"syntax error, unexpected '{' " after keyword 'finally' when run php cli

Question

I met "PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in ..." error when I tried to execute PHP CLI script.

Error message:

PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '{' in ??/test.php on line 9

Command:

php -f ./test.php

Code:

<?php
 echo 'begin'.PHP_EOL;

 try {
    echo 'try!'.PHP_EOL;
 } catch (Exception $e) {
    echo 'exception'.PHP_EOL;
 } finally{
    echo 'finally'.PHP_EOL;
 }
 echo 'end';

PHP version: PHP 5.4.16 (cli) (built: Aug 5 2016 07:50:38)

Environment: RedHat 7.3

This is a strange case, this script work well at my Windows PC, but got this issue in Redhat machine.

Have someone once met this case as well?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 10 '17 at 04:49

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you need PHP 5.5 or later to use the finally block. Perhaps on the windows machine you have a later version of PHP?

answered Nov 10 '17 at 04:49

Neil Anderson

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Exactly! That's the point. I even don't know this is a feature after PHP 5.0! – liuchu Nov 10 '17 at 04:55

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 10 '17 at 04:52

1

Finally keyword is only supported for PHP version 5.5 or greater

PHP: Exceptions

answered Nov 10 '17 at 04:52

rai

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"syntax error, unexpected '{' " after keyword 'finally' when run php cli

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