SugarCRM Crash

[nexweb]

I recently visited the URL for a test installation and instead of being greeted with the familiar home screen I received a white screen with the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/clipped/public_html/crm/index.php on line 260

The application has been working fine for months and I had made no changes to the installation or anything. Any idea how this could have happened? and is there a way to revive the installation?

Sugar 4.2b
Shared Host
Red Hat Linux

[stevec]

If you open the file, what is on that line?

[nexweb]

This is what I have on the line

Line 259: $result = $current_user->retrieve($_SESSION['authenticated_user_id']);
Line 260: if($result == null) { // if the object we get back is null for some reason, this will break - like user prefs are corrupted
Line 261: $GLOBALS['log']->fatal('User retrieval for ID: ('.$_SESSION['authenticated_user_id'].') does not exist in database or retrieval failed catastrophically. Calling session_destroy() and sending user to Login page.');

[stevec]

That looks the same as here. Could there be odd unexpected characters at the end of the line? Try deleting the last few of each - including the carrage returns - and saving again.