parse error

[Anon]

any good tricks out there for tracking down parse errors? I have a page with over 700 lines of code and having trouble tracking down a 'parse error'. the browser message says it's ca. line 211 but it isn't. I even commented out 50+/- line 211 and I get the same error message with the same line number.
can't echo variables before or after the error as well. dang page worked a few minutes ago. :-)

suggestions?

/frank

[Anon]

Parse errors - usually suck big time. I would suggest using the ol' [SHIFT]% (to match up {'s, ('s, etc.) in vi/vim - usually if you have a parse error that isn't on or near the line you are getting the error on it is because of something not being closed (like ''s "'s, etc.)

NOTE: one time I had a parse error that was in the middle of a / COMMENT / and I had to erase the comment in order to get rid of the damn thing!

--Joe
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