PHP speaks Hebrew? Error T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM

Around 10 years working in PHP and this is the first time I've ever had it speak to me in Hebrew...

Parse Error

Ever had this error? No me neither. It's pretty cryptic, but with a quick bit of Googling, it turns out that:

PAAMAYIM means "twice" in Hebrew while
NEKUDOTAYIM means "colon"

So in other words, you've got an errant double colon in your PHP code. Or in my case, I'd just missed off a $ on a variable name. PHP3 used the Israeli developed Zend Engine, so apparently there are still some elements of the original language in there all these years later in PHP5!

Interesting fact? You decide.



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