Parse error when using [] in echo

sboom

I have the following small piece of code:

<? echo "[henry]yep, go over there[/henry]"; ?>

It gives me parse error:
"Parse error: parse error, expecting T_STRING' orT_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING' in /home/webzine/mer8c/echo.php on line 1

It gives me error because of [] use... how can I fix this? prinf() function give me error too.

thanks.

leatherback

Hi,

Try this:

<? echo "[henry]yep, go over there[/henry]"; ?>

ahundiak

What version of php are you using? It works for me under PHP 4.3.4 and 5.0.0b2.

sboom

leatherback:

I tried that and does not gives parse error but... when echo is done it exactly prints:
[henry]yep, go over there[/henry]
it's not very nice...

ahundiak:

PHP version is 4.3.3.

thanks for your help; any other ideas?

ahundiak

I suppose you could always use:
echo '[' . "Henry";

I suppose 4.3.3 might be confusing the [] with array constructs though it does not seem likely. Did you copy/paste the posted code directly or type it by hand? I really think there is something else going on.

sboom

ahundiak:

the use of

echo '[' . "Henry";

fixes the problem.
I copied/pasted the code directly.

thanks all for your help.

pjleonhardt

or you could just put it ALL in single quotes

<? echo '[henry]yep, go over there[/henry]'; ?>

Weedpacket

What I wanna know is, why would

<?php
echo "[henry]yep, go over there[/henry]";
?>

not work?

Moonglobe

that's a very good question weed. there's no $ sign anywhere there so it couldn't be getting confused with aray indices....😕