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PHP PHP Basics Unit Converter Integers

Posted by William Bentley
William Bentley
Courses Plus Student 6,601 Points

getting Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'var_dump' (T_STRING) in /home/treehouse/workspace/numbers.php on line 9

when writing var_dump( $num_one + $num_two);

jamesjones21
jamesjones21
9,260 Points
jamesjones21
jamesjones21
9,260 Points

Hi,

you will have to do the following

var_dump($num_one + $num_two);

you may have a space at first parenthesis.

Hope this helps.

James

1 Answer

Adam N
Adam N
70,280 Points
Adam N
Adam N
70,280 Points

James Jones whitespace doesn't matter here.

Probably missing a semicolon at the end of the statement on line 8.

Code probably looked like:

var_dump("1") // missing semicolon
var_dump($num_one + $num_two);