Smarty Compiler: Syntax error in config file

Question

ERROR

Uncaught  --> Smarty Compiler: Syntax error in config file 'example.conf' on line 1 '# Column names of example'  - Unexpected "# Column names of example", expected one of: NEWLINE <-- 
  thrown

file:- example.conf Mycode

1.# Column names of 
2.
3.SREQUEST_DEPARTURE="Departure"
4.SREQUEST_CAPACITY="Capacity"
5.SREQUEST_SOLD="Sold"

My smarty version 4.3.1 , PHP version 8.2

If the first line is empty, then this error occurs.