Re: unexpected include parse error

Shawn McKenzie wrote:

I've noticed in both of your posts that you aren't terminating the line before the include with a ;

Yup, thanks! Then I fixed my global problem without bugging you guys too. Final result: #call.php $dirstr= "./"; include 'scandir.php'; scandir('$dirstr'); #scandir.php function scandir($dirstr) {

     global $dirstr; #I HAD TO ADD THIS LINE ALSO
     $files = array();
     $fh = opendir($dirstr);
     while (false !== ($filename = readdir($fh))) {
         array_push($files, $filename);
     }
     closedir($fh);
     return $files;

}

FYI... If you use / then you don't have to escape it like // only the \. Also, instead of ".\\" you can use '.\'

Ah ha! that explains my confusion :-)