[SOLVED] Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_SL

[dsaba]

give me this error in parse error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_SL

 

i'm using heredoc syntax like this:

<?php

/////////DISPLAY END OF RESULT TABLE
$endoftable = <<<ENDOFTABLE	
<!-- end of table -->
   <tr valign="top">
            <td height="29" colspan="5" valign="bottom" class="style2"><img src="/images/trans.png" width="9" height="9" /> Translated file <img src="/images/active.png" width="9" height="9" /> Active <img src="/images/halfactive.png" width="9" height="9" /> Half-Active <img src="/images/inactive.png" width="9" height="9" /> Inactive</td>
          </tr>
	</form>
        </table></td>
		 </tr>
<!-- stop -->
ENDOFTABLE;	
echo $endoftable;
mysql_close();

?>

 

any idea what is causing the error?-thanks

[btherl]

You appear to have a tab after your heredoc delimiter

 

Edit: It's in both the start and end lines.. looks like both of them need to go to satisfy heredoc's strict syntax.

[dsaba]

<?php

/////////DISPLAY END OF RESULT TABLE
$endoftable = <<<ENDOFTABLE	
<!-- end of table -->
<tr valign="top">
<td height="29" colspan="5" valign="bottom" class="style2"><img src="/images/trans.png" width="9" height="9" /> Translated file <img src="/images/active.png" width="9" height="9" /> Active <img src="/images/halfactive.png" width="9" height="9" /> Half-Active <img src="/images/inactive.png" width="9" height="9" /> Inactive</td>
</tr>
</form>
</table></td>
</tr>
<!-- stop -->
ENDOFTABLE;	
echo $endoftable;
mysql_close();

?>

 

 

this still doesnt work

[btherl]

That's because you haven't removed the tab.

 

A tab is an invisible character that appears when you press the tab key on the keyboard.  Move the cursor to immediately after your ENDOFTABLE marker and hit "del", and that should delete the tab.  Do the same for the end of the heredoc and the start.

[MadTechie]

i have a question on heredoc's can i use them for a whole block of html & code

something like this

 

$mytest= <<<TESTING
This is a test

<? echo "Hello {test['var']}" ?>

blar
ENDOFTABLE;

[dsaba]

thanks for the help btherl!

 

I'm always surprised on new things I had no clue about, as I thought i knew what a tab was, I guess not.

 

Now I have to take "invisible" items into account when debugging errors. Great