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PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_FUNCTION in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\webroot\www.novotempo.org.br\lib\Twitter.php on line 54

Hi, I´m Douglas from Brazil, and this above is my problem.

The line is just a DEFINE.... this one : define('DEBUG',false);

Searching the net I found that this usually occurs when you´re using PHP 4.xx, but I´m using 5.2.6 (Just saw it using phpinfo())

I tryed locally, and in two other external hosts, but it keeps returning the same msg.

Anyone can help? Tanx!

Doug

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The true problem is probably one one of the lines before it –  Greg Aug 17 '09 at 16:05
    
Can you post more of the code (a few lines above and a few beneath)? –  Mike Dinescu Aug 17 '09 at 16:06
    
Inside a class method, I got this error when I commented an if statement but forgot to comment the closing brace. That put my next line outside of the function definition. It was a call to a static class function, which PHP saw as an unexpected string literal, I suppose. –  Buttle Butkus Jan 10 '14 at 1:22

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If you are trying to DEFINE something inside of a class but outside of a function, you are going to get this error.

(Normally the only place PHP will be looking for a function and not expecting a string is in a class, outside of a method)

IE: Your code should not look like this:

class myClass
{
    define("DEBUG", true);
    function myFunc()
     {
     }
}
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Thanks for this, resolved an annoying issue quite quickly for me.

I'd also like to add that the use of hyphens in constant names doesn't work and is apparently expected behaviour. It seems as though the echo tries to evaluate mathematics (minus) on the words.

<?php
define('THIS-IS-A-TEST','Testing');
echo THIS-IS-A-TEST;
?>

Returns '0'

<?php
define('THIS_IS_A_TEST','Testing');
echo THIS_IS_A_TEST;
?>

Returns 'Testing'

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