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My php code gives the following error:
syntax error, unexpected '{' on line 8
PHP Code:
$data = '<?php
# 1 = ON; 0 = OFF.
$str = '{ //line 8
"name": "10.000000,106.000000",
"Status": {
"code": 200,
"request": "geocode"
},
"Apps": [ {
"App1": 1,
"App2": 0,
"App3": 1,
"App4": 0,
"App5": 0,
"App6": 0
} ]
}';
echo $str;
?>';
I'm a newbie to php. Can anybody help me finding where I'm wrong? Thanks.

Answer 1

That's because the second ' in here:
+-- open string constant
V
$data = '<?php
# 1 = ON; 0 = OFF.
$str = '{
^
+-- close string constant
is terminating the string constant. You probably want to escape it (and the other one just before the final echo) such as:
$data = '<?php
# 1 = ON; 0 = OFF.
$str = \'{
blah, blah, blah
}\';
echo $str;
?>';

Answer 2

Your string got terminated by the single quote (apostrophe) right before the { character. Escape the ' character using \'.
$data = '<?php
# 1 = ON; 0 = OFF.
$str = \'{ //line 8
"name": "10.000000,106.000000",
"Status": {
"code": 200,
"request": "geocode"
},
"Apps": [ {
"App1": 1,
"App2": 0,
"App3": 1,
"App4": 0,
"App5": 0,
"App6": 0
} ]
}\';
echo $str;
?>';