PHP Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92)

[gsaray101]

I keep getting PHP Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92)) this error on windows platform. this script works fine on Linux. Can anybody help? This script is supposed to return the most current file in d:\cacti\sqlbak directory.

 
<?php
$dir = d:\\cacti\\sqlbak;
$pattern = '/sql/';
 
$newstamp = 0;
$newname = "";
$dc = opendir($dir);
while ($fn = readdir($dc)) {
  # Eliminate current directory, parent directory
  if (ereg('^\.{1,2}$',$fn)) continue;
  # Eliminate other pages not in pattern
  if (! ereg($pattern,$fn)) continue;
  $timedat = filemtime("$dir/$fn");
  if ($timedat > $newstamp) {
    $newstamp = $timedat;
    $newname = $fn;
  }
}
# $timedat is the time for the latest file
# $newname is the name of the latest file
echo "the latest file is $newname\n";
?>
 
 

[ronverdonk]

Must be statement 2. Do not forget to enclose a character value in a variable within quotes!

Ronald

[gsaray101]

$dir = "d:\\cacti\\sqlbak";

still the same error.

PHP Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in C:\perl_
scripts\list_file.php on line 2
PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\perl_scripts\list_file
.php on line 2

[Markus]

$dir = "d:\\cacti\\sqlbak";

still the same error.

PHP Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in C:\perl_
scripts\list_file.php on line 2
PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\perl_scripts\list_file
.php on line 2

PHP isn't liking the back slashes; can these be reformatted?

[Atli]

That's weird. That string looks ok.

Have you tried single quotes?

$dir = 'd:\\cacti\\sqlbak';
// Or even
$dir = 'd:\cacti\sqlbak';