Parse Error on widely used PHP script

[notaprogrammer]

Hello,

 

As you can see by my name, I am not a programmer. I have programmed before, but I don't do this everyday.

 

I need to setup a Wake On Lan script to remotely wake up some PCs. I found a script on this site that seemed promising: http://www.hackernotcracker.com/2006-04/wol-wake-on-lan-tutorial-with-bonus-php-script.html . I then setup an Ubuntu (10.04) Linux in a virtual machine and installed a LAMP server. I tested the PHP by using this code: <?php phpinfo(); ?>. Works fine. I can also echo out text no problem.

 

When I use the WOL script, I get no output. So I enabled error reporting in the php.ini, and I get the following error:

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /var/www/wol/index.php on line 4

 

The code:

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<?php

flush();

function WakeOnLan($addr, $mac,$socket_number) {

  $addr_byte = explode(':', $mac);

  $hw_addr = '';

  for ($a=0; $a <6; $a++) $hw_addr .= chr(hexdec($addr_byte[$a]));

  $msg = chr(255).chr(255).chr(255).chr(255).chr(255).chr(255);

  for ($a = 1; $a <= 16; $a++) $msg .= $hw_addr;

  $s = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, SOL_UDP);

  if ($s == false) {

    echo "Error creating socket!\n";

    echo "Error code is '".socket_last_error($s)."' - " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error($s));

    return FALSE;

    }

  else {

    $opt_ret = socket_set_option($s, 1, 6, TRUE);

    if($opt_ret <0) {

      echo "setsockopt() failed, error: " . strerror($opt_ret) . "\n";

      return FALSE;

      }

    if(socket_sendto($s, $msg, strlen($msg), 0, $addr, $socket_number)) {

      echo "Magic Packet sent successfully!";

      socket_close($s);

      return TRUE;

      }

    else {

      echo "Magic packet failed!";

      return FALSE;

      }

    }

  }

$socket_number = "7";

$mac_addy = "00:1E:90:0A:5A:89";

$ip_addy = gethostbyname("192.168.1.10");

WakeOnLan($ip_addy, $mac_addy,$socket_number)

?>

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This line: $addr_byte = explode(':', $mac);

is line 4

 

What am I doing wrong?

 

Thanks for your help.

[kenrbnsn]

There are no syntax errors in the code you posted.

 

Ken

[notaprogrammer]

Yeah, I didn't think there was a problem, but that is the error I am getting. I wonder if it has anything to do with my PHP installation. Is there anything I should check?

[premiso]

That is the full code from index.php?

[notaprogrammer]

Yes, that is all that is in index.php. I have attached a screenshot.

 

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[The Eagle]

Something must be wrong with your PHP installation. There aren't any syntax errors in that PHP script and infact it just sucessfully worked for me.

 

http://vazzer.net/phpfreaks/work/notaprogrammer

[notaprogrammer]

Yeah, that seems like what it is. Thanks for your help!

[The Eagle]

No problem, if you have any more questions don't hesitate to ask. If you may, can you please mark this topic as solved.

 

Thanks.