Re: Re: what is wrong with my big array

You're Right. I don't saw that. Stut wrote: > Ross wrote: > >>get a parse error! >> >>$region_array = array('a' =>'All of Scotland', 1 =>'Aberdeen >>City >>Council', 2 =>'Aberdeenshire Council', 3 =>'AngusCouncil', 5 >>=>'Argyll and >>Bute Council', 6 => 'Clackmannanshire Council', 9 =>'Dumfries and >>Gallowalloway', 10 => 'Dundee City Council', 11 => 'East Ayrshire >>Council', 13 => 'East Dunbartonshire', 14 => 'East Lothian >>Council', 15 => >>'East Renfrewshire Council', 16 =>'Edinburgh City Council', 17 >>=>'Falkirk >>Council', 18 =>'Fife Council', 20 =>'Highland Council', 21 >>=>'Inverclyde >>Council', 22 =>'Midlothian Council', 23 => 'Moray Council', >>24 =>'North >>Ayrshire Council', 25 =>'North Lanarkshire Council', 26 =>'Orkney >>Islands >>Council', 27 =>'Perth & Kinross Council', 28 => 'Renfrewshire >>Council',29 >>=>'Scottish Borders Council', 30 = > 'Shetland Isles Council', 31 >>=>'South >>Ayrshire Council', 32 => 'South Lanarkshire Council', 33 => >>'Stirling >>Council', 34 =>'West Dunbartonshire', 35 => 'West Lothian >>Council', 8 => >>'Comhairle nan Eilean'); >> ?> >> > You might want to consider laying your code out in a more readable format. > > $region_array = array( > 'a' => 'All of Scotland', > 1 => 'Aberdeen City Council', > 2 => 'Aberdeenshire Council', > 3 => 'AngusCouncil', > 5 => 'Argyll and Bute Council', > 6 => 'Clackmannanshire Council', > 9 => 'Dumfries and Gallowalloway', > 10 => 'Dundee City Council', > 11 => 'East Ayrshire Council', > 13 => 'East Dunbartonshire', > 14 => 'East Lothian Council', > 15 => 'East Renfrewshire Council', > 16 => 'Edinburgh City Council', > 17 => 'Falkirk Council', > 18 => 'Fife Council', > 20 => 'Highland Council', > 21 => 'Inverclyde Council', > 22 => 'Midlothian Council', > 23 => 'Moray Council', > 24 => 'North Ayrshire Council', > 25 => 'North Lanarkshire Council', > 26 => 'Orkney Islands Council', > 27 => 'Perth & Kinross Council', > 28 => 'Renfrewshire Council', > 29 => 'Scottish Borders Council', > 30 = > 'Shetland Isles Council', > 31 => 'South Ayrshire Council', > 32 => 'South Lanarkshire Council', > 33 => 'Stirling Council', > 34 => 'West Dunbartonshire', > 35 => 'West Lothian Council', > 8 => 'Comhairle nan Eilean'); > > As already pointed out, there is a space between the = and > after the > 30. Laying code out like this also tends to limit the amount of code you > need to look at to find syntax errors like this since PHP happily points > to the precise line. > > -Stut