Re: Parse error with simple script

Hi again, Ok, I wasnt that tired after all :) and had the belliant idea of loading my script in vi and lo and behold here is what I saw: $user| =| 'root' ; Nice, huh? This was generated by this cute editor called BlueFish.. no more bluefish for me. Mohamed~ Mohamed LRHAZI wrote: > > Hello All, > > I am sure this is simple, but I really cant figure it out by myself.. at > least not tonight :) > > This simple script gives : Parse error: parse error in > /var/www/html/test.php on line 2 > # cat /var/www/html/test.php > <?php > $user = "root" ; > echo "hello $user"; > ?> > > If I comment (//) line 2, it works and the hello shows up. > If I replace the double quotes with single quotes, it gives the same > parse error. > > I already tried overwritng my php.ini with the original one and also > tried reinstalling the mod_php rpm. > > Thanks a lot for any hints. > Mohamed~ > > I am using Linux Mandrake 8.0 with these rpms: > > rpm -qa|egrep php\|apache > php-ldap-4.0.4pl1-6mdk > apache-common-1.3.19-3mdk > apache-modules-1.3.19-3mdk > apache-mod_perl-1.3.19_1.25-3mdk > apache-1.3.19-3mdk > php-common-4.0.4pl1-6mdk > apache-suexec-1.3.19-3mdk > mod_php-4.0.4pl1-6mdk > php-imap-4.0.4pl1-6mdk > apache-conf-1.3.19-3mdk > php-4.0.4pl1-6mdk > apache-manual-1.3.19-3mdk > php-gd-4.0.4pl1-6mdk > php-readline-4.0.4pl1-6mdk > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net