parse error, unexpected T_STRING

[lobotomized]

i have taken a small script verbatim from a tutorial i am reading and it keeps giving me this error:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING

this script is supposed to allow me to upload a file to a temporary directory on the server.

6:<?php

8: $file_dir="\temp\";
9: $file_url="http://localhost/temp/";

the offending line is line 8, which gives me the parse error.
for $file_dir ive tried

".\temp"
"\temp"
"temp\"

but nothing seems to work. so does anybody have an idea what this could be. i have taken this example verbatim from a text so thats why i am stumped as to why it wont run.

thanks.

[wizkid]

Hi,

try:

$file_dir="\\temp\\";

wizkid

[kasper]

Dear Lobomized,

the problem is simple:

you used:
8: $file_dir="\temp\";

while \" is a way to use a quote inside a variable.
for example:
$test = "Hello, I would like to say this: \"Quoting in PHP is not so difficult\", blabla";

so you \" on the end is a quote in the text and in that way your variable is not shutted down correctly.

You can try to use:
\ instead of a single \
try this for every backslash you are using!

Gr.
Kasper

[lobotomized]

kas,wiz, thanks guys you were right, i appreciate the help.

the code works fine now.