PHP string parse error

Question

I am getting a string parse error when doing something like this:

$str = <<<EOT
EOT;

Any idea why that might ever happen?

Can you post the exact error? What you posted doesn't cause any error that I can tell. ideone.com/MbmGP

onteria_ · Answer 1 · 2011-05-28 17:52:58Z

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The termination of a heredoc has to be the VERY FIRST thing on a line, there can be no whitespace or indentation. So if you're doing this:

function myfunc() {
  $str = <<<EOT;
  EOT;
}

Your code will fail. You have to do this:

function myfunc() {
  $str = <<<EOT;
EOT;
}

answered May 28 '11 at 17:52

onteria_
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	That's probably what the problem is. – Jared Farrish May 28 '11 at 17:53
	Also yes, this is assuming that the simplified example differs from the actual code – onteria_ May 28 '11 at 17:54
	Using the source from Edit, which uses tabs instead of spaces: ideone.com/jJ0Ey – Jared Farrish May 28 '11 at 17:55
	Yes that solved it!! Nice! Heart StackOverflow! – Genadinik May 28 '11 at 18:07

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