Getting syntax error, pls help

[satyak]

Hi,

I am new to PHP, started learning it by myself.

I wrote a very simple PHP code and it is giving an error “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:\xampp\htdocs\process_story.php on line 28”. Actually the code ends at line 27.

There are no curly braces used in my code. And I used <?php but not <?.

Pls have a look at my code.

This is your story

Little Boy Who?

<?php $color = filter_input(INPUT_GET, "color"); $instrument = filter_input(INPUT_GET, "instrument"); $animal = filter_input(INPUT_GET, "animal"); $another_animal = filter_input(INPUT_GET, "another_animal"); $one_more_animal = filter_input(INPUT_GET, "one_more_animal"); $place = filter_input(INPUT_GET, "place"); $vegetable = filter_input(INPUT_GET, "vegetable"); $structure = filter_input(INPUT_GET, "structure"); $action = filter_input(INPUT_GET, "action");

	print <<<STORY
	Little boy $color, come blow your $instrument ! <br />
	The $animal in the $place, the $another_animal in the $vegetable <br />
	Where is the boy that looks after the $one_more_animal? <br />
	He is under the.
	STORY;
?>

Pls help me on what could be the reason for this error.

[Coder]

You are using ‘heredoc’ string, but it looks like you also have indents for your entire php code. Here is what doc says:

It is very important to note that the line with the closing identifier must contain no other characters, except possibly a semicolon ( ; ). That means especially that the identifier [i][b]may not be indented[/b][/i], and there may not be any spaces or tabs before or after the semicolon.

(Source: http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php)

[satyak]

Hi,

Thank you! The error has gone.

Actually I came across the note about the closing identifier for heredoc string. But ‘indentation’ didn’t strike me at all.

Thanks once again !