weird $end error...

[WhiteRau]

tore the forum apart looking for a solution to this one.  for some reason, this is generating an 'unexpected $end' error.  this is ALL the code.  in entirety. i was just messing around getting familiar with filesystem stuff.  no short tags.  no curly brackets.  so...

 

<?php
$fileHandler = fopen("someFile.txt", 'w') or die ("could not create file");
$text = <<<_END
drop some text
and some stuff
plus this stuff
some other stuff

_END;
fwrite($fileHandler, $text) or die ("could not write to file");
fclose($fileHandler);
echo "File 'someFile.txt' written successfully";
?>

 

thanks people.  this has be stumped.  not like its complicated, eh?  and as you can see, screws up the colour coding as well... but WHY!?!?

 

WR!

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The $end error occurs anytime php reaches the end of your file while it is still expecting some php syntax. This can happen for any un-closed php syntax, including a string that is not closed.

 

In your case, it is because the heredoc string is not closed because the ending heredoc tag must start in column 1.

[WhiteRau]

...column 1?

 

how would i rewrite it?

 

WR!

[salathe]

There should be no space before _END;

[WhiteRau]

...mmmmm  nope.  that's not it.  i put the _END right after 'some other stuff':

 

<?php
$fileHandler = fopen("someFile.txt", 'w') or die ("could not create file");
$text = <<<_END
Line1
Line2
Line3
some other stuff_END;
fwrite($fileHandler, $text) or die ("could not write to file");
fclose($fileHandler);
echo "File 'someFile.txt' written successfully";
?>

 

and i still get the error.  any other ideas?

 

WR!

[imperium2335]

What is <<<_END?

 

Shouldn't it just be:

 

<?php
$fileHandler = fopen("someFile.txt", 'w') or die ("could not create file");
$text ="Line1\nLine2\nLine3\nsome other stuff" ;
fwrite($fileHandler, $text) or die ("could not write to file");
fclose($fileHandler);
echo "File 'someFile.txt' written successfully";
?>

[WhiteRau]

yup.  that's it.  just figured that out too.  i was using a code snippet from O'Reilly's site.  so figure.  the guys that write the damn books can't even get their own code right...  sheesh.

 

WR!

[PFMaBiSmAd]

It's likely that the O'Reilly code is correct, but as stated in this thread, the ending heredoc tag in the code you posted does not start in column 1.

 

Ref: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.syntax.heredoc

[salathe]

...mmmmm  nope.  that's not it.  i put the _END right after 'some other stuff':

 

Wow.

 

	$text = <<<_END
drop some text
and some stuff
plus this stuff
some other stuff

_END;

 

Should have been:

 

	$text = <<<_END
drop some text
and some stuff
plus this stuff
some other stuff

_END;

 

Note the lack of a tab character (or any other space) before _END;

 

This is all very clearly outlined in the PHP manual, see PFMaBiSmAd's latest post.

[WhiteRau]

yeah.  i see what you're saying.  i just copy/pasted.  should've looked @ the white space.  thank you so much for clarifying.  both methods work, i like the original a bit better.

 

man, i love this site. 

 

WR!

[WhiteRau]

okay... i lied.  this DOES NOT work:

 

<?php
$fileHandler = fopen("someFile.txt", 'w') or die ("could not create file");
$text = <<<END
what the heck?
this should work!
_END;
fwrite($fileHandler, $text) or die ("could not write to file");
fclose($fileHandler);
echo "File 'someFile.txt' written successfully";
?>

 

and it should... what's wrong? 

 

WR!

[salathe]

The start tag of the heredoc block is END but the end tag is _END. They need to match.

[WhiteRau]

i want to club myself like a baby seal...

 

sorry.  that was a stupid mistake. 

 

issue closed... for good this time... 

 

WR!

[matthew9090]

does the text need to be in quotes

 

<?php
$fileHandler = fopen("someFile.txt", 'w') or die ("could not create file");
$text = "<<<END
what the heck?
this should work!
_END";
fwrite($fileHandler, $text) or die ("could not write to file");
fclose($fileHandler);
echo "File 'someFile.txt' written successfully";
?>

[PFMaBiSmAd]

It's not text. It's heredoc string syntax. A link to the documentation was posted in reply #7 in this thread.