| Re: What happens when i dont use the semicolon for closing my statement [message #177899 is a reply to message #177898] |
Thu, 26 April 2012 02:59  |
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richard
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:29:31 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 4/25/2012 9:24 PM, richard wrote:
>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:05:01 -0700 (PDT), hakimserwa(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
>>
>>> On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 11:20:55 AM UTC+2, Erwin Moller wrote:
>>>> On 4/25/2012 10:43 AM, hakimserwa(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
>>>> > I am new to php and i am trying to learn so i would appreciate if i can cleary understand how the php syntax work by knowing how to do it and what happens if i dont do something.
>>>> >
>>>> > In this case i would like to know what happens i i dont close my statement with a semicolon.
>>>>
>>>> Why don't you try?
>>>>
>>>> Test1:
>>>> <?php
>>>> $name = "hakim";
>>>> echo $name;
>>>> ?>
>>>>
>>>> Test2:
>>>> <?php
>>>> $name = "hakim"
>>>> echo $name
>>>> ?>
>>>>
>>>> And test them.
>>>>
>>>> Also, make sure you have error reporting on when learning the language,
>>>> or developing.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Erwin Moller
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> "That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without
>>>> evidence."
>>>> -- Christopher Hitchens
>>>
>>>
>>> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}', expecting ',' or ';' in C:\xampp\htdocs\hello.php on line 13
>>>
>>> how do i read this error and undcerstan what it means so next time in can be able to solve it so quickly.
>>
>>
>> It says that it was expecting a character to be found in a certain place
>> and did not find it.
>> The "}" is the place where the character should be but is not.
>> If line 13 only contains the "}" then look above that line and within the
>> "{ }".
>> Now you know that the character ";" is required.
>> So use it accordingly.
>
> The problem here is the ';' is not required at the end of the line. PHP
> detects the error when it gets something it doesn't expect - in this
> case it's most probably the next line. However, in some cases (like
> unmatched '{', it could be much later - or even the end of the script.
How very true.
When I do basic progamming I sometinmes wind up with the program telling me
something is incomplete.
Then I have to look around and see why.
e.g.
While a>b
while C<d
wend
gives me an error because the second while did not have a matching wend.
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