[SOLVED] Parse error

[halfpint]

Hi can anyone see where the error is in this bit of code as it keeps comming up with a parse error on this line

 

 echo("<a href="page.php?page=memberlist&p=$prev_page">< Prev</a>");

 

 

thanks in advance

 

 

 

[trq]

echo "<a href=\"page.php?page=memberlist&p=$prev_page\">< Prev</a>";

[halfpint]

ahh thank you very much

[Chezshire]

Why was the '(' at the beginnning of the code considered to be a 'parse' error? Parse errors and T-Strings confuse me and i'm trying to understand what they are so i can resolve them as they are my most common mistake.

 

thanks!

Chez

[trq]

The ( had nothing to do with it. echo is a language construct not a function, hence does not require () around its arguments (this is however beside the point).

 

The problem was the fact that you had unescaped double quotes within a double quote encapsulated string. In order to use double quotes within a double quote encapsulated string they need to be escaped (using the \ (backslash) character). Otherwise, you could have used single quotes.

 

Some working examples of how your code could have been written.

 

<?php

  echo "<a href=\"page.php?page=memberlist&p=$prev_page\">< Prev</a>";
  echo "<a href='page.php?page=memberlist&p=$prev_page'>< Prev</a>";
  echo '<a href="page.php?page=memberlist&p=' . $prev_page . '">< Prev</a>';

?>