echo <<< doesn't work...

pepee · #1 03-Apr-2004, 01:04

Hey everybody

,

It's my first week of PHP/MySQL and i am working on a uploader/editor of DB online. While reading around to solve the never ending mysteries, i found an echo function written:

PHP Code:


echo <<< FOO 
     <form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> 
     <input type=file name="File" size="20"><br /> 
     <input type=submit name="Upload" value="Upload"> 
     </form> 
FOO;

instead of:

PHP Code:


echo "
     <form action=\"upload.php\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart/form-data\"> 
     <input type=file name=\"File\" size=\"20\"><br /> 
     <input type=submit name=\"Upload\" value=\"Upload\"> 
     </form>";

I guess the <<< is to avoid putting '\' every time there is a ' " '
Since my php file has now more than 400 lines, it would be very time saving to use echo<<< instead of echo ""; However. This doesn't work for me for some reason. When i try it, i get:

Quote:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_SL, expecting ',' or ';' in D:\WEB\TestSite\TMPukzjrvkilv.php on line 9

Can somebody please tell me how to fix that. Is it from the php version i am using, or is it from the configuration files?

Apache/2.0.48 (Win32) PHP/4.3.4 Server at localhost Port 80

Thank You

JdS · #2 03-Apr-2004, 02:24

Hello pepee,

I was just glancing through the "What's new in PHP 4.3.5" and didn't notice a bugfix with the HEREDOC syntax in version 4.3.4. Maybe you could go through the list thoroughly or check the bug list.

However, I also use 4.3.4 on my local machine (win32) and just ran your code and it worked fine.

Perhaps it's an issue with other code inside your script? Was this all the code in the PHP page when you tested it?

pepee · #3 03-Apr-2004, 02:43

Yes, it was the only thing:

PHP Code:


<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>

<? 
echo <<< FOO 
     <form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> 
     <input type=file name="File" size="20"><br /> 
     <input type=submit name="Upload" value="Upload"> 
     </form> 
FOO; 
?> 
</body>
</html>

I am working on DreamweaverMX, which recognizes the colors of php, but it doesn't in this case...

JdS · #4 03-Apr-2004, 02:46

Instead of using DW, can you try creating that file with Notepad and saving it (replacing the DW version) and view the page again? Just to rule out DW as the culprit.

pepee · #5 03-Apr-2004, 02:51

made a new file.txt
put the code,
saved it,
renamed it,
ran it.
same thing happens.
(hehe, like a poem LOL)

JdS · #6 03-Apr-2004, 02:59

I don't know pepee, like I said, the code example you pasted worked well on my test server.

You could try a few other minor things at least until you get this working:

don't use short tags when starting your PHP code.
Replace <<< FOO with <<<FOO.
Make sure DW is NOT allowed to modify/correct files with .php extensions.

This may be unrelated to the issue but it will not hurt to rule it out as well. Don't use the preview in browser via DW. View the page from http://localhost ?

gardolas · #7 03-Apr-2004, 03:02

very strange just copied the code straight from here and got the same error yet when I copied the code from the original script it worked, however both are the same!

used

PHP Code:


echo <<< FOO
     <form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
     <input type=file name="File" size="20"><br />
     <input type=submit name="Upload" value="Upload">
     </form>
FOO;

Very confused!

pepee · #8 03-Apr-2004, 03:06

JDS:
OK. I will stick to those rules. I only don't understand the third bulletpoint.

gardolas:
haha, tanx man, that made things easier

JdS · #9 03-Apr-2004, 03:19

In DW, click Edit -> Preferences.

Select Code Rewriting under Categories, in the box next to Never Rewrite Code (on the right), add .php

pepee · #10 03-Apr-2004, 03:22

It is already set so. I guess this is the default. But tanx, i know what this is now.

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