On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Ashley Sheridan
<ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've just inherited some (pretty awful code) that I have to make some
> edits to, and came across a bit of a problem. A lot of the code breaks
> in and out of PHP and into HTML code:
>
> <?php
> while(condition)
> {
> ?>
> <li>some html here</li>
> <?php
> }
> ?>
>
> But when I check this my PHP parser is saying that this is a syntax
> error (checked in the browser and CLI). I know this is code from a
> working site, so it must be a setting within my PHP configuration.
>
> Now, I'm intending to re-write this anyway, as the logic is all over the
> place (SQL queries within the HTML, no separation of code and content,
> dozens of warnings all over the place) but I was wondering what setting
> causes this. It's mostly a curiosity thing really, as this thing is
> going to be re-written faster than an school project the eve before
> hand-in.
If it's not a violation of your arrangement with the owner of the
code, Ash, you can send it to me directly, off-list, and I'll take a
look at it. I'm curious to see what might be causing the syntax
errors between PHP deployments as well.
--
</Daniel P. Brown>
Network Infrastructure Manager
http://www.php.net/
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
