Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1

Question

My client says he is getting this error using my script:

Warning: Unexpected character in input: \'\\\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /path/to//header.php  on line 3         


        

Answer 1

I ran the same problem, and doing some research I managed to fix it. In my case, I use PHP7, and what I had to do is edit the file laravel located in ~/.composer/vendor/laravel/installer/, where the shebang line was #!/usr/bin/env php I changed to #!/usr/bin/env php7

After run again the artisan, I got it working:

-bash-3.2$ laravel
Laravel Installer version 1.3.3

Usage:
  command [options] [arguments]

Options:
  -h, --help            Display this help message
  -q, --quiet           Do not output any message
  -V, --version         Display this application version
      --ansi            Force ANSI output
      --no-ansi         Disable ANSI output
  -n, --no-interaction  Do not ask any interactive question
  -v|vv|vvv, --verbose  Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug

Available commands:
  help  Displays help for a command
  list  Lists commands
  new   Create a new Laravel application.