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Re: What happens when i dont use the semicolon for closing my statement

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On 4/25/2012 9:24 PM, richard wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:05:01 -0700 (PDT), hakimserwa@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 11:20:55 AM UTC+2, Erwin Moller wrote:
>>> On 4/25/2012 10:43 AM, hakimserwa@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> I am new to php and i am trying to learn so i would appreciate if i can cleary understand how the php syntax work by knowing how to do it and what happens if i dont do something.
>>>>
>>>> In this case i would like to know what happens i i dont close my statement with a semicolon.
>>>
>>> Why don't you try?
>>>
>>> Test1:
>>> <?php
>>> $name = "hakim";
>>> echo $name;
>>> ?>
>>>
>>> Test2:
>>> <?php
>>> $name = "hakim"
>>> echo $name
>>> ?>
>>>
>>> And test them.
>>>
>>> Also, make sure you have error reporting on when learning the language,
>>> or developing.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Erwin Moller
>>>
>>> --
>>> "That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without
>>> evidence."
>>> -- Christopher Hitchens
>>
>>
>> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}', expecting ',' or ';' in C:\xampp\htdocs\hello.php on line 13
>>
>> how do i read this error and undcerstan what it means so next time in can be able to solve it so quickly.
>
>
> It says that it was expecting a character to be found in a certain place
> and did not find it.
> The "}" is the place where the character should be but is not.
> If line 13 only contains the "}" then look above that line and within the
> "{ }".
> Now you know that the character ";" is required.
> So use it accordingly.

The problem here is the ';' is not required at the end of the line.  PHP 
detects the error when it gets something it doesn't expect - in this 
case it's most probably the next line.  However, in some cases (like 
unmatched '{', it could be much later - or even the end of the script.

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What happens when i dont use the semicolon for closing my statement hakimserwa@gmail.com - 2012-04-25 01:43 -0700
  Re: What happens when i dont use the semicolon for closing my statement Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2012-04-25 11:20 +0200
    Re: What happens when i dont use the semicolon for closing my statement hakimserwa@gmail.com - 2012-04-25 03:05 -0700
      Re: What happens when i dont use the semicolon for closing my statement Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2012-04-25 12:45 +0200
      Re: What happens when i dont use the semicolon for closing my statement Captain Paralytic <paul_lautman@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-25 04:04 -0700
      Re: What happens when i dont use the semicolon for closing my statement Redcat <redcat@catfolks.net> - 2012-04-25 13:33 +0000
        Re: What happens when i dont use the semicolon for closing my statement The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-04-25 15:55 +0100
      Re: What happens when i dont use the semicolon for closing my statement richard <member@newsguy.com> - 2012-04-25 21:24 -0400
        Re: What happens when i dont use the semicolon for closing my statement Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-04-25 22:29 -0400
          Re: What happens when i dont use the semicolon for closing my statement richard <member@newsguy.com> - 2012-04-25 22:59 -0400

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