Re: Debugging includes

Jonathan Kahan wrote:

I am attmepting to run a php scrip and this is the error i keep on getting. The scripts first 4 lines are below the errors. When errors are returned, does that mean that the error is local or in one of the include scripts? I have tried to reverse the order of the includes but when i do this the errors still are the same it seems. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in C:\WebSites\www\springsystems\Portal\processfiles.inc on line 3 Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in C:\WebSites\www\springsystems\Portal\processfiles.inc on line 4 Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\WebSites\www\springsystems\Portal\processfiles.inc on line 4 This is the beginning of the file C:\WebSites\www\springsystems\Portal\processfiles.inc: . <? include ("./ASN_DBUtilities.php"); include ("./PO_Utilities.php"); include ("inc_FileManager.php"); include ("./ASN_FileManager.php");

One of the included files is screwing up. Perhaps it has a syntax error in it, or a non-closed PHP tag. The errors are then cascading down through the rest of your scripts. Also check you are allowed to use 'short tags' (<? instead of <?php) by looking at your phpinfo() dump, because if not then the above will try and be parsed as XML, which you really don't want. As you're getting a parser error though, my money is on one of the includes being foobared. If you have access to command-line PHP, try doing: php -l ASN_DBUtilities.php etc for each file, to see if there are any immediate parser errors. Cheers, Rich -- Zend Certified Engineer http://www.corephp.co.uk "Never trust a computer you can't throw out of a window"