Another "parse error, expecting `T_STRING' or `T_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING" problem

Go3Team · #1 28-Feb-2004, 17:06

Found this in a php book (so you would think it would at least work

) and when trying to execute I come up with:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' or `T_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING' in /home/movie/public_html/final/register.php on line 12

PHP Code:


<?

if (isset($_POST['SUBMIT'])) {

    if (strlen($_POST['name']) > 0) {
        $name = TRUE;
    } else {
        $name = FALSE;
        echo "<p>You forgot to enter your name!</p>';    
    }
    
    if (strlen($_POST['email']) > 0) {
        $email = TRUE;
    } else {
        $email = FALSE;
        echo "<p>You forgot to enter your email address!</p>';
    }
    
    if (strlen($_POST['username']) > 0) {
        $username = TRUE;
    } else {
        $username = FALSE;
        echo "<p>You forgot to enter your username!</p>';

    }
    
    if (strlen($_POST['password']) > 0) {
        if ($_POST['password1'] ==
        $_POST['password2']) {
            $password = TRUE;
        } else {
            $password = FALSE;
            echo '<p>Your password did not match the confirmed password!</p>';
            }
    } else {
            $password = FALSE;
            echo '<p>You forgot to enter your password!</p>';
    }
    
    if ($name && $email && $username && $password) {
        echo '<p>You are now registered!</p>';
    } else {
        echo '<p>Please go back and try again!</p>';
        
} else {
?>

<form action="%3C?php echo$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?&gt;" method="post"> <fieldset><legend>Enter your information in the form below:</legend>

<p><b>Name:</b> <input type="text" name="name" size="20" maxlength="40" /></p>
<p><b>Email Address:</b> <input type="text" name="email" size="20" maxlength="40" /></p>
<p><b>User Name:</b> <input type="text" name="username" size="20" maxlength="40" /></p>
<p><b>Password:</b> <input type="password" name="password1" size="20" maxlength="40" /></p>
<p><b>Confirm Password:</b> <input type="password" name="password2" size="20" maxlength="40" /></p>

</fieldset>

<div align="center"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit Information" /></div>

</form><!-- End of Form -->

I found in another post to add '".."' to the variable. I did, and it did not make a difference.

cs2 · #2 28-Feb-2004, 18:11

Couple of problems here...

1. The script starts by assuming short_tags are "on" (<? versus <?php), which may not be true for your server.

2. Your first three echo statements are wrong. You are opening with double-quotes and closing with single-quotes. Pick one or the other. In this case, since you don't have any parsed variables or newlines, I recommend using single-quotes (for a minor speed boost).

3. Your 'form action' is screwed up. On the line preceding, you drop out of PHP-mode (?>). You then proceed to insert PHP code into the HTML. I think What it is supposed to be saying is...

PHP Code:


<form action="<?php echo$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">

not...

Code:

<form action="%3C?php echo$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?&gt;" method="post">

(%3C is the hex equivalent of "<"; > is the HTML entity for ">").

HTH!

Go3Team · #3 28-Feb-2004, 18:20

Got all that done, seem to help a little then:

Parse error: parse error in /home/movie/public_html/final/register.php on line 59
Which is the final line

PHP Code:


<?php

if (isset($_POST['SUBMIT'])) {

    if (strlen($_POST['name']) > 0) {
        $name = TRUE;
    } else {
        $name = FALSE;
        echo '<p>You forgot to enter your name!</p>';    
    }
    
    if (strlen($_POST['email']) > 0) {
        $email = TRUE;
    } else {
        $email = FALSE;
        echo '<p>You forgot to enter your email address!</p>';
    }
    
    if (strlen($_POST['username']) > 0) {
        $username = TRUE;
    } else {
        $username = FALSE;
        echo '<p>You forgot to enter your username!</p>';

    }
    
    if (strlen($_POST['password']) > 0) {
        if ($_POST['password1'] ==
        $_POST['password2']) {
            $password = TRUE;
        } else {
            $password = FALSE;
            echo '<p>Your password did not match the confirmed password!</p>';
            }
    } else {
            $password = FALSE;
            echo '<p>You forgot to enter your password!</p>';
    }
    
    if ($name && $email && $username && $password) {
        echo '<p>You are now registered!</p>';
    } else {
        echo '<p>Please go back and try again!</p>';
        
} 
?>
<form action="<?php echo$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post"> <fieldset><legend>Enter your information in the form below:</legend>

<p><b>Name:</b> <input type="text" name="name" size="20" maxlength="40" /></p>
<p><b>Email Address:</b> <input type="text" name="email" size="20" maxlength="40" /></p>
<p><b>User Name:</b> <input type="text" name="username" size="20" maxlength="40" /></p>
<p><b>Password:</b> <input type="password" name="password1" size="20" maxlength="40" /></p>
<p><b>Confirm Password:</b> <input type="password" name="password2" size="20" maxlength="40" /></p>

</fieldset>

<div align="center"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit Information" /></div>

</form><!-- End of Form -->

cs2 · #4 28-Feb-2004, 18:35

Whoops, sorry... there was one other error I missed.

This:

PHP Code:


<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">

NOT this:

PHP Code:


<form action="<?php echo$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">

Notice the space after echo.

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