Cannot run my first php script

Beginners - Learning PHP
#1

I am trying to run my first php script on wamp/win7.
The wamp default page comes up fine, and phpinfo works, so the conf is ok.

When I try to run the following:

[code]<!doctype html>

PHP Test

This is an HTML line

<?php echo “

This is a PHP line

”; phpinfo(); ?> [/code]

I get the following error
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘>’ in C:\wamp\www\first.php on line 9
Line 9 is the echo statement.
When, I remove the line, phpinfo comes up fine. I am unable to see what is wrong with that line.

Please help.

#2

What editor are you using? It appears that your editor has added opening and closing speech mark characters which are different from " "s. PHP will only understand this speech mark: "

See fixed version: http://codepad.org/96pdlcaA

I would suggest Notepad++ for editing code in Windows.

#3

Thanks! That did the job.

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