionNames */
         $inputFunctionNames = $input->getOption('addl-func') ?? '';
-        $additionalFunctionNames = array_map('trim', explode(',', $inputFunctionNames));
+        $additionalFunctionNames = array_filter(array_map('trim', explode(',', $inputFunctionNames)));
         $options->functionNames = array_unique(array_merge($options->functionNames, $additionalFunctionNames));
 
         return $options;
diff --git a/src/Extractor/Parser/Descriptor/PhpParser.php b/src/Extractor/Parser/Descriptor/PhpParser.php
index c2b2c3c..aad1498 100644
--- a/src/Extractor/Parser/Descriptor/PhpParser.php
+++ b/src/Extractor/Parser/Descriptor/PhpParser.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 use FormatPHP\Extractor\MessageExtractorOptions;
 use FormatPHP\Extractor\Parser\DescriptorParserInterface;
 use FormatPHP\Extractor\Parser\ParserErrorCollection;
+use FormatPHP\Icu\MessageFormat\Parser;
 use FormatPHP\Util\FileSystemHelper;
 use LogicException;
 use PhpParser\Lexer;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 use function assert;
 use function count;
 use function in_array;
+use function mb_strpos;
 use function pathinfo;
 
 use const PATHINFO_EXTENSION;
@@ -88,9 +90,14 @@ public function __invoke(
             return new DescriptorCollection();
         }
 
+        $fileContents = $this->fileSystemHelper->getContents($filePath);
+        if (!$this->hasFormattingFunctions($fileContents, $options->functionNames)) {
+            return new DescriptorCollection();
+        }
+
         $lexer = new Emulative(self::LEXER_OPTIONS);
         $parser = new Php7Parser($lexer);
-        $statements = $parser->parse($this->fileSystemHelper->getContents($filePath));
+        $statements = $parser->parse($fileContents);
 
         $descriptorCollector = new DescriptorCollectorVisitor(
             $filePath,
@@ -199,4 +206,18 @@ private function isPhpFile(string $filePath): bool
 
         return in_array($extension, self::PHP_PATH_EXTENSIONS);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string[] $functions
+     */
+    private function hasFormattingFunctions(string $code, array $functions): bool
+    {
+        foreach ($functions as $function) {
+            if (mb_strpos($code, $function, 0, Parser::ENCODING) !== false) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Extractor/Parser/Descriptor/PhpParserTest.php b/tests/Extractor/Parser/Descriptor/PhpParserTest.php
index 2e22b3b..1e98fe6 100644
--- a/tests/Extractor/Parser/Descriptor/PhpParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/Extractor/Parser/Descriptor/PhpParserTest.php
@@ -423,6 +423,36 @@ public function testParse11(): void
         $this->assertCount(0, $receivedErrors);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This test covers situations where the formatting functions are not
+     * present in the source code being analyzed, so we should short-circuit
+     * and skip parsing the file.
+     */
+    public function testParse12(): void
+    {
+        $fileSystemHelper = $this->mockery(FileSystemHelper::class);
+
+        $fileSystemHelper
+            ->expects()
+            ->getContents(__DIR__ . '/fixtures/php-parser-12.php')
+            ->andReturn(file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/fixtures/php-parser-12.php'));
+
+        $fileSystemHelper->shouldNotReceive('writeContents');
+
+        $errors = new ParserErrorCollection();
+
+        $options = new MessageExtractorOptions();
+        $options->functionNames = ['formatMessage', 'translate', 't'];
+
+        $parser = new PhpParser($fileSystemHelper);
+        $descriptors = $parser(__DIR__ . '/fixtures/php-parser-12.php', $options, $errors);
+        $receivedErrors = $this->compileErrors($errors);
+
+        $this->assertContainsOnlyInstancesOf(DescriptorInterface::class, $descriptors);
+        $this->assertCount(0, $descriptors);
+        $this->assertCount(0, $receivedErrors);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return string[]
      */
diff --git a/tests/Extractor/Parser/Descriptor/fixtures/php-parser-12.php b/tests/Extractor/Parser/Descriptor/fixtures/php-parser-12.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..708fad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Extractor/Parser/Descriptor/fixtures/php-parser-12.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This PHP script has no FormatPHP functions in it, on purpose.
+ */
+foreach (['foo', 'bar', 'baz'] as $item) {
+    // Do nothing.
+}