Posted by Wescotte on 11/02/98 11:44

The error message Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in FILE on
line X is one I run into frequently and I know the cause is I missed an
ending quote.

Is there an easy way to determine where the inital " started? I find
myself adding /* */ blocks or cutting/pasting sections of code out in
order to find where the error occured.

Wouldn't it it be nice if the warning message included the line in teh
source where the initial quote occured?

for example say this is my code
<?
function Build_Query(....)
code...

$my_query = "SELECT BLAH FROM ; (line 15)

more code...

} (line 100)
EOF

and you got

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in MYFILE on line 100
started on line 15

Just a thought
Eric

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