PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'here' (T_STRING), expecting ',' or ';'

Question

I have searched online for hours and haven't found anything that fixes my error. I have a file with this code,

<?php
   class Conn {
   public static $dbhost = “localhost”;
   public static $dbuser = " < provide here user name to your database> ";
   public static $dbpass = "< password you use to access database >";
   public static $dbname = " <database name> ";
   }
?>

and here's my error, Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'here' (T_STRING), expecting ',' or ';' in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/Registration/Conn.php on line 4

I've tried changing " to ' yet it doesn't help!

I don't have any open strings, so what's the problem???

here copy/paste this `"localhost";` these types of questions are off-topic btw — Funk Forty Niner, Jun 30 '15 at 23:09
http://ideone.com/V66mNp shows no problems after replacing curly quotes — ThatOneDude, Jun 30 '15 at 23:10
ok, the issue is obvious `" < provide here user name to your database> ";` etc. why are you using those and how? — Funk Forty Niner, Jun 30 '15 at 23:17
`unexpected 'here'` ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ — Funk Forty Niner, Jun 30 '15 at 23:23
What do u mean? I already found the solution, it was the curly quotes, you were correct, it's just that my browser wasn't updating. — nathan Hunsberger, Jun 30 '15 at 23:29
[I said this **22 freaking mins.** ago](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31149984/php-parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-here-t-string-expecting-or#comment50310179_31149984). What am I, blowing bubbles here? You know what copy/paste is? — Funk Forty Niner, Jun 30 '15 at 23:32
And remember to ping people if you want them to be notified of your post by typing an @ before their name. Like this: @Fred-ii- — Mike, Jul 01 '15 at 01:22
@Mike Fred's on vacation, as of right..... *now*. He will not be responding until his return, if they let him leave that is ;-) — Funk Forty Niner, Jul 01 '15 at 01:24
@Mike Only if there's enough tape left in the machine. *Call me old-fashioned*. Those old things still work, by gum they do! — Funk Forty Niner, Jul 01 '15 at 01:27
I'm going out on a limb here and guessing that @Fred-ii- is going to check StackOverflow even on vacation... It's in your *veins*!! — Mike, Jul 01 '15 at 17:35
I hope you've managed to get it back on @Mike didn't. Had a great time ;-) cheers. (was back yesterday, and a well-needed one at that). — Funk Forty Niner, Jul 16 '15 at 12:28

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 30 '15 at 23:09

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If you look at your code example, you can see you are using two different types of quotation marks. "localhost" is wrapped in curly quotes (“”), and not normal quotes. ("") This is causing the parsing error.

The difference:

“localhost”
"localhost"

answered Jun 30 '15 at 23:09

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I tried yet it doesn't change the error! – nathan Hunsberger Jun 30 '15 at 23:14
Could you post the new code, as you did in your original post? – true Jun 30 '15 at 23:14
The error seems to be stemming from how you are using this class. What code is accessing these public members prior to the error being thrown? – true Jun 30 '15 at 23:22
Ok so my browser was apparently not updating the code, just had to quit and restart and it was all fixed, THANKS!! – nathan Hunsberger Jun 30 '15 at 23:24
That's great! Glad I could help. Be sure to mark this answer as accepted if this was the solution. :) Thanks! – true Jun 30 '15 at 23:26

PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'here' (T_STRING), expecting ',' or ';'

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