I tried to search but I couldn't get it right with Parse error

Question

I am new to PHP and I real need a help with this error. It keep me all night awake try to figure out to might be the problem but I can't get it right.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'function_construction' (T_STRING), expecting function (T_FUNCTION) in C:\xampp\htdocs\amimo\includes\database.php on line 6

This is my code:

<?php

function strip_zeros_from_date($marked_string = "") {
    // first remove the marked zeros
    $no_zeros = str_replace('*'), '', $no_zeros);
    $cleaned_string = str_replace('*0', '' , $no_zeros);
    return $cleaned_string;
}

function redirect_to($location = NULL) {
    if ($location!: = NULL) {
        header("location :{$location}");
        exit;
    }
}

function out_message($message = "") {
    if (! empty($message)) {
        return "<p class=\"message\">{$message}</p>";
    } else {
        return"";
    }
}

?>

Please add full code of your `database.php` file. – Nirav Joshi Aug 08 '17 at 05:47 — Nirav Joshi, Aug 08 '17 at 05:47

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 08 '17 at 06:13

2

you have problem in this line-

$no_zeros =str_replace('*'),'' , $no_zeros);

it should be

 $no_zeros =str_replace('*','' , $no_zeros);

also in this line

if($location!: = NULL){

should be

if($location != NULL){

also in this line

return"<p class=\"message\">{$message} </p>";

it should be

return  "<p class=\"message\">{$message} </p>";

also in this line

return"";

it should be

return "";

edited Aug 08 '17 at 06:13

Alive to die - Anant

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answered Aug 08 '17 at 05:43

Sugumar Venkatesan

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please add comments what is removed or what is added to each line. It will help every-one – Alive to die - Anant Aug 08 '17 at 06:14
A space is not required between `return` and a string literal. While it may be preferable to do so, not including the space is not a syntax error. – user3942918 Aug 08 '17 at 06:27
@Paul Crovella thank you for your info bro – Sugumar Venkatesan Aug 08 '17 at 06:32

I tried to search but I couldn't get it right with Parse error

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