wierd error

[Nikola Skoric]

I have this very simple PHP script:

#!/usr/local/bin/php -q

<?php
$post="From: \"Burek\" <burek@burek.hr >\\nSubject: foobar\\nNewsgr oups:
hr.test\\n\\nNe sto, nesto.';

$command="echo -ne \"mode reader\\npost\\ n" . $post . "\\n.\\nquit\\n \"
| nc news.carnet.hr 119\n";
echo $command;
exec($command);
?>

And it fails to execute:
PHP Parse error: parse error in /home/users/n/nick/bin/postFAQ.php on
line 6

I have dissected the script and found that when I write it this way:
$command=
"echo"
. " -ne \"mode reader\\npost\\ n" . $post . "\\n.\\nquit\\n \" | nc
news.carnet.hr 119\n";
Then the error is on the line where "echo" is. Now, what am I missing?

--
"Now the storm has passed over me
I'm left to drift on a dead calm sea
And watch her forever through the cracks in the beams
Nailed across the doorways of the bedrooms of my dreams"

[Syl]

Re: wierd error


Nikola Skoric wrote:[color=blue]
> I have this very simple PHP script:
>
> #!/usr/local/bin/php -q
>
> <?php
> $post="From: \"Burek\" <burek@burek.hr >\\nSubject: foobar\\nNewsgr oups:
> hr.test\\n\\nNe sto, nesto.';
>
> $command="echo -ne \"mode reader\\npost\\ n" . $post . "\\n.\\nquit\\n \"
> | nc news.carnet.hr 119\n";
> echo $command;
> exec($command);
> ?>
>
> And it fails to execute:
> PHP Parse error: parse error in /home/users/n/nick/bin/postFAQ.php on
> line 6
>
> I have dissected the script and found that when I write it this way:
> $command=
> "echo"
> . " -ne \"mode reader\\npost\\ n" . $post . "\\n.\\nquit\\n \" | nc
> news.carnet.hr 119\n";
> Then the error is on the line where "echo" is. Now, what am I missing?[/color]

try this :

$command="echo -ne 'mode reader\\npost\\ n' . $post . '\\n\\nquit\\n\ '
| nc news.carnet.hr 119\n";


also - why do you the dot operator here :
"\\n.\\nquit\\n \"

[Nikola Skoric]

Re: wierd error

Dana 5 Jun 2006 19:14:07 -0700,
Syl <david.hunter@g mail.com> kaze:[color=blue]
> try this :
>
> $command="echo -ne 'mode reader\\npost\\ n' . $post . '\\n\\nquit\\n\ '
>| nc news.carnet.hr 119\n";[/color]

Well, that won't work. The code I put in $comand variable is not PHP code
but bash code.
[color=blue]
> also - why do you the dot operator here :
> "\\n.\\nquit\\n \"[/color]

That's not dot operator but NNTP command signalising end of article...

--
"Now the storm has passed over me
I'm left to drift on a dead calm sea
And watch her forever through the cracks in the beams
Nailed across the doorways of the bedrooms of my dreams"

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: wierd error

Nikola Skoric wrote:[color=blue]
> I have this very simple PHP script:
>
> #!/usr/local/bin/php -q
>
> <?php
> $post="From: \"Burek\" <burek@burek.hr >\\nSubject: foobar\\nNewsgr oups:
> hr.test\\n\\nNe sto, nesto.';
>
> $command="echo -ne \"mode reader\\npost\\ n" . $post . "\\n.\\nquit\\n \"
> | nc news.carnet.hr 119\n";
> echo $command;
> exec($command);
> ?>
>
> And it fails to execute:
> PHP Parse error: parse error in /home/users/n/nick/bin/postFAQ.php on
> line 6
>
> I have dissected the script and found that when I write it this way:
> $command=
> "echo"
> . " -ne \"mode reader\\npost\\ n" . $post . "\\n.\\nquit\\n \" | nc
> news.carnet.hr 119\n";
> Then the error is on the line where "echo" is. Now, what am I missing?
>[/color]

Nikola,

Check your file to see if you possibly have mismatched double quotes earlier in
your file (or in a file which includes this one).

Normally when I see this it means I've screwed up and had mismatched quotes
earlier in the file.

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[Nikola Skoric]

Re: wierd error

Dana Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:02:33 -0400,
Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attg lobal.net> kaze:[color=blue]
> Check your file to see if you possibly have mismatched double quotes earlier in
> your file (or in a file which includes this one).
>
> Normally when I see this it means I've screwed up and had mismatched quotes
> earlier in the file.[/color]

Nope, I pasted the whole script, and the script is executed from command
line, it is not included...

--
"Now the storm has passed over me
I'm left to drift on a dead calm sea
And watch her forever through the cracks in the beams
Nailed across the doorways of the bedrooms of my dreams"

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: wierd error

Nikola Skoric wrote:[color=blue]
> I have this very simple PHP script:
>
> #!/usr/local/bin/php -q
>
> <?php
> $post="From: \"Burek\" <burek@burek.hr >\\nSubject: foobar\\nNewsgr oups:
> hr.test\\n\\nNe sto, nesto.';
>
> $command="echo -ne \"mode reader\\npost\\ n" . $post . "\\n.\\nquit\\n \"
> | nc news.carnet.hr 119\n";
> echo $command;
> exec($command);
> ?>
>
> And it fails to execute:
> PHP Parse error: parse error in /home/users/n/nick/bin/postFAQ.php on
> line 6
>
> I have dissected the script and found that when I write it this way:
> $command=
> "echo"
> . " -ne \"mode reader\\npost\\ n" . $post . "\\n.\\nquit\\n \" | nc
> news.carnet.hr 119\n";
> Then the error is on the line where "echo" is. Now, what am I missing?
>[/color]

OK, check your first line. You start the string with a " but end it with a '.

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=============== ===
Remove the "x" from my email address
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=============== ===

[Nikola Skoric]

Re: wierd error

In article <k6CdnbVIiJJpfh jZnZ2dnUVZ_oGdn Z2d@comcast.com >,
jstucklex@attgl obal.net says...[color=blue]
> OK, check your first line. You start the string with a " but end it with a '.[/color]

I refuse to belive this... but, yes, you are right. A week of debugging
one single quote. Hope it won't happen again. Thanks a bunch.

--
"Now the storm has passed over me
I'm left to drift on a dead calm sea
And watch her forever through the cracks in the beams
Nailed across the doorways of the bedrooms of my dreams"

[Rik]

Re: wierd error

Nikola Skoric wrote:[color=blue]
> In article <k6CdnbVIiJJpfh jZnZ2dnUVZ_oGdn Z2d@comcast.com >,
> jstucklex@attgl obal.net says...[color=green]
>> OK, check your first line. You start the string with a " but end it
>> with a '.[/color]
>
> I refuse to belive this... but, yes, you are right. A week of
> debugging
> one single quote. Hope it won't happen again. Thanks a bunch.[/color]

Many editors with syntax highlighting could have shown you this in a
heartbeat. Which editor do you use?

Grtz,
--
Rik Wasmus