Syntax error, PHP unexpected T_STRING

[commander204]

Now this error happened to me before, it was easy to fix, now I have it again. But it seems totally out of place. The complete error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in XXX/XXX/XXX/cities.php on line 1

now the whole file is this:
[lua]
<?php

function GetCityCount()
{

$count = 0;

$query = 'SELECT * FROM cities WHERE id=\''.$uid.'\'';

$result = mysql_query($query);

$numrows = mysql_num_rows($result);

//$count = $numrows;

return $numrows;
}

?>
[/lua]

Very misleading, before I got an error about an $end variable on line 1. Could anyone help me?

[nivek]

Try

function GetCityCount($uid){
	$uid = mysql_real_escape_string($uid);
	$query = "SELECT * FROM cities WHERE id='".$uid."'";    
	$result = mysql_query($query);
	$numrows = mysql_num_rows($result);
	return $numrows;
} 

[commander204]

Nope, same error. And I don't need to escape it. The uid is from a decrypted string from facebook. And the key is secret.

[editline]06:31PM[/editline]

And thanks for the try!

[editline]06:53PM[/editline]

I fixed it by adding $_TEST = 'LOL'; at the beginning. Now it works, really strange error + Code

[cas97]

How about the rest of your code and the errors?

[commander204]

I meant that the error is strange, and the error code too. No more errors now! But thanks.

[nivek]

Show whole code

[commander204]

Err.. Sure, as said I just added a variable declaration at the top:
[lua]
<?php

$_TEST = 'LOL';

function GetCityCount($uid){
$uid = mysql_real_escape_string($uid);
$query = "SELECT * FROM cities WHERE id='".$uid."'";
$result = mysql_query($query);
$numrows = mysql_num_rows($result);
return $numrows;
}

?>
[/lua]

[cas97]

That doesn't make any sense. Why would adding "$_TEST = 'lol'" fix it? It's not used anywhere

[bios_hazard]

It bothers me that 1) this happened at all and 2) that it was fixed in this manner...

[Dragory]

Would it be possible that, due to the encoding he used with the file, there were some characters that were not visible in the text editor?

[commander204]

I will try to re-produce it, what encoding should I use? I am using ANSI currently.

[editline]04:59PM[/editline]

Ok, I can't re-create it, strange...

[bios_hazard]

[QUOTE=Dragory;24634953]Would it be possible that, due to the encoding he used with the file, there were some characters that were not visible in the text editor?[/QUOTE]

That is the only possibility I can agree with. That is most likely what happened...

@OP

Can you re-break the file, and upload it so I (we) can examine it?

[commander204]

[url]http://file-hero.com/?id=09201732703652[/url]

THere you go!

[supersnail11]

Likely that the file wasn't uploaded to the ftp server (through some error, happens to me sometimes) when you fixed the first one (nivek's fix) and when you added $_test =
"LOL" and uploaded it it uploaded correctly. May have nothing to do with it.

[nivek]

[QUOTE=supersnail11;24700645]Likely that the file wasn't uploaded to the ftp server (through some error, happens to me sometimes) when you fixed the first one (nivek's fix) and when you added $_test =
"LOL" and uploaded it it uploaded correctly. May have nothing to do with it.[/QUOTE]

What are you talking about?

[editline]10:13PM[/editline]

[QUOTE=commander204;24667789][url]http://file-hero.com/?id=09201732703652[/url]

THere you go![/QUOTE]

Could have just said it's the same as the OP code.
Use my code, You aren't defining the $uid var before you use it. Also what is this being combined with, show me the ENTIRE code, show me what you're using this function with.

[commander204]

It is not defined here, cause I define it somewhere else. The point is, when I upload the file in the zip, it errors, I upload another one, WITH the same content, I don't get it. So yeah. Anyway this is fixed.