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PHP parse/syntax errors; and how to solve them
Everyone runs into syntax errors. Even experienced programmers make typos. For newcomers, it's just part of the learning process. However, it's often easy to interpret error messages such as:
PHP ...
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How do I get PHP errors to display?
I have checked my PHP ini file (php.ini) and display_errors is set and also error reporting is E_ALL. I have restarted my Apache webserver.
I have even put these lines at the top of my script, and it ...
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How can I fix MySQL error #1064?
When issuing a command to MySQL, I'm getting error #1064 "syntax error".
What does it mean?
How can I fix it?
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f-strings giving SyntaxError?
I tried this code, following along with a tutorial:
my_name = 'Zed A. Shaw'
print(f"Let's talk about {my_name}.")
But I get an error message highlighting the last line, like so:
print(...
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Error "(unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 2-3: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape" [duplicate]
I'm trying to read a CSV file into Python (Spyder), but I keep getting an error. My code:
import csv
data = open("C:\Users\miche\Documents\school\jaar2\MIK\2.6\vektis_agb_zorgverlener")
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No visible cause for "Unexpected token ILLEGAL"
I'm getting this JavaScript error on my console:
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL
This is my code:
var foo = 'bar';
It's super simple, as you can see. How could it be ...
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Why do I get "SyntaxError: invalid syntax" in a line with perfectly valid syntax?
This is the line of code:
guess = Pmin+(Pmax-Pmin)*((1-w**2)*fi1+(w**2)*fi2)
Pmin, Pmax, w, fi1 and fi2 have all been assigned finite values at this point, so why is there an error?
When I remove ...
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Why am I getting "invalid syntax" from an f-string? [duplicate]
I cannot get f-strings to work in Python 3. I tried this at the REPL:
In [1]: state = "Washington"
In [2]: state
Out[2]: 'Washington'
In [3]: my_message = f"I live in {state}"
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json Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token :
Trying to make a call and retrieve a very simple, one line, JSON file.
$(document).ready(function() {
jQuery.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: 'http://wncrunners.com/admin/colors.json' ,
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Laravel: Error [PDOException]: Could not Find Driver in PostgreSQL
I'm trying to connect with PostgreSQL database through Laravel in order to do a php artisan migrate but doesn't seem to be directed since it's reading the database name of MySQL.
Here are the ...
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How to correct TypeError: Unicode-objects must be encoded before hashing?
I have this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "python_md5_cracker.py", line 27, in <module>
m.update(line)
TypeError: Unicode-objects must be encoded before hashing
when I try ...
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votes
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Python cannot handle numbers string starting with 0. Why?
I just executed the following program on my python interpreter:
>>> def mylife(x):
... if x>0:
... print(x)
... else:
... print(-x)
...
>>> ...
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Ternary operators in JavaScript without an "else"
I've always had to put null in the else conditions that don't have anything. Is there a way around it?
For example,
condition ? x = true : null;
Basically, is there a way to do the following?
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syntax error when using command line in python [duplicate]
I am having trouble using the command line. I have a script test.py (which only contains print("Hello.")), and it is located in the map C:\Python27. In my system variables, I have specified ...
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C: for loop int initial declaration
Can someone elaborate on the following gcc error?
$ gcc -o Ctutorial/temptable.out temptable.c
temptable.c: In function ‘main’:
temptable.c:5: error: ‘for’ loop initial declaration used outside C99 ...
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