Re: debugging

> Any missing delimiter will cause an error. I usually find that with quotes > and parenthesis there is another matching delimiter a line or two below the > missing delimiter. In cases like this, the parser catches the missing > delimiter as soon as it encounters the messed up syntax. > > For Example: > <? > $question = "Hey, how are you doing?; > $answer = "Fine, how are you"; > ^ > // Error caught here > ?> > > The parser should complain that there is a syntax error on line 3. As soon > as it encountered the first quote on that line, it knows that there is a > problem because there is no semicolon to end the line. And it does. <?php $question = "Hey, how are you doing?; $answer = "Fine, how are you"; // Test ?> The above script will give you a parse error on line 3. -Rasmus