* Janet Valade <jvalade@xxxxxxxx>:
> Adil wrote:
>
>> anyone know why heredoc syntax might not work with php5/apache installed. I
>> can't get even the simplest strings in heredoc syntax to work and I've tried
>> just cutting and pasting other peoples stuff in that syntax as well, and
>> still no luck
>
> Heredoc syntax is pretty rigid and it's easy to have it wrong invisibly.
^^^^^^^^^
That's the key -- whitespace is invisible to the naked eye typically.
> $varname = <<<END
> Text of string
> END;
>
> The first END must be at the end of the line, nothing after it, not even
> a blank space. The last END must be at the beginning of the line, not
> before it, not even a blank space.
And don't forget that the last END must be followed by a semi-colon
ONLY, no other characters on that line... ;-)
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