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Ok so this is my script.. well its one of the net.. its a registration form which only came with two fields to regitser, $user and $pass. (which i changed the $username and $password).. i added some other fields and when completed i got the syntax error.. i didnt test it before so dont know whether its my shoddy scripting or what.. any help much appreciated (Its line 89), which says - die('You didn't fill in a required field');

<?
session_start(); 
include("includes/conn.php");

/**
* Returns true if the username has been taken
* by another user, false otherwise.
*/
function usernameTaken($username){
   global $conn;
   if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc()){
      $username = addslashes($username);
   }
   $q = "select username from users where username = '$username'";
   $result = mysql_query($q,$conn);
   return (mysql_numrows($result) > 0);
}

/**
* Inserts the given (username, password) pair
* into the database. Returns true on success,
* false otherwise.
*/
function addNewUser($fullname, $username, $password, $dob, $email, $country){
   global $conn;
   $q = "INSERT INTO users VALUES ('$fullname', '$username', '$password', '$dob', '$email', '$country')";
   return mysql_query($q,$conn);
}

/**
* Displays the appropriate message to the user
* after the registration attempt. It displays a 
* success or failure status depending on a
* session variable set during registration.
*/
function displayStatus(){
   $uname = $_SESSION['reguname'];
   if($_SESSION['regresult']){
?>

<h1>Registered!</h1>
<p>Thank you <? echo $username; ?>, your information has been added to the database, you may now <a href="?page=login" title="Login">log in</a>!</p>

<?
   }
   else{
?>

<h1>Registration Failed </h1>
<p>We're sorry, but an error has occurred and your registration for the username <b><? echo $username; ?></b>, could not be completed.<br>
Please try again at a later time.</p>

<?
   }
   unset($_SESSION['reguname']);
   unset($_SESSION['registered']);
   unset($_SESSION['regresult']);
}

if(isset($_SESSION['registered'])){
/**
* This is the page that will be displayed after the
* registration has been attempted.
*/
?>

<html>
<title>Registration Page</title>
<body>

<? displayStatus(); ?>

</body>
</html>

<?
   return;
}

/**
* Determines whether or not to show to sign-up form
* based on whether the form has been submitted, if it
* has, check the database for consistency and create
* the new account.
*/
if(isset($_POST['subjoin'])){
   /* Make sure all fields were entered */
   if(!$_POST['fullname'] || !$_POST['username'] || !$_POST['password'] || !$_POST['dob'] || !$_POST['email'] || !$_POST['country']) {
     die('You didn't fill in a required field');
   }

   /* Spruce up username, check length */
   $_POST['username'] = trim($_POST['username']);
   if(strlen($_POST['username']) > 30) {
      die("Sorry, the username is longer than 30 characters, please shorten it.");
   }

   /* Check if username is already in use */
   if(usernameTaken($_POST['username'])){
      $use = $_POST['username'];
      die("Sorry, the username: <strong>$use</strong> is already taken, please pick another one.");
   }

   /* Add the new account to the database */
   $md5pass = md5($_POST['pass']);
   $_SESSION['reguname'] = $_POST['user'];
   $_SESSION['regresult'] = addNewUser($_POST['username'], $md5pass);
   $_SESSION['registered'] = true;
   echo "<meta http-equiv=\"Refresh\" content=\"0;url=$HTTP_SERVER_VARS[php_SELF]\">";
   return;
}
else{
/**
* This is the page with the sign-up form, the names
* of the input fields are important and should not
* be changed.
*/
?>

<html>
<title>Registration Page</title>
<body>
<h1>Register</h1>
<form action="<? echo $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
<table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr><td>Username:</td><td><input type="text" name="user" maxlength="30"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Password:</td><td><input type="password" name="pass" maxlength="30"></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="right"><input type="submit" name="subjoin" value="Join!"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>


<?
}
?>

 

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