Any help appreciated i get the following error when the code is executed up to update_ac.php
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in - on line 21 /file/update_ac.php
//update.php//
<?php
//sql connection details here
// Connect to server and select database.
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");
// get value of id that sent from address bar
$id=$_GET['id'];
// Retrieve data from database
$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE id='$id'";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
$rows=mysql_fetch_array($result);
?>
<table width="400" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="update_ac.php">
<td>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Update data in mysql</strong> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"> </td>
<td align="center"> </td>
<td align="center"> </td>
<td align="center"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"> </td>
<td align="center"><strong>id</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Post</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td align="center">
<input name="name" type="text" id="name" value="<? echo $rows['id']; ?>">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input name="lastname" type="text" id="lastname" value="<? echo $rows['input_text']; ?>" size="15">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>
<input name="id" type="hidden" id="id" value="<? echo $rows['id']; ?>">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</form>
</tr>
</table>
<?php
// close connection
mysql_close();
?>
//update_ac.php//
<?php
//sql connect details here//
// Connect to server and select database.
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");
$post = $_POST['lastname'];
$id = $_POST['name'];
// update data in mysql database
$sql="UPDATE `micro_blog_posts` SET `input_text`='$post' WHERE `id`='$id'
$result=mysql_query($sql);
// if successfully updated.
if($result){
echo "Successful";
echo "<BR>";
echo "<a href='list_records.php'>View result</a>";
}
else {
echo "ERROR";
}
?>
//list_records.php//
<?php
// sql connect details here//
// Connect to server and select database.
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");
$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
?>
<table width="400" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td>
<table width="400" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr>
<td colspan="4"><strong>Your posts</strong> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"><strong>id</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Post</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Update</strong></td>
</tr>
<?php
while($rows=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
?>
<tr>
<td><? echo $rows['id']; ?></td>
<td><? echo $rows['input_text']; ?></td>
<!-- link to update.php and send value of id --!>
<td align="center"><a href="update.php?id=<? echo $rows['id']; ?>">update</a></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
?>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<?php
mysql_close();
?>
Please help....
Any help appreciated
