Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 04:26:08PM +0100, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 12:17 -0300, Juan wrote:
>>
>>> 2010/4/8 Richard Quadling <rquadl...@googlemail.com>:
>>>> On 8 April 2010 15:21, Juan <j...@rodriguezmonti.com.ar> wrote:
>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>> I'm having trouble with the following little php code [0]. The output
>>>>> from the server is : "
>>>>> * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in file.php on line 27 *
>>>>>
>>>>> Let's assume that file.php is the file that is giving me some troubles.
>>>>>
>>>>> The structure is pretty easy to understand, however I'm not able to
>>>>> solve this. Could you tell me why I'm not able to run this code.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm running PHP5, Apache2, and Ubuntu 9.10 with sqlite, as you
>> could see.
>>>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>>> Juan
>>>>>
>>>>> [0] http://pastebin.com/xC4pFbfH
>>>>>
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>>>> http://pastebin.com/diff.php?i=2QbANWnS
>>> Thanks a lot people!.
>>>
>>> It's solved.
>>>
>>> Juan
>>>
>>
>> The easiest way to spot these sorts of problems is by indenting the code
>> so that the opening brace matches up with the closing one:
>>
>> function
>> {
>> if(condition)
>> {
>> statement
>> }
>> else
>> {
>> foreach(var as var2)
>> {
>> more statements
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
>> Yes, it takes up a lot more lines, but a few line break characters
>> aren't going to impact on the size of the file, and all the while it's
>> very easy to read. If you've accidentally missed out a closing brace
>> you'll spot it immediately.
>>
>> It's called the Allman style and has another advantage. Consider:
>
> While we all love Ash, he is a blasphemer, as he argues against the One
> True Style, which is K&R. (Please forgive him, Lords Kernighan and
> Richie). ;-}
>
> In the OP's case, his error was syntax (a condition after an else
> clause). But I don't know that even a syntax-highlighting editor would
> have caught his error.
>
> Paul
>
The syntax highlighters that I use didn't recognize it as a problem. They
styled it right up...
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