Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' or `T_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING'

quiescent · #1 14-Aug-2005, 11:05

Hi, i'm new and trying to pick up PHP, was referring to this self form and i dont understand why it cant pass through since i typed word for word from the book

PHP Code:


<body>
<?php 
#assigns form values
$userName = $_POST['name'];
$userEmail = $_POST['email'];
$userMessage = $_POST ['message'];
$sent = $_POST ['sent'];

$form ="<form action=\"$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']\" method=\"post\">";
$form.="name: <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" size=\"30\"  value=\"$userName\"> <br><br>";
$form.="email: <input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" size=\"30\"  value=\"$userEmail\"> <br><br>";
$form.="message: <input type=\"textarea\" name=\"message\" cols=\"30\" rows=\"15\" value=\"$userMessage\"> <br><br>";
$form.="<input type=\"submit\" name=\"sent\" value=\"send form\"></form>";

if {$sent) {$valid = true;
if (!userName) {$errmsg .="Enter your name:<br>"; $valid=false; }
if (!userEmail) {$errmsg .="Enter your email:<br>"; $valid=false;}
if (!userMessage){$errmsg .="Enter your message:<br>"; $valid=false;}
}

if ($valid != true) {echo ($errmsg .$form);}
else
{ $to ="my@email.com";
  $re = "Test phase";
  $msg = $userMessage;
  $headers= "From: $userName \r\n";
  if (mail ($to, $re,$msg,$headers))
  {echo ("thank you for your message, $username");
}
}

?>
</body>
</html>

it comes out error Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' or `T_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING' in on line 12

Do advice.. thank you.

quiescent · #2 15-Aug-2005, 06:54

thanks for the tip on the [php] tag. anyone can help here? :|

JdS · #3 23-Aug-2005, 09:00

This ever-popular "issue" has been discussed to death here on GIDForums™.

You need to simply do one of the following:

PHP Code:


// ... curly braces
$form ="<form action=\"{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}\" method=\"post\">";

or

PHP Code:


// ... no quotes
$form ="<form action=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]\" method=\"post\">";

Richard M · #4 07-Sep-2005, 07:10

This bit is also wrong due to a curly brace:

PHP Code:


if {$sent) {$valid = true;

Should be:

PHP Code:


if ($sent) {$valid = true;

LoKo · #5 22-Sep-2005, 08:25

Hey I'm getting the same error with this code:

PHP Code:


$ConnError_Email="There was an error connecting with MySQL at $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']";

Thats's the line with the error.

and the error code is this:

Code:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' or `T_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING' in D:\WWW\~wauhost\config.php on line 92

LoKo · #6 22-Sep-2005, 08:39

NVM I figured it out... LOL

dave_w · #7 13-Oct-2005, 14:15

Can someone please help me. i am tryin to use this login system that i have found on the internet for my website but keep getting this error

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/vhosts/dwgame.wagoo2.com/main.php on line 33

The code is as below

PHP Code:


<?
/**
 * Main.php
 *
 * This is an example of the main page of a website. Here
 * users will be able to login. However, like on most sites
 * the login form doesn't just have to be on the main page,
 * but re-appear on subsequent pages, depending on whether
 * the user has logged in or not.
 *
 * Written by: Jpmaster77 a.k.a. The Grandmaster of C++ (GMC)
 * Last Updated: August 26, 2004
 */
include("include/session.php");
?>

<html>
<title>Jpmaster77's Login Script</title>
<body>

<table>
<tr><td>


<?
/**
 * User has already logged in, so display relavent links, including
 * a link to the admin center if the user is an administrator.
 */
if($session->logged_in){
   echo "<h1>Logged In</h1>";
   echo "Welcome <b>$session->username</b>, you are logged in. <br><br>";
       "[<a href="userinfo.php?user=$session->username">My Account</a>]   ";
       "[<a href="useredit.php">Edit Account</a>]   ";
   if($session->isAdmin()){
      echo "[<a href="admin/admin.php">Admin Center</a>]   ";
   }
   echo "[<a href="process.php">Logout</a>]";
}
else{
?>

<h1>Login</h1>
<?
/**
 * User not logged in, display the login form.
 * If user has already tried to login, but errors were
 * found, display the total number of errors.
 * If errors occurred, they will be displayed.
 */
if($form->num_errors > 0){
   echo "<font size=\"2\" color=\"#ff0000\">".$form->num_errors." error(s) found</font>";
}
?>
<form action="process.php" method="POST">
<table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr><td>Username:</td><td><input type="text" name="user" maxlength="30" value="<? echo $form->value("user"); ?>"></td><td><? echo $form->error("user"); ?></td></tr>
<tr><td>Password:</td><td><input type="password" name="pass" maxlength="30" value="<? echo $form->value("pass"); ?>"></td><td><? echo $form->error("pass"); ?></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><input type="checkbox" name="remember" <? if($form->value("remember") != ""){ echo "checked"; } ?>>
<font size="2">Remember me next time     
<input type="hidden" name="sublogin" value="1">
<input type="submit" value="Login"></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><br><font size="2">[<a href="forgotpass.php">Forgot Password?</a>]</font></td><td align="right"></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><br>Not registered? <a href="register.php">Sign-Up!</a></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

<?
}

/**
 * Just a little page footer, tells how many registered members
 * there are, how many users currently logged in and viewing site,
 * and how many guests viewing site. Active users are displayed,
 * with link to their user information.
 */
echo "</td></tr><tr><td align=\"center\"><br><br>";
echo "<b>Member Total:</b> ".$database->getNumMembers()."<br>";
echo "There are $database->num_active_users registered members and ";
echo "$database->num_active_guests guests viewing the site.<br><br>";

include("include/view_active.php");

?>


</td></tr>
</table>


</body>
</html>

Thankyou to anyone who helps.

ubergeek · #8 13-Nov-2005, 16:43

dave_w, if you haven't already solve your problem:

you can't do this

PHP Code:


$string = "my string with tags in it <tag prop="val">";

because now "val" isn't part of the string, even though you wanted it to be (as part of the echo statement). So escape, or tell PHP to ignore, the "s by using a \.

PHP Code:


$string = "my string with \"embedded\" strings.";

if you echo the second $string, you'll get

Quote:

my string with "embedded" strings.

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