RE: [PHP-INSTALL] php parse error after installation

Hi Daniel, Thanks very much for that , another member pointed out my mistake was the quotes I had used , was in fact copy and pasted to ensure no typos but acrobat must have thought it was different character, anyway problem definitely gone cheers Regards kevin -----Original Message----- From: keith@karsites.localdomain [mailto:keith@karsites.localdomain] On Behalf Of Keith Roberts Sent: Sunday, 9 September 2012 04:15 Cc: php-install@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-INSTALL] 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] -----------------------------------------------------------