PHP Parse error, help needed

Question

hello in my ubuntu machine with my brand new apache2 server (mod php) a have this test.php

 <?php
    if($_GET***91;'foo'***93; == '</test>'){
        exit();
    }
 ?>

however when i do a get request then i saw this in the apache logs :

[Sun Feb 06 16:47:51 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '*' in /var/www/test.php on line 2

any ideas??? thnx in advance

The ***91 is supposed to be an opening bracket [ and the other a closing one. Your PHP file is broken for some reason — Pekka
– Pekka, Commented Feb 6, 2011 at 15:31
It was probably [ as copied from a website. Would be interesting to know how it got transformed to three asterisks. Where did you find the code? — mario
– mario, Commented Feb 6, 2011 at 15:34

mingos · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-06 15:33:15Z

1

Try this:

<?php
    if($_GET['foo'] == '</test>') {
        exit();
    }
?>

answered Feb 6, 2011 at 15:33

mingos

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