Re: php parse error after installation

On Sat, 8 Sep 2012, Daniel Brown wrote:

To: kevin <klane@actrix.co.nz> From: Daniel Brown <danbrown@php.net> Subject: Re: [PHP-INSTALL] php parse error after installation On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 3:42 AM, kevin <klane@actrix.co.nz> wrote:

Hi there,

                I have exhausted all methods I can find to fix this problem

,which is from the following php code from php 5 for dummies book, which I doubled checked as well from their website, <html> <head> <title>PHP Test</title> </head> <body> <p>This is an HTML line <?php echo “<p>This is a PHP line</p>”;

Note the special quotes you're using here --- that's why. PHP doesn't understand fancy quotes, only:

       Single-quotes (  '  ), which PHP parses as a literal string.
       Double-quotes (  "  ), which PHP parses as a string to be

interpreted (such as the translation of variables).

       Backticks (  `  ), which PHP uses to execute command-line code

(if permitted by system configuration). Change your quotes to either single or double quotes and your problems should vanish.

Well spotted Daniel. I was just gonna say use this instead: <head> <title>php-info</title> </head> <body> <?php phpinfo(); ?> </body> Kind Regards, Keith ----------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------