$out .= unexpected T_VARIABLE error

[pcw]

I ma just trying to translate some perl code into php. However, when I run a syntax check on it, I get the following error:

 

Parse error:  parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in sb.php on line 297

 

_{$v = "yes";}

_{if($v == ""); {}

_{if (preg_match_all("m/$v/i", $values{$k})}

_{$out .= "checked"; # this is line 297}

_}

_}

 

Does anyone know what I have done wrong, been stuck on this for the past hour :-(

[Philip]

a few things, but this should work:

$v = "yes";
if(empty($v)) {
if (preg_match_all("m/$v/i", $values{$k}))  
$out .= "checked";
}

 

Where is out being set? You should be careful with trying to continue a variable that may not exist

[pcw]

Thanks KingPhilip, that done the trick :-)

 

Its ok, $out was set earlier in the script. The script is too loarge to paste here, so I just copied that section.

 

Thanks for your help 

[Mark Baker]

The real error here was the spurious ; in

if($v == ""); {