Parse error: parse error, unexpected $

[liquidchild]

Can someone tell me why this is occuring:

.......
function _createLinks( $file )
{
$fHandle = fopen( 'links\'.$file, "r" );

/ If the file could not be opened generate an error message /
if( !$fHandle ):

$_errorMess = "Could Not Opened the link file ".$file;

/** Write error to the given error log **/
error_log( $_errorMess, 3, LINK_ERROR_FILE );

/** Inform the user of the error **/
$error = new errorReporter();
$error->raiseError( 208, $file );

endif;

while( !feof( $fHandle ) ):

/** Read the link name **/
$name = fgets( $fHandle, 4096 );

           /** Read the link url **/
$url = fgets( $fHandle, 4096 );

/** Check for an errors that may have occured while reading the file **/
if( !$name || !$url ):

$_errorMess = "Could Not Read the link file $file, Location: Navigation.class.php _createLinks()";

/** Write error to the given error log **/
           error_log( $_errorMess, 3, LINK_ERROR_FILE );

/** Inform the user of the error **/
$error = new errorReporter();
$error->raiseError( 206, $file );

endif;

endwhile;
}

}//End Class Navigation

?>
// IT SEEMS TO THINK THE ERROR IS HERE !!!

[bernouli]

it should be

$fHandle = fopen( 'links\'.$file, "r" );

[liquidchild]

The links file is in a directory called links so the \ is needed. Have fixed that error now, however it does not seem to be able to find the file using the following code:

$fHandle = fopen( "links\home.links", "r" );

[bernouli]

i have edited my last post, it seemed that the forum can't print double \ in php mode