My User Defined Function Throws An Error

[dlcmpls]

Hello everyone.  I'm trying to write my first function and having all kinds of trouble.

 

Here's what I've got so far:

 

<?php

 

function clean($text) {

  return strip_tags($text);

}

 

 

$firstname = clean('Dave <br>');

 

 

clean();

?>

 

I am basically just trying to get the function to remove any html from a variable, but I get this error message:

 

Parse error: parse error in /Library/WebServer/Documents/php_default_website/dev/contact_us/test.php on line 7

 

Any suggestions?

 

dlc

[Jessica]

Which is line 7? Is that really all of the code?

The second call is missing an argument, but that wouldn't show this error.

Make 'Dave'); all be on the same line.

[dlcmpls]

Jesi you are a saint.  I can't tell you how much I appreciate your help.  In trying to get this to work, I've tried to reduce the code to the bare minimum.  Anyway, here's a repaste of the code (and yep, this is all the code):

 

<?php

 

function clean($text) {

  return strip_tags($text);

}

 

 

$firstname = clean('Dave <br>');

 

 

clean();

?>

 

The  $firstname = clean  is all on one line.

 

I tightened up the code a bit so the new error message is:

 

Parse error: parse error in /Library/WebServer/Documents/php_default_website/dev/contact_us/test.php on line 3

 

 

Line 3 is: return strip_tags($text);

[kenrbnsn]

There may be extraneous characters in your file that are causing the problem. This code works fine:

<?php
function clean($text) {
       return strip_tags($text);
            }
$firstname = clean('<br>Dave<br>');
echo $firstname;
?>

 

Ken

[Jessica]

When you paste your code in here, highlight it and press the # button in the editor to put code tags around it.

 

As ken said, the code is fine. Try using just a plain text editor and writing it, see if that helps.

[dlcmpls]

Thanks Ken.  That does indeed work.  I think you were right about the extraneous characters.  I was using DreamWeaver to edit the file.  I used BBEdit instead, cleaned up all the spaces etc and it works fine now.

 

Frustrating!

 

But thank god for the forum users!

[Jessica]

Try the Textpad editor, it's a really great one