PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /var/www/index.php on line 33

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MikeFL 0 Newbie Poster

12 Years Ago

I'm still kinda new to php and have been getting this error:
PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /var/www/index.php on line 33

It's all running on a LAMP server in a local VM. Been looking at it for the last 2 days and can't find what is wrong, everything looks right to me. Is the error referring to just the code below, or is it actually referring to one of the includes? I've included what I think is just the relevant php section, not the whole page. Any help you guys can provide a novice is greatly appreciated.

<?php 
	$g_content = "";

	include_once './php/filter.php'; // has to be first
	filter_redirect();
	//
	include_once './php/db.php';
	include_once './php/common.php';
	
	include_once './php/session.php';
	include_once './php/language.php';
	
	$build_number = "9.0b"; $build = file_get_contents('.build');
	
	define("PAGE_HOME",0);
	define("PAGE_PLANNER",1);
	define("PAGE_LOGIN",2);
	define("PAGE_LOGOUT",3);
	define("PAGE_SPELL",4);
	define("PAGE_ITEM",5);
	define("PAGE_SPELLS",6);
	define("PAGE_ITEMS",7);
	define("PAGE_TALENTS",8);
	define("PAGE_FORUM",9);
	define("PAGE_REGISTER",10);
	define("PAGE_DONATE",11);
	define("PAGE_RECOVER_PASSWORD",12);
	define("PAGE_BASE_STATS",13);
	define("PAGE_PLANNER_START",14);
	define("PAGE_USER",15);
	define("PAGE_CREDITS",16);
	define("PAGE_PROFILES",17);
?><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>

php xml

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pritaeas 2,194 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

12 Years Ago

Have you tried putting the xml tag in the first line of your file ? Perhaps short tags is enabled and causing this issue.

vaultdweller123 32 Posting Pro

12 Years Ago

i think the xml DTD is conflicting with the php short tags, i think there are many solutions on this but try this quick fix

<?php echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>'; ?>

Edited 12 Years Ago by vaultdweller123 because: n/a

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MikeFL 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 1 · 2012-02-13T05:16:48+00:00

Have you tried putting the xml tag in the first line of your file ? Perhaps short tags is enabled and causing this issue.

I just tried that, pritaeas....

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?php 
	$g_content = "";

	include_once './php/filter.php'; // has to be first
	filter_redirect();
	//
	include_once './php/db.php';
	include_once './php/common.php';
	
	include_once './php/session.php';
	include_once './php/language.php';
	
	$build_number = "9.0b"; $build = file_get_contents('.build');
	
	define("PAGE_HOME",0);
	define("PAGE_PLANNER",1);
	define("PAGE_LOGIN",2);
	define("PAGE_LOGOUT",3);
	define("PAGE_SPELL",4);
	define("PAGE_ITEM",5);
	define("PAGE_SPELLS",6);
	define("PAGE_ITEMS",7);
	define("PAGE_TALENTS",8);
	define("PAGE_FORUM",9);
	define("PAGE_REGISTER",10);
	define("PAGE_DONATE",11);
	define("PAGE_RECOVER_PASSWORD",12);
	define("PAGE_BASE_STATS",13);
	define("PAGE_PLANNER_START",14);
	define("PAGE_USER",15);
	define("PAGE_CREDITS",16);
	define("PAGE_PROFILES",17);
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

So now, it points to line 1. Which tells me that it's something with that XML line with the encoding specified. Again, it looks right to me. Gotta do a little more research.

MikeFL 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 2 · 2012-02-13T05:33:53+00:00

i think the xml DTD is conflicting with the php short tags, i think there are many solutions on this but try this quick fix
<?php echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>'; ?>

I was just looking at the php.ini file. I was reading somewhere that it's a good idea to turn off short tags, but i'm wondering if it will also cause the parsing of the php code to stop completely. Thoughts on this?

vaultdweller123: I'll try that now and see what happens.

vaultdweller123 32 Posting Pro · Answer 3 · 2012-02-13T05:39:52+00:00

you can disable short tags, if you do not always use this, disabling it will cause no harm. but like myself, i always use php shortags so id rather echo the xml DTD rather than turning it off so decide on what suits you

MikeFL 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 4 · 2012-02-13T08:27:58+00:00

you can disable short tags, if you do not always use this, disabling it will cause no harm. but like myself, i always use php shortags so id rather echo the xml DTD rather than turning it off so decide on what suits you

echoing the xml DTD worked. Thanks for the assist!