Using php4.0b4 (exe version) if a script 'requires' another script, and the parser encounters a parse error in the first script, the line number and file reported for the parse error are incorrect. This makes debugging a little difficult! This problem is also apparent in php4.0b3.

Here are two test files which display the problem. foo.php has a deliberate error on line 3 where I have Test instead of $Test.

foo.php
<?php
require("bar.php");
Test="hello";
?>

bar.php
<?php
//nothing in here  but a few blank lines



?>

When I load foo.php the following error message is displayed:

Parse error: parse error in bar.php on line 7

If I change Test to $Test in foo.php the error message disappears.