Wierd PHP -- Compilation Bug??

Danny[MLWA] · June 21 '09, 02:53 PM (#1)

I ran into this problem yestarday and just wondering if this is the new version of PHP or if it is something as simple as a buggy compile...

PHP Code:


			
Line 1: $var1="testval"; //This is the first test val
Line 2: $var2="testval"; //This is the second test val
Line 3: $var3="testval"; //This is the third test val

Would not run past line 2. After banging my head over this for hours, Ir emoved the comments, and it worked perfectly... It is like you can't do in-line comments like that any longer after the line break " ; " =(.

index.php:

PHP Code:


			
<?php
require_once('functions.php');
echo test_function("This is a test");
?>

functions.php:

PHP Code:


			
<?php
function test_function($test)
{
return $test
}
?>

This first of all displays an error on the page... "The constant PHP could not be defined, assuming "PHP". Oh yeah gets better...

Undefined function "test_function".

Dorky · June 21 '09, 04:22 PM (#2)

i have tried several times to create and use functions with very little to no predictable results. i get an error every time. and yes i have followed the manual and a lot of other tutorials out there but function and class is about useless. the examples i see that could work, take more code then it would take just coding to order.

**filburt1** · June 21 '09, 05:07 PM (#3)

Lowercase <?php, not <?PHP.

Danny[MLWA] · June 21 '09, 06:16 PM (#4)

Quote:

Originally Posted by filburt1

Lowercase <?php, not <?PHP.

Yeah man, it was lowercase -- I'm sure of that. It was even bugging out on the functions and comments... basically if the line had a comment in it (//) it wouldn't even parse the entire line... so $var = "var"; // $var would remain undefined.

**filburt1** · June 22 '09, 11:00 AM (#5)

There's no way a comment could affect the code like that. You may want to attach the files rather than copy/paste.

Danny[MLWA] · June 22 '09, 11:09 AM (#6)

Its the wierdest thing I've ever seen... Recompiled... did the same thing... recompiled again, did the same thing... Deleted all of the files from my office pc, redownloaded all of the files from the server again, opened them in the editor, and it looked like this:

Code:

<?php include('config.php'); // Get the config file define("DB_HOST", 'localhost'); // Leave it at localhost ...................

Everything was on one line like the FTP transfer or something was removing all of the returns...

Switching the FTP transfer from "auto" to ascii, it worked fine.

Dorky · June 22 '09, 01:07 PM (#7)

lol why are you using ftp?

**Wired** · June 22 '09, 01:19 PM (#8)

Why is that lol? How would you recommend getting files to a web server?

**mlseim** · June 22 '09, 01:25 PM (#9)

Danny,
Just curious what FTP program you're using.

Dorky · June 22 '09, 02:16 PM (#10)

my apologies wired. i just have a dif view of how to get things done sir. images go through form upload and code gets cut and paste into the new file. i dont need to reset permissions, dont have to rename its already named and no chance of overwriting, less security risk.

Dorky · June 22 '09, 02:24 PM (#11)

ok keeping in mind not every project is a 500page site with 100 flash animations.

**filburt1** · June 22 '09, 02:51 PM (#12)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wired

Why is that lol? How would you recommend getting files to a web server?

Not applicable to most users, but here every site we put live is just a working copy of an SVN repository. We haven't needed to FTP things for our sites in years, although most of our clients give us big files via FTP (either their server or ours).

I have no idea why FTP ever had those two modes (binary and ASCII). Why everything isn't just in binary and preserving the linebreaks is beyond me. Who cares if the file you get from a server has different linebreaks in it?

Dorky · June 22 '09, 03:50 PM (#13)

hey fil can you give a link to some svn info or start a thread on it. i could use a laymen breakdown. also it is useful info to all i think from what i saw when i googled it.

Danny[MLWA] · June 22 '09, 04:46 PM (#14)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mlseim

Danny,
Just curious what FTP program you're using.

FileZilla

We're still using ftp on client's sites... basically just a small development site that the devs can all FTP into. We're just using it for File-Transfer only right now -- not too worried about versioning yet =) .

Quote:

hey fil can you give a link to some svn info or start a thread on it. i could use a laymen breakdown. also it is useful info to all i think from what i saw when i googled it.

Google has the best repository I've seen and second to it is Source Forge... But I think SF still has that little clause that they can "charge" you or shut down your repository if you don't develop open source software (haven't read their rules in ages so don't bite my head off if they've changed it =P ).

Basically you get that setup and then winCVS set up the server details in it, and you're pretty much walking in the park.

Dorky · June 23 '09, 03:29 AM (#15)

thx danny

aburningflame · June 24 '09, 02:47 AM (#16)

Theres nothing wrong with using an FTP client

anyways, the compilation bug has nothing to do with your PHP I ran into this problem many times in college.

I use Filezilla as my FTP client and Filezilla sometimes puts everything on 1 line, its very inconsistent. Once everything is on 1 line, the parser blows up.

This is NOT a php compilation bug, this is a bug in Filezilla that screws up the data transfer.

Update filezilla. If it still happens try toggling the transfer mode.
If it still happens, change FTP clients or setup a local php dev env.

Gluck