Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in tests/act3.php on line 7

[ballhogjoni]

Ok i am a newbie at php, so i bought a book to learn and this is the actuall code in the book. The proble is that i am getting a "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in tests/act3.php on line 7" error. Can some one explain why this doesn't work and/or if there is just a typo in the book i bought? (there are more codes in this book that don't work. i think it has to do with my version of php. my host is running php 4.4 and the book is for php 5. any advice?)

<?php
$num = 1;
while ($num <= 49) {
echo "$num";
echo "<br>";
$num += 2;
?>

[NogDog]

You never close the while loop with a closing brace.

<?php
$num = 1;
while ($num <= 49) {
  echo "$num";
  echo "<br>";
  $num += 2;
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?>

[NogDog]

PS: Just to confuse you a bit, here's how I'd probably code the same thing:

<?php
for($num = 1; $num <= 49; $num += 2)
{
  echo "$num<br>\n";
}
?>

But maybe that's in the next lesson. 🙂

[ballhogjoni]

lol NOGDOG. I looked ahead a little bit, and yep, its the next lesson.