Parse Error

aescott

Hi all

I've created a PHP script which interrogates a database and draws a graph based on the results. I used EasyPHP2.01b under XP for the development, but when I tried to access the files using Linux and xampp, I got parse errors on line 1. I've since installed xampp and get the same parse error. I can't understand why the code works with EasyPHP and not xampp.

I've included the first couole of lines, plus the error message.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
	<head>......

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\xampp\htdocs\Temperature\temperature_dti.php on line 1

I've tried to change the double quotes to single quotes, I've changed the text editor from Notepad++ to Notepad - same result. I've only got one set of quotes on my keyboard, so don't know how I could change to anything different.

If anyone can help, it would be appreciated.

Thanks

laserlight

You probably have short open tags enabled, so PHP took a look at "<?xml" and figured that "xml" did not belong there.

The solution is to disable short open tags in php.ini and use <?php open tags instead of <?.

aescott

Nope - didn't work.

I have deleted the offending line and it all works - but I'm a bit mystified as to why it worked with one distribution and not another.

laserlight

Nope - didn't work.

I suggest that you test with:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

When I set short_open_tag to On my local Windows XP installation of PHP 5.2.3, I get the error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in D:\projects\web\test.php on line 1

If I have short_open_tag as Off, there is no error (as expected). Remember to restart the web server when you make a change to php.ini.

I have deleted the offending line and it all works - but I'm a bit mystified as to why it worked with one distribution and not another.

I still think that short_open_tag is the problem, and so it works with one third party distribution instead of another because they differ in default php.ini settings. That said, I am surprised that XAMPP, which I have heard good things about, would leave short_open_tag On.

aescott

Thanks - I'll give this a try.