unexpected T_STRING

[Mike]

My eyes must not be working today, as I cannot see the error here:

$brag = '';

echo <<< EOF
<div id="rightcolumn"> 

I'm getting the error on the <div> line. That's the exact code snippet, not retyped.

[website]

uh, don't you need

echo '<<< EOF 
<div id="rightcolumn">'; 

?

[Mike]

No, and there is more HTML after the <div> line anyhoo.

And to those that will ask, yes, the ending token is there.

[website]

well, this is a bit small coding bit, doesn't say very much...
...only thing I can think is that the " is affecting the string, in that case doing \" would solve the case...

hope that helps!

[Mike]

It shouldn't be that, as heredoc echos parse variables and quotes just fine.

I don't really want to resort to normal echos using a bunch of \t 's for my formatting :|

[website]

hmm, I see, not familiar with these advanced echo's :|

Why not simply use

?><div id="rightcolumn"><?

etc... ?

but one thought though, shouldn't the EOF be right after the >>> ? no space ?
>>>EOF
Still this is wierd as I thought the php interprenter ignored whitespace... ...propably not in echo lines though...

Just some thoughts though.

[Mike]

Space doesn't matter :\

[Mike]

Here's the full code, if it helps you at all.

function pc_whb_right($pagename, $subpage)
{
//    $news = include('./content/news.inc.php');
//    $stats = include('./content/stats.inc.php');
    $brag = '';

echo <<<END
<div id="rightcolumn">
        <table width="200" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFE0B3" style="border: 1px solid #2142FF;">
            <tr>
                <td>
                <img src="img/rcolumn-news.gif" width="200" height="30" />
                <div class="right-news">{$news}</div>
                <img src="img/rcolumn-stats.gif" width="200" height="30" />
                <div class="right-ststs">{$stats}</div>
                <img src="img/rcolumn-brag.gif" width="200" height="30" />
                <div class="right-brag">{$brag}</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
</div>
END;
} 

[PHP John]

Am I to understand that that you don't need quotes before <<<END and after END;?

Does it change anything if you place the starting <<<END on the line directly below the "echo"?

[Mike]

Oh, commenting out the entire echo statement still gives a parse error :|

[Mike]

Am I to understand that that you don't need quotes before <<<END and after END;?

Does it change anything if you place the starting <<<END on the line directly below the "echo"?

From my post above, I don't think it's the echo statement breaking, but no, you don't need quotes for a heredoc type echo statement. Yes, the <<< and token have to be on the same line, AFAIK.

[PHP John]

I just took your code changed it this way:

<?php
//    $news = include('./content/news.inc.php');
//    $stats = include('./content/stats.inc.php');
    $brag = '';
echo <<<END
<div id="rightcolumn">
        <table width="200" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFE0B3" style="border: 1px solid #2142FF;">
            <tr>
                <td>
                <img src="img/rcolumn-news.gif" width="200" height="30" />
                <div class="right-news">{$news}</div>
                <img src="img/rcolumn-stats.gif" width="200" height="30" />
                <div class="right-ststs">{$stats}</div>
                <img src="img/rcolumn-brag.gif" width="200" height="30" />
                <div class="right-brag">{$brag}</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
</div>
END;
?>

Other than a few undefined variables it ran just fine.

There have been times when I get this error, and can't find ANYTHING that causes it. In the end I retype it, and it works. It's like there is some control character that gets inserted somewhere.

Maybe try copying your own code from here back in to your script and trying it again?

[Mike]

Heh, no dice

I've retyped it twice, and tried your code. No matter what type of echo I do, or how many new lines/tabs/spaces I put somewhwere, it always errors on the <div> line.

[website]

PHP John, check the echo in the manual, I just found this out too
once again I must say that php allows too much...
I don't know the solution to your problem but why not just swith out of php mode ?> ?

[PHP John]

That is very strange, because like I said, other than undefined variables it worked just fine on my machine...

[Mike]

Even this gives the error

function pc_whb_right($pagename, $subpage)
{
    echo 'test';
/**
//    $news = include('./content/news.inc.php');
//    $stats = include('./content/stats.inc.php');
    $brag = '';
echo <<<END
<div id="rightcolumn">
        <table width="200" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFE0B3" style="border: 1px solid #2142FF;">
            <tr>
                <td>
                <img src="img/rcolumn-news.gif" width="200" height="30" />
                <div class="right-news">{$news}</div>
                <img src="img/rcolumn-stats.gif" width="200" height="30" />
                <div class="right-ststs">{$stats}</div>
                <img src="img/rcolumn-brag.gif" width="200" height="30" />
                <div class="right-brag">{$brag}</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
</div>
END;
**/
} 

[Mike]

Script is here by the way:
http://www.webhostboast.com/test.php

[Jeff Lange]

I think there are some non-breaking spaces in there, as when I deleted the last one, and replaced the echo <<< with a breaking space it worked.

did you copy it from a browser somewhere?

[PHP John]

This worked just fine, as well:

<?php
function pc_whb_right($pagename, $subpage)
{
//    $news = include('./content/news.inc.php');
//    $stats = include('./content/stats.inc.php');
    $brag = '';
echo <<<END
<div id="rightcolumn">
        <table width="200" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFE0B3" style="border: 1px solid #2142FF;">
            <tr>
                <td>
                <img src="img/rcolumn-news.gif" width="200" height="30" />
                <div class="right-news">{$news}</div>
                <img src="img/rcolumn-stats.gif" width="200" height="30" />
                <div class="right-ststs">{$stats}</div>
                <img src="img/rcolumn-brag.gif" width="200" height="30" />
                <div class="right-brag">{$brag}</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
</div>
END;
}
pc_whb_right("foo", "bar");
?>

[Mike]

did you copy it from a browser somewhere?

Nope, all typed up.

[Mike]

This worked just fine, as well:

<?php
function pc_whb_right($pagename, $subpage)
{
//    $news = include('./content/news.inc.php');
//    $stats = include('./content/stats.inc.php');
    $brag = '';
echo <<<END
<div id="rightcolumn">
        <table width="200" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFE0B3" style="border: 1px solid #2142FF;">
            <tr>
                <td>
                <img src="img/rcolumn-news.gif" width="200" height="30" />
                <div class="right-news">{$news}</div>
                <img src="img/rcolumn-stats.gif" width="200" height="30" />
                <div class="right-ststs">{$stats}</div>
                <img src="img/rcolumn-brag.gif" width="200" height="30" />
                <div class="right-brag">{$brag}</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
</div>
END;
}
pc_whb_right("foo", "bar");
?>

Yeah, that worked fine for me :|

[PHP John]

Go figure...

I'm guessing it is something above this function.
Will you post the code above it?

[Mike]

Pardon me while I flip out like a ninja

Thanks for your help guys.

[PHP John]

Care to let us in on what it was?

[Mike]

include("file.php');

in the function above it.