Installation Problems

[nabberuk]

Recently Installed PHP 4.3.11, MySQL 3.23.49 running in CGI mode on ISS 6 (win2003).

I have a test page;

<?php
echo "ello";
$123="123";
echo $123;
?>

but i get the following error,

Parse error: parse error, expecting T_VARIABLE' or'$'' in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\test.php on line 3

Now im not being funny, but there is $ there, this is very basic PHP and im sure its correct. Is there something i need to do in my setup to get varibles working.

cheers for any help 🙂

nathan

[bradgrafelman]

Variable names can not start with a number.

Also, since PHP obviously compiled without errors, and the engine is running (it reported an error!), this isn't really an "Install" issue, rather a "Coding" issue, perhaps even a "Newbie" issue. (Not being offensive; everyone starts somewhere.)

EDIT: Also, I got this error with your script (on PHP 4.3.7):

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_LNUMBER, expecting T_VARIABLE or '$' in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\wtf.php on line 3

Made it a bit more obvious for me 😉

[nabberuk]

hehe, thats funny, can you tell im a little rusty.

thanks for your help.

nathan