Posted by bill on 10/20/07 18:36

Rik Wasmus wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:44:48 +0200, bill <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
>> with this code:
>> ------------------------------------------
>> $sql = "select * from do_be_do where do_be_id = '$GET[id]' limit 1";
>> $result = mysql_query($sql, $connection) or die (mysql_error());
>> $row = mysql_fetch_array ($result);
>>
>> $title = stripslashes($row['title']);
>> $depends = stripslashes($row['depends']);
>>
>> $detail<<<eoxd
>> <form action="do_detail_save.php" method="post">
>> ...
>> eoxd;
>> ----------------------------
>> (the elipses (...) represent code left out of the posting
>>
>> I get the compile error:
>> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_START_HEREDOC in ....at line 54.
>>
>> line 54 is the line after: $detail<<<eoxd
>>
>> I can't see an error.
>
> Think of heredoc as alternative quotes
>
> What would the error be in:
> $detail 'foo';

yup, just needed the = sign.

Thanks all - I have been looking at this code too long !

bill

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