<div class="gmail_quote"><font color="#888888">>></font>what is a more efficient way for me to detect and fix any php syntax errors?<br><br>A program like notepad++(windows), <a href="http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm">http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm</a>, TextMate(mac), <a href="http://macromates.com/">http://macromates.com/</a>, Dreamweaver(windows or mac), Eclipse (Free - windows or mac),<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/development/">http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/development/</a> or a similar text editing program with syntax highlighting will show you the easy errors. As for complicated errors, finding them comes form knowledge and experience. The more you do php, the faster you will become familiar with the syntax and can spot things that are not correct.<br>
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