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Steven
Steven

Reputation: 25304

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in E:\xampp\htdocs\announcements\announcement.php on line 143

I get this error message

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in E:\xampp\htdocs\announcements\announcement.php on line 143

Line 143 is the last line of the PHP file. When I comment out 

$htmlcode=<<<eod
<div>$question</div>
<div>$option1  $option2  $option3  $option4</div><br/>
eod;    
echo $htmlcode;

The error is gone. What's wrong?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1492

Answers (3)

mauris
mauris

Reputation: 43619

What I found out what after your eod;, you had some whitespaces there.

Remove the whitespaces and it will work fine.

Tested:

<?php
$htmlcode=<<<eod
<div>$question</div>
<div>$option1  $option2  $option3  $option4</div><br/>
eod;
echo $htmlcode;
?>

Upvotes: 2

Adam Maras
Adam Maras

Reputation: 26863

Enclose the variable names inside your heredoc block with { and } like so:

$htmlcode=<<<eod
<div>{$question}</div>
<div>{$option1}  {$option2}  {$option3}  {$option4}</div><br/>
eod;
echo $htmlcode;

The problem is that PHP chokes on the fact that you have no whitespace separating your $question and $option4 variables from the opening < for your closing div tags.

Also, ensure that there's no whitespace after the semicolon following your eod delimiter. The only thing allowed on that line is your delimiter and a semicolon if necessary.

Upvotes: 1

Peter Lindqvist
Peter Lindqvist

Reputation: 10210

You have spaces after eod;

As stated in the manual

It is very important to note that the line with the closing identifier must contain no other characters, except possibly a semicolon (;). That means especially that the identifier may not be indented, and there may not be any spaces or tabs before or after the semicolon. It's also important to realize that the first character before the closing identifier must be a newline as defined by the local operating system. This is \n on UNIX systems, including Mac OS X. The closing delimiter (possibly followed by a semicolon) must also be followed by a newline.

Upvotes: 4

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