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Homework and Emergencies Homework & Coursework Questions How to lclear "expr: syntax error" eventhough everything looks fine? Post 302782181 by Corona688 on Monday 18th of March 2013 11:11:59 AM
Old 03-18-2013
If expr is complaining even though the expressions are fine, that means its inputs are not. Echo them before you call expr and see what they are.
 

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HW_GETOBJECT(3) 							 1							   HW_GETOBJECT(3)

hw_GetObject - Object record

SYNOPSIS
mixed hw_getobject (int $connection, mixed $objectID, [string $query]) DESCRIPTION
Gets an object record. If the second parameter is an array of integer the function will PARAMETERS
o $connection - The connection identifier. o $objectID - The object identifier, or an array of identifiers. o $query - The query string has the following syntax: <expr> ::= "(" <expr> ")" | "!" &lt;expr> | /* NOT */ <expr> "||" <expr> | /* OR */ <expr> "&amp;&amp;" <expr> | /* AND */ <attribute> <operator> <value> <attribute> ::= /* any attribute name (Title, Author, DocumentType ...) */ <operator> ::= "=" | /* equal */ "<" | /* less than (string compare) */ ">" | /* greater than (string compare) */ "~" /* regular expression matching */ RETURN VALUES
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hw_getandlock(3), hw_getobjectbyquery(3). PHP Documentation Group HW_GETOBJECT(3)
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