Parse Error

[Mike Schumann]

I have the following PHP code:

<?php
class zen_categories_ ul_generator {
var $root_category_ id = 0,
$max_level = 6,
$data = array(),
$root_start_str ing = '',
$root_end_strin g = '',
$parent_start_s tring = '',
$parent_end_str ing = '',

$child_start_st ring = '<li%s>',
$child_end_stri ng = '</li>'."\n",

$spacer_string = '',
$spacer_multipl ier = 1;

etc..........

I am getting a parse error in this line:

$child_end_stri ng = '</li>'."\n",

PHP doesn't like the period character.

I am running PHP Ver 4.4.2

Does anyone have any ideas what is going on?

Thanks,
--
Mike Schumann

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: Parse Error

Mike Schumann wrote:[color=blue]
> I have the following PHP code:
>
> <?php
> class zen_categories_ ul_generator {
> var $root_category_ id = 0,
> $max_level = 6,
> $data = array(),
> $root_start_str ing = '',
> $root_end_strin g = '',
> $parent_start_s tring = '',
> $parent_end_str ing = '',
>
> $child_start_st ring = '<li%s>',
> $child_end_stri ng = '</li>'."\n",
>
> $spacer_string = '',
> $spacer_multipl ier = 1;
>
> etc..........
>
> I am getting a parse error in this line:
>
> $child_end_stri ng = '</li>'."\n",
>
> PHP doesn't like the period character.
>
> I am running PHP Ver 4.4.2
>
> Does anyone have any ideas what is going on?
>
> Thanks,[/color]

The period is fine. But the comma at the end isn't.

If you really do have a semicolon at the end, look for mismatched single or
double quotes on a previous line.


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[Mike Schumann]

Re: Parse Error

Why is the comma at the end of the line any different than the lines before
it, which parsed just fine?

Mike Schumann

"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attg lobal.net> wrote in message
news:gsadnSYbcN T31KvZnZ2dnUVZ_ sSdnZ2d@comcast .com...[color=blue]
> Mike Schumann wrote:[color=green]
>> I have the following PHP code:
>>
>> <?php
>> class zen_categories_ ul_generator {
>> var $root_category_ id = 0,
>> $max_level = 6,
>> $data = array(),
>> $root_start_str ing = '',
>> $root_end_strin g = '',
>> $parent_start_s tring = '',
>> $parent_end_str ing = '',
>>
>> $child_start_st ring = '<li%s>',
>> $child_end_stri ng = '</li>'."\n",
>>
>> $spacer_string = '',
>> $spacer_multipl ier = 1;
>>
>> etc..........
>>
>> I am getting a parse error in this line:
>>
>> $child_end_stri ng = '</li>'."\n",
>>
>> PHP doesn't like the period character.
>>
>> I am running PHP Ver 4.4.2
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas what is going on?
>>
>> Thanks,[/color]
>
> The period is fine. But the comma at the end isn't.
>
> If you really do have a semicolon at the end, look for mismatched single
> or double quotes on a previous line.
>
>
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> Remove the "x" from my email address
> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> jstucklex@attgl obal.net
> =============== ===[/color]

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: Parse Error

Mike Schumann wrote:[color=blue]
> Why is the comma at the end of the line any different than the lines before
> it, which parsed just fine?
>
> Mike Schumann
>
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attg lobal.net> wrote in message
> news:gsadnSYbcN T31KvZnZ2dnUVZ_ sSdnZ2d@comcast .com...
>[color=green]
>>Mike Schumann wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>I have the following PHP code:
>>>
>>><?php
>>> class zen_categories_ ul_generator {
>>> var $root_category_ id = 0,
>>> $max_level = 6,
>>> $data = array(),
>>> $root_start_str ing = '',
>>> $root_end_strin g = '',
>>> $parent_start_s tring = '',
>>> $parent_end_str ing = '',
>>>
>>> $child_start_st ring = '<li%s>',
>>> $child_end_stri ng = '</li>'."\n",
>>>
>>> $spacer_string = '',
>>> $spacer_multipl ier = 1;
>>>
>>>etc......... .
>>>
>>>I am getting a parse error in this line:
>>>
>>> $child_end_stri ng = '</li>'."\n",
>>>
>>>PHP doesn't like the period character.
>>>
>>>I am running PHP Ver 4.4.2
>>>
>>>Does anyone have any ideas what is going on?
>>>
>>>Thanks,[/color]
>>
>>The period is fine. But the comma at the end isn't.
>>
>>If you really do have a semicolon at the end, look for mismatched single
>>or double quotes on a previous line.
>>
>>[/color][/color]

Your problem is that the period has a higher precedence than the comma.
Therefore it tries to end the variable definition at the period, overriding the
comma.

I don't like stringing a lot of variables on multiple lines like this - and this
is one of the reasons why (another is just style). Define them as:

var $root_category_ id = 0;
var $max_level = 6;
var $data = array();
var $root_start_str ing = '';
var $root_end_strin g = '';
var $parent_start_s tring = '';
var $parent_end_str ing = '';

var $child_start_st ring = '<li%s>';
var $child_end_stri ng = '</li>'."\n";

var $spacer_string = '';
var $spacer_multipl ier = 1;

and your problem goes away.

You might also get by with:

$child_end_stri ng = ('</li>'."\n"),

but I haven't tried it.

(P.S. Please don't top post).


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