Re: Interactive mode not very useful

C. (http://symcbean.blogspot.com/) wrote:
On May 30, 6:14 pm, Sal <h...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm running PHP 5.2.6 on WindowsXP. When I try interactive mode with
">php -a" the slightest syntax error throws me out of the interpreter
and back to the command line. This is not very useful. Isn't there a
way to stay in interactive mode after a syntax error?

No - that's not how PHP works. Indeed, apart from a very old version
of Forth, it's not how any programming language I've ever used works.
Try editing the file first then running it.

C.
I dunno. BASIC used to be like that.
.

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