parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in ...

unexpected parse error

[rbailets]

I am getting what seems to be a very unusual error which I belive may have something to do with my installation of php (its a new intallation). This is the simplified senerio.

I have a file which includes another file:

<? php include('file_2.php'); ?>

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file 2 can contain a statement as simple as:

<?php $testVar = "this is a test";?>
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and I get this error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in file_2.php on line 1

[Nick_W]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld rbailets

Post the whole code. this error is usually because you have a curly brace or something missing...

Nick

[rbailets]

Nick,

Thank you, for responding. It was a stupid error on my part. The error turned out to be a space between "<?" and "php"

Ralph

[dhdweb]

I was going to say that .... lol

[Nick_W]

Yeah, I've been programming php for a long time and I still make errors like that. You just need to really scrutinize your syntax before thinking somethings wrong ;) I do it all the time!

Nick

[andreasfriedrich]

Having an editor with syntax highlighting helps a great deal to avoid errors like that. Whenever the color doesn´t change the way you expect it to, there is some (stupid) mistake.

The automatic indenting feature of many editors helps, too. I use it to spot errors in php, perl, css, html code.