SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input

[stuartjnelson]

"webpack": "^4.18.0"
"webpack-php-loader": "^0.5.0"
macOS 10.13.6

ERROR in ./index.php
Module build failed (from (webpack)-php-loader/index.js):
SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at runPhp (/my/project/path/node_modules/webpack-php-loader/index.js:69:10)

On line 69 of the plugin there is;

JSON.parse(dependencies).forEach(function(dependency) {
    self.addDependency(dependency)
});

My index.php file works fine when being served on it's own. Any ideas what this could be? Is it an issue with the plugin not being compatible with Webpack 4?

[devthejo]

The role of this code snippet is to add all required php files and add them as dependencies files to webpack (for recompliation on files changes), but if php throw a fatal error before end of stack, the dependencies can't be getted
I've not the time to add a try{} catch{} block around and eventually a shutdown callback to catch fatal error, but if you want, you can try to fork the repo and propose a pull request ;)
else you can always ensure that your php code is executed without errors before trying to load it with webpack-php-loader
on the other hand I developped it on webpack 3 and never tested on webpack 4, but I see no reason that can break it

[stuartjnelson]

Hi @TakioN,

Thanks for the super fast reply! Let me double check my PHP as I was pretty sure it was fine... If that isn't the case I'll see if I can get time at work to have a look at the codebase.

Aside from creating broken PHP code are they any other things you can think of that could be the cause?

[devthejo]

Hi @stuartjnelson, at first glance no, but let me know if you find another bug origin