When I try to install SilverStrpe I get this message "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting T_STRING in /kunden/159279_97618/webseiten/micro/sapphire/core/SSViewer.php on line 304" and inststallation stops...

I'm using Silverstripe version 2.4

Hi there, which server setup are you using including PHP
version?

Hi,

I ran into the same issue during installation using a clean Silverstrip 2.4.1 installation package on a Server hosted at Domainfactory.

Some of my settings:
- PHP 5.3.1 (Server API CGI/FastCGI on a Linux OS)
- safe_mode: off, asp_tags: off

Error message:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting T_STRING in sapphire/core/SSViewer.php on line 321

What worked for me:
I wrapped a multiline comment around the single line comments located around code line 321:

// $content = "<!-- getTemplateContent() :: identifier: $identifier -->". $content; 
// Adds an i18n namespace to all <% _t(...) %> calls without an existing one
// to avoid confusion when using the include in different contexts.
// Entities without a namespace are deprecated, but widely used.

this code finally worked (think it´s the closing %> in the comment which cause trouble ...

// $content = "<!-- getTemplateContent() :: identifier: $identifier -->". $content; 
/*
// Adds an i18n namespace to all <% _t(...) %> calls without an existing one
// to avoid confusion when using the include in different contexts.
// Entities without a namespace are deprecated, but widely used.
*/

If this is really the issue, this should be fixed in SVN as well.

Cheers

P.S.: Forgot to mention that a previous installation on my local Windows 7 (64bit) computer with XAMPP 1.7.3 worked without any issues (works with the original and modified SSViewer.php file)

Among others, this bug is fixed in SilverStripe v2.4.2 :-)