UPDATE: solved it. It was the stupid missing newline, even though I know I checked for that several times.

I have this simple block of unremarkable code

if ($firstname4 ne "") {
print <<SEC4_INFO;    
<p>$firstname4 $lastname4<br>
$title4<br>
phone: $phone4<br>
email: $user_email4</p>
SEC4_INFO        
}

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Everytime I try to validate the script, it gives me the old "can't find string terminator before..." line. If I comment this out, the code validates fine, so it has to be this. But am I blind or do I not have the terminator line in there as it should be?? Is it something with the if statement that is making it not validate?

I learn more and more about less and less until eventually I know everything about nothing.

In reply to Can't find string terminator problem by hmbscully

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