[RESOLVED] unexpected T_VARIABLE

Dr4gon97

Hello, i just started to use some php for some tests on my website, today i was writing this script buy it says: "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$b' (T_VARIABLE) on line 4. Here's the code

<?php 
 $a = 2;
 $b = 4;
if*($a*>*$b) {
	echo*"a*is*bigger*than*b";
}*
elseif*($a*==*$b)*{
	echo*"a*is*equal*to*b";
}*else {
	echo*"a*is*smaller*than*b";
}
?>

Edit: the

 writes "*" instead of " "

bradgrafelman

Dr4gon97;11031957 wrote:

Edit: the

 writes "*" instead of " "[/QUOTE]Actually, that's the core vBulletin software doing that - not just that particular bbCode tag. What that indicates (or at least has consistently indicated in the past) is that you don't have normal space ASCII characters there but instead of some other special character (such as a non-breaking space). After replacing those characters with spaces, the code you posted above will have no other parse errors.

EDIT: Also, welcome to PHPBuilder!

Dr4gon97

&#65279;<?php
 $a = 2; 

 $b = 4; 

 if ($a > $b) {
     echo ('a is bigger than b'); 
 } elseif ($a == $b) {
     echo ('a is equal to b'); 
 } else {
     echo ('a is smaller than b'); 
 } 
 ?>

It doesn't show "*" anymore but now, when i test it, says "Fatal error on line 9" i don't get what's wrong

Dr4gon97

Dr4gon97;11031979 wrote:
&#65279;<?php
 $a = 2; 

 $b = 4; 

 if ($a > $b) {
     echo ('a is bigger than b'); 
 } elseif ($a == $b) {
     echo ('a is equal to b'); 
 } else {
     echo ('a is smaller than b'); 
 } 
 ?>
It doesn't show "*" anymore but now, when i test it, says "Fatal error on line 9" i don't get what's wrong

Nevermind, i forgot to remove spaces between brackets and "echo". Problem solved, thanks

And sorry for double post ^-