glCompileShader status is false but the log is empty - c++

Question

when I call glCompileShader() for the vertex shader, and use glGetShaderiv to get the status, it returns a false. However when I look at the log, it is empty. I'm new to shaders so I'm sure i've done something wrong. Here is my code:
void GLSLProgram::compileShader(const std::string& filePath, GLuint id)
{
/*Shader Program Reading*/
//don't worry about this \/, it just loads my shader program from the file.
std::string shader = gdcUtil::implode(gdcFile::readBlock(filePath, 0, 0, '\n', 0, true), true);
const char* shaderPtr = shader.c_str();
/*Shader Source Refering*/
glShaderSource(id, 1, &shaderPtr, nullptr);
/*Shader Compiling*/
glCompileShader(id);
GLint success = 0;
glGetShaderiv(id, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &success);
if (success == GL_FALSE) {
//Setup Error Log
GLint maxLength = 0;
glGetShaderiv(id, GL_INFO_LOG_LENGTH, &maxLength);
std::vector<char> errorLog(maxLength);
glGetShaderInfoLog(id, maxLength, &maxLength, &errorLog[0]);
std::string log;
for (int i = 0; i < errorLog.size(); i++) {
log += errorLog[i];
}
gdcUtil::error(log, "GD_GLSL");
glDeleteShader(id);
gdcUtil::quit();
}
}
Vertex Shader Program:
#version 130
in vec2 vertexPosition;
void main() {
gl_Position.xy = vertexPosition;
gl_Position.z = 0.0;
gl_Position.w = 1.0;
}
I know for a fact that it loads the shader program correctly, just fails upon compilation.
EDIT: Here is the code that calls compileShader
//Create Shaders
_vertID = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
bool shaderValid = glIsShader(_vertID);
if (_vertID = 0) {
gdcUtil::error("Could not create Vertex Shader", "GD_GLSL");
gdcUtil::quit();
}
_fragID = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
if (_fragID = 0) {
gdcUtil::error("Could not create Fragment Shader", "GD_GLSL");
gdcUtil::quit();
}
//Compile Shaders
compileShader(vertFilePath, _vertID);
compileShader(fragFilePath, _fragID);