Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{

[siarits-tc]

I get this:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in /Library/WebServer/Documents/array_to_js.php on line 2

for no reason that I can find on this:

<?php
classArrayToJavaScript {
private $js_arrays;
private functionerror($message,$stop=true){
*****echo"<b>array_to_js</b>-FATALERROR:".$message;
***if($stop) {
exit;
}
}
**public functionadd_array($myarray,$outputvarname,$level=0){

*****if(isset($this->js_arrays[$outputvarname])) {
*********$this->error('ThisArrayhasbeenaddedmorethanonce:*"'.$outputvarname.'"');
}

*****for($i=0;$i<$level;$i++){
$pre.='*';
}

*******$this->js_arrays[$outputvarname].=$pre.$outputvarname.'=newObject();'."\n";

*******foreach($myarrayas$key=>$value)*{

*********if(!is_int($key)) {
*************$key=*'"'.addslashes($key).'"';
}

*********if(is_array($value)) {
*************$this->add_array($value,$outputvarname.'['.$key.']',*$level+1);
}

*********else{
***********$this->js_arrays[$outputvarname].=$pre.''.$outputvarname.'['.$key.']'.'=*';

*************if(is_int($value)oris_float($value)) {
***************$this->js_arrays[$outputvarname].=$value;
}
**********elseif(is_bool($value)) {
***************$this->js_arrays[$outputvarname].=$value?"true":"false";
}
**********elseif(is_string($value)) {
***************$this->js_arrays[$outputvarname].='"'.addslashes($value).'"';
}
**********else {
****************$this->error('UnknownDatatypefor"'.$outputvarname.'['.$key.']"');
}

*************$this->js_arrays[$outputvarname].=";\n";
******}
**}
}
**public functionoutput_all($scripttag=true)*{

*******if($scripttag){
$outputstring='<scriptlanguage="JavaScript"*type="text/javascript">'."\n";
}

*****foreach($this->js_arraysas$array) {
*********$outputstring.=*$array;
}

*******if($scripttag){
$outputstring.=*'</script>'."\n";
}

*****return$outputstring;
**}
}
?>

I can't find the missing tag.

[dagon]

assuming the * are spaces, I get no syntax error, make sure your looking at the right file

[bradgrafelman]

If you're positive you're looking at the correct file, rename it to have a .txt file extension and try attaching it to your next post.

[siarits-tc]

i copied and pasted the text from a tutorial on the web to begin with. it wouldn't work no matter what I tried so i manually re-typed it in another file, saved it and re-opened it with no problems. i checked over it time and again seeing no difference in the characters. the issue is resolved now, but I don't understand how a copy and paste could cause a parse error.

[bradgrafelman]

Based on the board's replacement of the spaces with *'s, sounds like you copied something in one encoding (e.g. Unicode) and pasted it into a file saved with a different encoding.