Syntax error - can't figure out why

furtivefelon

hello everyone!
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in D:\apache2triad\htdocs\php\help.php on line 48

where line 48 is the last line of the following code:

function problemPage(){
	echo <<<END
		<p>Current Problem:</p>
		END;
}
?>

It most likely is a very stupid mistake on my part, can someone please enlighten me?

Thanks alot in advance!

dagon

function problemPage(){
	echo '<p>Current Problem:</p>';
}
?>

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cahva

Dagon didnt really expalin the problem. The "END;" must be in the beginning of line or else it gives you error.

function problemPage(){
	echo <<<END
		<p>Current Problem:</p>
END;
}

furtivefelon

why is <<<END ... END; not good?

I just figured out what my particular mistake was, there should not be white space before the line where END; resides on..

EDIT: thanks alot to cahva for explaining the solution!

dagon

I see no reason to be using the 'here document' syntax anyway

bradgrafelman

dagon wrote:
I see no reason to be using the 'here document' syntax anyway

In that code snippet? Of course not. Although, we must consider that the code snippet provided was probably an on-the-fly example of what he was trying.

Besides, never hurts to learn how to do something, even if you decide it wasn't necessary! :p

I'm sure you found this, but the manual page for a [man]string[/man] explains all about heredoc syntax.

Roger_Ramjet

Never been able to get HEREDOC to work myself, though I've not tried for years because of that.