PHP Error Skipping Comment Lines

[benphp]

This is new. For some reason, the PHP errors are not counting my //commented lines.

 

Example:

<?php
//my comment
:
?>

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ':' in D:\www\myscript.php on line 2

 

The error is on line 3. If I add more comments, the error is the same:

<?php
//my comment
//my comment
//my comment
//my comment
//my comment
:
?>

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ':' in D:\www\myscript.php on line 2

 

Where is this setting?

Thanks.

[requinix]

And if there's a space in front of the comment? Or a lone semicolon?

 

[edit] And while I'm here, how are these files being executed? And what do you get if you do

<?php
//my comment
//my comment
//my comment
//my comment
//my comment
echo "<pre>\n"; print_r(file(__FILE__)); echo "\n</pre>\n";
?>

Edited December 11, 2014 by requinix

[kicken]

You might have some kind of opcode cache running that is stripping comments. Not sure if that would affect the line numbers in the errors or not.

[benphp]

And if there's a space in front of the comment? Or a lone semicolon?

 

[edit] And while I'm here, how are these files being executed? And what do you get if you do

<?php
//my comment
//my comment
//my comment
//my comment
//my comment
echo "<pre>\n"; print_r(file(__FILE__)); echo "\n</pre>\n";
?>

Results:

Array
(
    [0] =>  //my comment

    [2] => //my comment

    [3] => //my comment

    [4] => //my comment

    [5] => //my comment

    [6] => echo "\n"; print_r(file(__FILE__)); echo "\n\n";

    [7] => ?>
)

[benphp]

I found the trouble. I'm using Notepad++, and I replaced all carriage returns with new line (replaced \r with \n). I'm not sure how the \r got in there.