PHP 5.5.9 namespace issue

Question

I am running apache2 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with 5.5.9-1ubuntu4.

I was uploading a working code to the server but got "NetworkError: 500 Internal Server Error"

So I started tracking down the problem. I traced it back and found out it seems to be a problem with namespace declaration. In trying to figure it out (simplify things) I created a new file that duplicates the error.

<?php
    namespace MyProject ;

    echo '"', __NAMESPACE__, '"'; // outputs "MyProject"
?>

When put through a browser it generates the above error.

If I comment out the 2nd line, it runs without error and produces the expected output

""

Any ideas what is happening?

Answer 1

There is just a semilicon ; missing on the second line:

<?php
   namespace MyProject ;

   echo '"', __NAMESPACE__, '"'; // outputs "MyProject"
?>

You should also get rid of the spaces and blank lines before your <?php opening tag.