Strange error message help

[soycharliente]

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM in /file.php on line 85

 

Anyone ever seen anything like this before? Have no idea what's going on. Furthermore, here is line 85. I personally don't see any extra close parenthesis. Maybe a fresh pair of eyes does?

<?php
echo (!empty(ADDRESS)) ? '<li>'.address(ADDRESS).'</li>' : ''; //LINE 85 HERE
echo (!empty(PHONE))   ? '<li>'.phone(PHONE,'.').'</li>' : '';
echo (!empty(EMAIL))   ? '<li><a href="'.EMAIL.'" target="_blank">Email this link</a> to '.TYPE_LAST.'</li>' : '';
echo (!empty(SITE))    ? '<li><a href="'.SITE.'" target="_blank">'.SITE.'</a></li>' : '';
?>

 

Any help? Thanks.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Syntax errors are often reported on a line after where the actual problem is located. This is because the language parser cannot determine what the programmer intended when he left out some piece of syntax. I would suggest posting about 5 lines of code prior to the line where the error is being reported.

[soycharliente]

Sorry for supplying too much info.

 

I'm mostly concerned with the strange alien language in the error message itself.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

http://www.englishgratis.com/1/wikibooks/php/paamayimnekudotayim.htm

[soycharliente]

Couldn't ever find any double colons or double anythings.

 

I have no idea if this is correct, but I was combining define() with ternary operators and now I'm not. Now it's working properly. Maybe that knowledge, whether right or wrong, will help someone.