why can't I omit the parentheses of the Die()

[yozloy]

if the die is a language construct as the manual says, why the code stop when I take the parentheses off

die 'Something wrong!' // this doesn't work

die ('Something wrong') // only works in this way

BTW
I use the Espresso editor in Mac for coding php, if there any way to get the error from the php ?

Thanks?

[sneakyimp]

I'm not certain, but it might have something to do with the way that particular language construct is constructed. It requires an argument to output anything.

why is it such a big deal to use the parentheses? Have you considered maybe this:

echo 'something';
exit;