[SOLVED] Problem with Arrays suddenly started

[theresajayne]

I installed apache 2.2 and php5 for dev work on my PC, (windows)

 

My file was working fine then suddenly i started getting the following error

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ']', expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\index.php on line 43

 

The line in question is

 

$error[] = "Invalid Username or Password";

 

 

I also have errors on every Array access I use

 

for instance

 

if( $_SESSION['loggedin'] == 'true')

 

gives me the error

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\index.php on line 9

 

 

WTF is going on??? it was working then suddenly went crazy like this.....

 

Theresa

 

[farkewie]

what editor did you last use?

 

it may be some wierd characters saving?

 

try using notepad.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Also, those type of syntax errors are usually caused by something immediately prior to the line that the error is reported on.

 

Post 3-4 lines of code prior to and including the line that the error was reported on.

[theresajayne]

Dreamweaver 8 is the editor used

<?

        require_once('Smarty.class.php');

 

$page = 'login.html';

$t = new Smarty();

$vars = & get_input_vars();

` $error = array();

if( $_SESSION['loggedin'] == 'true')

{

//logged in so just display the front page

$user = array();

$user[login] = $_SESSION['login'];

$user[category] = $_SESSION['category'];

$user[first] = $_SESSION['first'];

$user[last] = $_SESSION['last'];

 

$t->assign('user',$user);

$page = 'index.html';

}

[rajivgonsalves]

what is the "`" ?

 

`   $error = array();   

[theresajayne]

DOH

 

That was it, a sneaky ' had worked its way into the code.....

 

 

Thanks