PHP reporting error on wrong line

Question

I have what appears to me, to be two identical text files, I copy and paste exactly the same (intentionally erroneous) content in them, being the following:

<?
//error code
$sSQL =  "SELECT error";
fakefunction();
?>

But I get this in tab #1 of my browser:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function fakefunction() in
/home/public_html/notes/textfileone.php on line 3

And I get this in tab #2 of my browser (the same browser as tab #1 is in):

Fatal error: Call to undefined function fakefunction() in 
/home/public_html/notes/textfiletwo.php on line 4

Any idea why this would be happening?

NULL char or something like that. From where to where are you copying code? i mean editor. — loler
– loler, Commented Sep 13, 2012 at 5:15
By browser tab, you mean that you are using a single browser with two or more tabs? Or is it two different browsers? — hjpotter92
– hjpotter92, Commented Sep 13, 2012 at 5:25

MidnightLightning · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-13 05:33:10Z

2

Possibly one of them is being saved with a Byte Order Mark and one without? That would add one more line to the content. Your text editor might be adding it upon save, but hiding it otherwise.

answered Sep 13, 2012 at 5:33

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