Solved: parse error in commented out code

davidb

Symptoms:
Array operations producing parse errors in code that was previously working.
Parse errors in commented out code.

Cause:
A back quote (key left of 1 on US standard keyboard) had accidentally been added on a line.

Solution:
Find and delete that sucker!

This took me all morning to track down. I finally had to resort to the debugging method of removing and re-adding code block by block. I am posting this here so that no one has to go through that again.

FrozNic

they're called backticks i believe, and um.. can i see your code? that completely boggles me that that would do that to you. 🙂

davidb

<html>
<body>
<?php
echo "<p>hello</p>";

` //backtick at beginning of this line.

for ($index=0; $index < 5; $index++)
{
// $newarray[] = $index;
}

if (isset($newarray))
{
foreach ($newarray as $element)
{
echo "<p>".$element."</p>";
}
}
?>
</body>
</html>

FrozNic

O lol, bet that was fun to debug 😃

davidb

That was an example, by the way.
It didn't take me all morning to debug what was posted above.