yet another unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE error--HELP

[Lodius2000]

so this script prints

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /hsphere/local/home/maddenbain/maddenbain.com/0/admin/index.php on line 64

 

line 64 reads

print "Welcome, $_SESSION['username']";

i is the last real line of code

 

also, if i try to comment off line 64 i get this error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /hsphere/local/home/maddenbain/maddenbain.com/0/admin/formhelpers.php on line 65

 

here is my code

<?php
session_start();
require_once ('../../../dbfiles/db_login.php');
require_once ('formhelpers.php');

if($_POST['_submit_check']){
if($form_errors = validate_form()){
	show_form($form_errors);
} else {
	process_form();
}
} else {
show_form();
}

function show_form($errors = '') {

if ($errors){
	$error_text = '<ul><li>';
	$error_text .= implode('</li><li>', $errors);
	$error_text .= '</li></ul>';
} else {
	$error_text ='';
}

print '<form method="POST" action="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'">';
//begin the unique form

print 'Username:';
input_text('username', $_POST);
print '<br />';

print 'Password:';
input_password('password', $_POST);
print '<br />';

input_submit('submit', 'Log In');

print '<input type="hidden" name="_submit_check" value="1" />';
print '</form>';
}

function validate_form(){
global $db;

$errors = array();

//is password valid?
$encrypted_password = $db->getOne('SELECT password FROM users WHERE username = ?',
						array($_POST['username']));

if ($encrypted_password != crypt($_POST['password'], $encrypted_password)){
	$errors[] = 'Please enter a valid password';
}

return $errors;

}

function process_form(){
//add username to session
$_SESSION['username'] = $_POST['username'];

print "Welcome, $_SESSION['username']";
}

?>

 

i thought that unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE means you missed a quote or something somewhere but I cant find it

 

help me out

 

Thanks

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Unfortunately, the php parser needs help in figuring out where an array variable begins and ends inside of a double-quoted string. Use the curly-bracket/brace syntax -

 

print "Welcome, {$_SESSION['username']}";

 

Once you fix this you will probably have an $end error as your next problem (edit: due to something in your require_once() files.)

[Lodius2000]

thanks, I do have the $end error but now i at least know where to look

[Lodius2000]

new question:

 

fixed the $end error, but now when the script runs it is inserting a <br /> into the username and password fields, for some reason php is picking up <br /> as the value of both username and password

 

her is the code for formhelpers.php

<?php
//print a text box
function input_text($element_name, $values){
print '<input type="text" name="' . $element_name .'" value="';
print htmlentities($values[$element_name]) . '"/>';
}

//print a password box
function input_password($field_name, $values) {
print '<input type="password" name="' . $field_name .'" value="';
print htmlentities($values[$field_name]) . '"/>';
}

//print a submit button
function input_submit($element_name, $label){
print '<input type="submit" name="' . $element_name .'" value="';
print htmlentities($label) . '"/>';
}

//print a textarea
function input_textarea($element_name, $values){
print '<textarea name="' . $element_name .'">';
print htmlentities($values[$element_name]) . '</textarea>';
}

//print a radio button or checkbox
function input_radiocheck($type, $element_name, $values, $element_value){
print '<input type="' . $type . '" name="' . $element_name . '" value="' . $element_value . '" ';
if ($element_value == $values[$element_name]){
	print ' checked="checked"';
}
print '/>';
}

//print a select menu

function input_select($element_name, $selected, $options, $multiple = false){
//print out the <select> tag
print '<select name="' . $element_name;
// if multiple choices are permitted, add the multiple attribute
// and add a [] to the end of the tag name
if ($multiple){ print '[]" multiple="multiple'; }
print '">';

//set up the list of things to be selected
$selected_options = array();
if ($multiple) {
	foreach ($selected[$element_name] as $val){
		$selected_options[$val] = true;
	}
} else {
	$selected_options[ $selected[$element_name] ] = true;
}

//print out the <option> tags
foreach ($options as $option=>$label) {
	print '<option value="' . htmlentities($option) . '"';
	if ($selected_options[$option]){
		print ' selected="selected"';
		}
	print '>' . htmlentities($label) . '</option>';
}
print '</select>';
}

?>

 

and here is the code form a ctrl+U of the main script

<br />
<b>Notice</b>:  Undefined index:  _submit_check in <b>/admin/index.php</b> on line <b>6</b><br />
<form method="POST" action="/0/admin/index.php">Username:<input type="text" name="username" value="<br />
<b>Notice</b>:  Undefined index:  username in <b>/admin/formhelpers.php</b> on line <b>5</b><br />
"/><br />Password:<input type="password" name="password" value="<br />
<b>Notice</b>:  Undefined index:  password in <b>/admin/formhelpers.php</b> on line <b>11</b><br />
"/><br /><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Log In"/><input type="hidden" name="_submit_check" value="1" /></form>

 

thanks