file_get_contents --- would it produce this error?

dalecosp

I think this is post-mortem, but after
cursing at it all day, I just have to ask...

would calling "file_get_contents" in
apache mod_php compiled prior to 4.3
produce:

[Sun Oct 13 21:28:57 2002] [error] PHP Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /bod.html on line 87

(line 87 if AFTER the end of all code, and
several lines below the call of this function...)

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DaleCoSP

zmola

off the top of my head...

maybe try

$file=fread(fopen($path.$file, "r"), filesize($path.$file));

or something like it,

instead of

$file=fread(fopen($path.$file, "r"), 10485760);

or something like it.

i'm not sure if that will help, but i hope so.

philipolson

Look for a missing }, or quote. Parse errors are always syntax errors.

dalecosp

Originally posted by philipolson
Look for a missing }, or quote. Parse errors are always syntax errors.

Yep, that's how I see it. Problem was I'd pored over the code looking for missing quotes, brackets, misspelled functions, mismatched variable names, etc., etc., for hours. I removed all included files and pasted their contents within the script so I could see the whole blasted thing, and I commented every closing bracket with a reference to its opening....etc., etc.,

I then actually read more of "file_get_contents" in the manual than I needed to...and discovered that I was using a version of php (4.2x) built prior to the inclusion of this function....

So, I guess the question was...would calling "file_get_contents" on a script on php 4.2x cause a syntax (parse) error, since "file_get_contents" was only introduced in v4.3.0 ??

Thanks....

dalecosp

Originally posted by zmola
off the top of my head...

maybe try
$file=fread(fopen($path.$file, "r"), filesize($path.$file));

Thanks, I have almost always used "file" to read a file to an
array, and was probably looking for "fread" when I ran across "file_get_contents".

And, gee, as soon as I get around to rebuilding the server(s),
I'll have access to both😉

Can you tell I'm still quite a newb?

Thanks to both you and philipolson, Zmola!

dalecosp

philipolson

Calling an undefined function will give you a undefined function error, try print foo_bar_baz(). Parse errors are always syntax errors, try creating a small script that only calls on file_get_contents() to test.