[RESOLVED] Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end

rr1024

Hello, I was wondering if any one has any good ways of tracking this problem down
Here is the full error code

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/utils.inc.php on line 1416

Problem is here is line 1416


1415
1416
1417
1418   FUNCTION dumpVar( $var )
1419   {
1420           var_dump($var);
1421   }
1422?>

in my template engine if I do the following "file that includes utils.inc.php

REQUIRE_ONCE( SCRIPT_DIR_INC . 'utils.inc.php' ); #active function utilities
exit('here');

I get the following error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/utils.inc.php on line 1416

and if I do the following

exit('here');
REQUIRE_ONCE( SCRIPT_DIR_INC . 'utils.inc.php' ); #active function utilities

Then I get
here

But the thing that kills me is when I open utils.inc.php and goto the second line
<?php
exit('here');

Then I still get the error
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/utils.inc.php on line 1416

I use xampp on my windows xp as a development server and of course I do not see this error at all. I only get this error when I ftp my code over to the linux server.

any help would be great, thanks

NogDog

Just to be sure: are you showing us the lines from "utils.inc.php" and not from the file that includes it? If so, we may need to see some more lines from before the line number quoted in the error message.

Usually such errors are due to something being opened but never closed, such as quotes, parentheses, braces, or brackets.

rr1024

Hello NogDog,
Yes the lines numbers displayed are from utils.inc.php.

I kind of figured that the issue was related to either me leaving something open or maybe closing something twice.

Further update.

If I delete all the code in utils.inc.php so that it's only contents are
<?php

Then I get a different error in a different file, this file is below utils.inc.php
Here is the full list of include files and their order

REQUIRE_ONCE( SCRIPT_DIR_CLASS . 'utils.class.php' ); #passive class utilities

REQUIRE_ONCE( SCRIPT_DIR_INC . 'utils.inc.php' ); #active function utilities

REQUIRE_ONCE( SCRIPT_DIR_INC . 'cookies.inc.php' );
REQUIRE_ONCE( SCRIPT_DIR_INC . 'languages.inc.php' );
REQUIRE_ONCE( SCRIPT_DIR_CLASS . 'template.engine.class.php' );
REQUIRE_ONCE( SCRIPT_DIR_INC . 'db.inc.php' );
exit('here');

with the above modification to utils.inc.php I now get and error "unexpected TELSE on line 91 in languages.inc.php

                      IF( $langF ) { #get current language from a previously set cookie
                           $currentLanguage = $CookieLang;
 91->>>        }ELSE{
                           $currentLanguage = LANG_DEFAULT;  # set current language to default one
                      }

Then if I remove the whole IF else and re upload the languages.inc.php I get
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/languages.inc.php on line 217


/*
                FUNCTION _t_err_echo( $str, $arg0='', $arg1='', $arg2='', $arg3='', $arg4='', $arg5='', $arg6='' )
217->>> {
                        ECHO '<DIV class="err">'._t( $str, $arg0, $arg1, $arg2, $arg3, $arg4, $arg5, $arg6 ).'</DIV>';
                }

*/

Notice the code is actually Rem'd...lol....
Anyway I may have fixed it by mistake 😕 just now I did a file upload via the cPanel rather than my normal FTP and everything started working again?

So, I'm not totally sure but maybe something keeps failing in the FTP with a specific file, because I uploaded the file originally with 50 or so other files, then tried to upload the three files that seem to be the culprits
languages.inc.php
utils.inc.php
and the template engine file individually 20-30 times each with the problem still there.
Today I use the cPanel file manager to upload all three files and bam everthing starts working....the only mods to the files where ctrl->z undo's so there was no changes to the actual code.

I'm thinking maybe something wrong with the ftp server or maybe filezilla?

bradgrafelman

Were you uploading the files in ASCII or Binary mode? I would suggest trying Binary mode.

rr1024

Well I believe filezilla does it automatically so I'll see if it has a manual mode...thanks