syntax error, unexpected '>'

[totalphpnoob]

I'm really new to php, and I'm just learning how to code. I have a little script that is returning an error and I can't figure out the problem...

 

The error I get (you can see it at: www.aboutresultsmarketing.com) is:

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '>' in /main.inc on line 23

 

The code is:

 

 <?php function print_rss($url,$count=2,$length=150) {
  require_once('magpierss/rss_fetch.inc');
  require_once('smart_trim.php');
  $rss = fetch_rss($url);
  foreach ($rss->items as $item) {
    if (++$cnt>$count) { break; }
    $href = $item['link'];
    $title = $item['title'];
    $published = strtotime($item['pubdate']);
    $content = strip_tags($item['content']['encoded']);
    $body = smart_trim($content, $length, false, ‘…’);
    echo ‘<p>’;
    echo ‘<span style="font-size: 80%;color:#9BB23B;">’;
    echo date(’F d, Y’, $published);
    echo ‘</span><br />’;
    echo "<a href=\"$href\">$title</a><br />";
    echo ‘<span style="font-size:80%;color:#666;">’;
    echo $body;
    echo "<br /><a href=\"$href\">More &#187;</a></span>";
    echo ‘</p>’;
  }
} ?>

[phpzone]

There appear to be strange Single Quotes in this code, did the forum do this?

 

When I try the code straight out, does not work, I get the error.

 

If I replace all the unusual single quotes with normal single quotes, no errors.

 

But, please see my one and only blog post at http://www.phpzone.co.uk :-)

[bilis_money]

try this my friend

 

<?php 

function print_rss($url,$count=2,$length=150) {
  require_once('magpierss/rss_fetch.inc');
  require_once('smart_trim.php');
  $rss = fetch_rss($url);
  foreach ($rss->items as $item) {
    if (++$cnt>$count) { 
		break; 
		}
    $href = $item['link'];
    $title = $item['title'];
    $published = strtotime($item['pubdate']);
    $content = strip_tags($item['content']['encoded']);
    $body = smart_trim($content, $length, false, '…');
    echo '<p>';
    echo '<span style="font-size: 80%;color:#9BB23B;">';
    echo date(’F d, Y’, $published);
    echo '</span><br />';
    echo '<a href=\"$href\">$title</a><br />';
    echo '<span style="font-size:80%;color:#666;">';
    echo $body;
    echo '<br /><a href=\"$href\">More &#187;</a></span>';
    echo '</p>';
  }
} 

?>

[totalphpnoob]

Hey Billis,

 

It got that error knocked off, but I'm still getting an error:

 

"Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/doj464/public_html/aboutresultsmarketing/incs/main.inc on line 18"

 

Thanks for the help

[phpzone]

You still have the strange quotes on line 18 date('Y-d-m');  I'd use a different editor.  You're not using Word are you?

[totalphpnoob]

I'm using notepad... That worked, except there are alot of errors on that script. I'm gonna have to sift through it.

 

Thanks,

David

[phpzone]

 

I use Aptana with the PHP Plugin.  Worth a look.  (Or Eclipse-PHP)

 

I does syntax highlight as per usual for most editors, has intellisense and shows parse errors as you type.

 

It would have easily picked up all the errors in your code.

[totalphpnoob]

Thanks for the tips, and helping a noob out