philicious Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Hello,I have recently loaded php-5.1.4 on my mac osx and am having trouble with most of the pages that used to work fine on external servers (dreamhost, etc). I feel like I have narrowed it down to my usage of <<<__HTML_END. Here is an example:[code=php:0]<?phpecho <<<__HTML_END<html> <head></head><body><p>HELP I NEED CONTENT</p></body></html>__HTML_END;?>[/code]If I view this page I get this error:Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /Library/WebServer/Documents/Internestcollective/test_HTML_END.php on line 9Is there something I am missing? Do I need to change something in my php.ini? Have I not loaded php-5.1.4 correctly (perhaps a question for a different forum)? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21301-unexpected-parse-error-and/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Code runs fine for me. Make sure you have no spaces or anyoyther text/whitespace before or after [b]__HTML_END;[/b] Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21301-unexpected-parse-error-and/#findComment-94761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxic0 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Yes, this works fine for me to.. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21301-unexpected-parse-error-and/#findComment-94766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
philicious Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 Are you all running php5? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21301-unexpected-parse-error-and/#findComment-94775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 I am. However it doesnt matter which version you use as PHP4 and PHP5 supports Heredoc syntax. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21301-unexpected-parse-error-and/#findComment-94777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
philicious Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 Is there anything in the php.ini that you can change to support Heredoc syntax? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21301-unexpected-parse-error-and/#findComment-94781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 No it is bultin into the core of PHP. Did you try my suggestion by checking for any whitespace before and after [b]__HTML_END;[/b]. it is important nothing else is on the same line than __HTML_END; Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21301-unexpected-parse-error-and/#findComment-94788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
philicious Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 Whitespace was the problem, but it was due to my editor. I am using dreamweaver and I changed the Line Break Type (under Preferences > Code Format) to LF (Unix) from CF (Macintosh). Like I mentioned before, I had just recently loaded php5 onto my computer and prior to that had just used external servers (Dreamhost, 1&1, etc.) to do my programming. Here's a good bit of info:[i]Most HTML editing programs on the Mac OS operating system use "MacIntosh Line Breaks" in order to be compatible with older Mac OS's. However, in order to use "heredoc" with PHP on a Mac OS it must be saved with "Unix Line Breaks". Macintosh (CR) inserts a carriage return character and Unix (LF) inserts a line feed character. You need line feed characters in order for "heredoc" to work.If you're using Adobe GoLive 7.0:1. In the program menu go to GoLive>Web Settings2. In the pop-up menu where it says, "Line Break Character" select Unix (LF) from the select box and close the pop-up.Note: Once you do this with GoLive you have to create a New document and add "heredoc" to it because this setting only applies to newly created files in the program.If you're using BBEdit on Mac OS X:1. In the program menu go to File > Save As2. Select "Options" at the bottom of the pop-up window3. Change the "Line Breaks" select box from "MacIntosh" to "Unix" and then save the file. If you've coded it correctly it will now work.[/i]here is the whole thread:http://www.kcpug.org/site/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=241&forum=4&PHPSESSID=a626114d9f6b9af4590aba12374bc738 Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21301-unexpected-parse-error-and/#findComment-94826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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