Re: Parse error: parse error, unexpected '='

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 20 Apr 2004 08:24, Lasse Motroen wrote: > I have received some code and am trying to run it. However, I get the > following error: > > *Parse error*: parse error, unexpected '=', expecting ')' > > It happens on this line when &$args=array() is reached: > > function array_key_remove(&$args=array(), $keys=array(),$replacement=NULL) > > I have php-4.2.2-17 and Apache 2.0.40 installed, and am runnig RedHat 9. > What's wrong, please help. IN PHP4 you can't have a default value for a parameter given by reference: &$args=array() You will need to change that to a simple &$args for it to work with PHP4. However, in PHP5 (any version from b1, I believe), you can have a default value for a parameter when given by referrence. Elfyn - -- Elfyn McBratney, EMCB mailto:elfyn@emcb.co.uk http://www.emcb.co.uk/ PGP Key ID: 0x456548B4 PGP Key Fingerprint: 29D5 91BB 8748 7CC9 650F 31FE 6888 0C2A 4565 48B4 Error: quote_machine(): Dry humour detected. >> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ << << ~ Linux london 2.6.5-emcb-243 #2 i686 GNU/Linux ~ >> >> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ << -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAhO9vaIgMKkVlSLQRAgu5AKCubWfkqcopm7ZXWuUamdPiRiW3gwCfVidL 5ixcr8l+91g2km7+VAPvYRM= =6DUI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----