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Re: HP syntax error, unexpected T_variable [message #179906 is a reply to message #179903] Tue, 18 December 2012 16:50 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Jerry Stuckle is currently offline  Jerry Stuckle
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On 12/18/2012 8:11 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
> Am 18.12.2012 13:10, schrieb Jerry Stuckle:
>> On 12/18/2012 6:36 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
>>> Am 18.12.2012 01:51, schrieb Jerry Stuckle:
>>>> On 12/17/2012 6:51 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>>> > Twayne wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> […]
>>>> >> PHP 5.3.5 on XP Pro SP3+, Apache 2.2 local server.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ------------------------
>>>> >>
>>>> >> <?php
>>>> >> if(isset($_POST['email'])) {
>>>> >>
>>>> >> $email_to=me(at)example(dot)com;
>>>> > ^ ^
>>>> >> /*
>>>> >> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in
>>>> >> C:\xampp\htdocs\send.php on line 5
>>>> >> */
>>>> >> ...
>>>> >> ?>
>>>> > ^^
>>>> > Superfluous and error-prone at the end of a file. Also, there should be a
>>>> > “}” before it to end the block of the “if” statement.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Maybe you consider it superfluous, but GOOD programmer close their code at the end.
>>>> Of course, we know YOU don't.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Zend Framework does not use ?> in PHP only files. Just checked.
>>>
>>> /Str.
>>>
>>
>> I rest my case.
>
> Just for the many readers,
>
> the problem with the closing tag is, that you get difficult to control newlines and
> spaces in the output.
>
> This is hardly noticeable in HTML, but a big problem when serving binary files.
>
> /Str.
>
>

It is not a problem for good programmers. They know not to place
newline characters after the ?>. Additionally, if one sneaks in, the
error message generated is QUITE clear.

And BTW - PHP scripts are NOT "binary files".

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