Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in

Question

I' making this class to catch twitter posts but I get the error :

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/classTest/Twitter.php on line 29

I cant find what's wrong...any ideas?

class TwitterGrub{


function twitterCapture($user = 'myUsername',$password = 'myPass') {  


           $ch = curl_init("https://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline.xml");  
           curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);  
           curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);  
           curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_USERPWD,$user . ":" . $password);  
           curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);  
           curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);  
           curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);  
           $result=curl_exec ($ch);  
           $data = strstr($result, '<?');  

           $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($data);  

      return $xml;  

}  


function twitterDisplay($twitNum){
    $xml = this->twitterCapture(); 


    for($i= 0; $i<$twitNum; $i++){ 
    echo   "<div class='curvebox'>".$xml->status[$i]->text."</div>";

    }
}

}

Line 29 is: echo "<div class='curvebox'>".$xml->status[$i]->text."</div>"; — rabidmachine9
– rabidmachine9, Commented May 26, 2010 at 13:10
There is nothing wrong with your code. If I past your code to codepad.org (and fix this to $this) then it gets parsed without any error. Is it the correct file? — Felix Kling
– Felix Kling, Commented May 26, 2010 at 13:35
r u sure? I just did the same thing and I get an error on line 29... it is really strange... — rabidmachine9
– rabidmachine9, Commented May 26, 2010 at 13:53

Mark Baker · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-26 12:31:56Z

4

$xml = this->twitterCapture();

should be

$xml = $this->twitterCapture();

answered May 26, 2010 at 12:31

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rabidmachine9 Over a year ago

thanks fro the tip... but it doesn't seem to solve the problem, I still get the same error

rabidmachine9 Over a year ago

Line 29 is: echo "<div class='curvebox'>".$xml->status[$i]->text."</div>";

Joseph · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-26 14:34:25Z

The only reason I can find that you get the error you are getting is that you are not enclosing the code in php tags. Paste the following code into codepad, and you will get a different error (I have made no other changes to your code):

<?php
class TwitterGrub{


function twitterCapture($user = 'myUsername',$password = 'myPass') {  


           $ch = curl_init("https://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline.xml");  
           curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);  
           curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);  
           curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_USERPWD,$user . ":" . $password);  
           curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);  
           curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);  
           curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);  
           $result=curl_exec ($ch);  
           $data = strstr($result, '<?');  

           $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($data);  

      return $xml;  

}  


function twitterDisplay($twitNum){
    $xml = this->twitterCapture(); 


    for($i= 0; $i<$twitNum; $i++){ 
    //echo   "<div class='curvebox'>".$xml->status[$i]->text."</div>";

    }
}

}
?>

Then make the change from this

$xml = this->twitterCapture();

to

$xml = $this->twitterCapture();

and the errors will magically disappear.

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