Re: syntax error, unexpected '&' in /etc/php/php.ini on line 107

On Mon, 28 May 2012, Diederick de Vries wrote:

To: php-install@lists.php.net From: Diederick de Vries <diederick76@gmail.com> Subject: [PHP-INSTALL] syntax error,

    unexpected '&' in /etc/php/php.ini on line 107

Hi all, I have a peculiar problem. My http error log is flooded with these two lines over and over again: PHP: syntax error, unexpected '&' in /etc/php/php.ini on line 107 PHP: syntax error, unexpected '&' in /etc/php/php.ini on line 108 My /etc/php/php.ini's lines 104 through 109 are: 104 ; error_reporting 105 ; Default Value: E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_STRICT & ~E_DEPRECATED 106 ; Development Value: E_ALL 107 ; Production Value: E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT 108 109 ; html_errors Everything above these lines is commented, except for the first line, that reads: [PHP] So the &s on line 107 are to be expected, and line 108 is empty. Does anyone have any idea what's going on here? Is this a bug?

Are you sure you are using that php.ini file? Are there multiple versions of php installed on the box? A self-compiled version of php will typically put it's php.ini file in a different place to a version of php from a distribution's installation package version of php. Is this a symbolic link to another file somewhere on the system. Make a backup copy of /etc/php/php.ini and delete the original /etc/php/php.ini file. Stop and start apache to force it to re-read the php.ini file the apache php module uses. If you still get the same error, then you most likely have conflicting versions of php.ini on that system. HTH, Keith Roberts

Thanks! $ uname -a Linux bender 3.3.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun May 13 09:59:18 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux $ php --version PHP 5.4.3 (cli) (built: May 8 2012 17:09:39) Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies

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