Getting Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in

Iank1968 · March 1, 2009

I get this error everytime I try to access the landmarks page:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/ianapps/public_html/globetrotters/common.php on line 114

114 is <?

Here is the code

<?
  <table border="0" colspacing="2" colpadding="2">
  <tr> <th width="100"> <h3 class="subtitle">Date</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">Name</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">You Get</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">They want</h3> </th><th width="80"> <h3 class="subtitle">Action</h3> </th> 
  </tr>
?>

I cant figure out whats wrong.

Mchl · March 1, 2009

What is before that? Did you close previous PHP tag?

You can't just write HTML within PHP tags like that.

Iank1968 · March 1, 2009

I just realized this is in the wrong forum ooops lol. Anyhow I did have an open tag and closed it now I have the parse error in line 115

this is before that

}
function ParseInTrades ($data) {
global $db_to_desc_send;
  if (!count($data))
    return;
  global $facebook;
}

Iank1968 · March 1, 2009

so how would I write that bit of code in php?

Mchl · March 1, 2009

Like that:

<?php
// some php
}
function ParseInTrades ($data) {
global $db_to_desc_send;
  if (!count($data))
    return;
  global $facebook;
}
?>
  <table border="0" colspacing="2" colpadding="2">
  <tr> <th width="100"> <h3 class="subtitle">Date</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">Name</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">You Get</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">They want</h3> </th><th width="80"> <h3 class="subtitle">Action</h3> </th>
  </tr>
<?php 
//more php
?>

Iank1968 · March 1, 2009

Well that didnt work, no I get that error in line 109 which is <?php

heres the code now

<?php
//some php
function ParseInTrades ($data) {
global $db_to_desc_send;
  if (!count($data))
    return;
  global $facebook;
}
<?
  <table border="0" colspacing="2" colpadding="2">
  <tr> <th width="100"> <h3 class="subtitle">Date</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">Name</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">You Get</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">They want</h3> </th><th width="80"> <h3 class="subtitle">Action</h3> </th> 
  </tr>
<?php
?>

Mchl · March 1, 2009

This isn't exactly what I posted above. There's one difference. Very small but extremely important.

daveoffy · March 1, 2009

Like that:

<?php
// some php
}
function ParseInTrades ($data) {
global $db_to_desc_send;
  if (!count($data))
    return;
  global $facebook;
}
?>
  <table border="0" colspacing="2" colpadding="2">
  <tr> <th width="100"> <h3 class="subtitle">Date</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">Name</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">You Get</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">They want</h3> </th><th width="80"> <h3 class="subtitle">Action</h3> </th>
  </tr>
<?php 
//more php
?>

This is right, but for you I think you want the following

(COPY AND PASTE)

<?php
// some php
}
function ParseInTrades ($data) {
global $db_to_desc_send;
  if (!count($data))
    return;
  global $facebook;
}
?>
  <table border="0" colspacing="2" colpadding="2">
  <tr> <th width="100"> <h3 class="subtitle">Date</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">Name</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">You Get</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">They want</h3> </th><th width="80"> <h3 class="subtitle">Action</h3> </th>
  </tr>

If you want to add more php put in <?php your code here than close it with ?>

jackpf · March 1, 2009

Or you could just not close the php tag and echo the whole table thing.

I personally think it's better coding practice.

Iank1968 · March 2, 2009

Well I did as you said and I still get the same error. Its like it doesnt like <? or <?php

<?php
// some php
}
function ParseInTrades ($data) {
global $db_to_desc_send;
  if (!count($data))
    return;
  global $facebook;
}
?>
  <table border="0" colspacing="2" colpadding="2">
  <tr> <th width="100"> <h3 class="subtitle">Date</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">Name</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">You Get</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">They want</h3> </th><th width="80"> <h3 class="subtitle">Action</h3> </th>
  </tr>

daviddth · March 2, 2009

Might be an idea to post a bit more of the code prior to the error - are there any php sections before it that are not closed properly etc?

<?php
// some php
}     //<<<<<<<<<<<<< Why are you closing a bracket thats not opened, unless it's opened in a previous section?
function ParseInTrades ($data) {
global $db_to_desc_send;
  if (!count($data))
    return;
  global $facebook;
}
?>

Philip · March 2, 2009

Post your full code, not just

// some php

Something in that some php it whats causing your error most likely.

Iank1968 · March 2, 2009

this is on my common.php file, its 2000 lines long, dont think you want it all do you? I will give you a few lines before that function. I got rid of that bracket and still got the parse error

function GetInTradesSideBar ($user) {
  global $logtrade_table;
  $result = Query ("SELECT id,unix_timestamp(date) as datets,uid_from,what,amt,what_req,amt_req,auth FROM $logtrade_table WHERE uid_to=$user and hide=0 and auth=0 ORDER by date DESC"); // get trades coming into you
$i=0;
if (mysql_num_rows ($result) == 0)
  return "<br/>.";
$a = '<table>';
  while ($row = mysql_fetch_array ($result)) {
    $u = $row['uid_from'];
    $a .= '<tr><td bgcolor="#eaeaea"><fb:profile-pic uid="'.$u.'"/>  <br/><fb:name uid="'.$u.'"/></td><td bgcolor="#eaeaea">' . date ("F j", $row['datets'] ) . ' - <b><a href="?id=trade">View</a></b></td></tr>';
    $i++;
  }
  $a .= '</table>';
  return $a;
}
function GetOutTrades ($user) {
  global $logtrade_table;
  $result = Query ("SELECT id,unix_timestamp(date) as datets,uid_to,what,amt,what_req,amt_req,auth,hide FROM $logtrade_table WHERE uid_from=$user ORDER by date DESC limit 50 "); // get trades coming into you
  $i=0;
  while ($row = mysql_fetch_array ($result)) {
    $out[$i]['id'] = $row['id'];
    $out[$i]['date'] = $row['datets'];
    $out[$i]['uid_to'] = $row['uid_to'];
    $out[$i]['what'] = $row['what'];
    $out[$i]['amt'] = $row['amt'];
    $out[$i]['what_req'] = $row['what_req'];
    $out[$i]['amt_req'] = $row['amt_req'];
    $out[$i]['auth'] = $row['auth'];
    $out[$i]['hide'] = $row['hide'];
    $i++;
  }
  return $out;
}
<?php
// some php
function ParseInTrades ($data) {
global $db_to_desc_send;
  if (!count($data))
    return;
  global $facebook;
}
?>
<table border="0" colspacing="2" colpadding="2">
  <tr> <th width="100"> <h3 class="subtitle">Date</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">Name</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">You Get</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">They want</h3> </th><th width="80"> <h3 class="subtitle">Action</h3> </th>
  </tr>

line 109 is <?php

daviddth · March 2, 2009

your opening another <?php section while still IN one.

Iank1968 · March 2, 2009

I did by accident, its gone now lol

Iank1968 · March 2, 2009

so what do I do now?

Iank1968 · March 2, 2009

ok I took out <?php ?> and now its saying Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/ianapps/public_html/globetrotters/common.php on line 118

line 118 - 120

<table border="0" colspacing="2" colpadding="2">
  <tr> <th width="100"> <h3 class="subtitle">Date</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">Name</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">You Get</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">They want</h3> </th><th width="80"> <h3 class="subtitle">Action</h3> </th>
  </tr>

daviddth · March 2, 2009

Can you post 10 or so lines up to the error point and the same after. At a guess that's in a php section as above

Iank1968 · March 2, 2009

ok I am gonna post from line 1 to just past the error.

<?php
require 'settings.php';
$username = "ianapps";
$password = "wdLlGQbZlswP";
$hostname = "localhost"; 
$conn = mysql_connect ($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass);
$sel = mysql_select_db ($dbname, $conn);
if (!$sel || !$conn) {  exit; 
}
function Query ($q) {
  global $conn;
  $result = mysql_query ($q, $conn);
  if (!$result) {
      }
  return $result;
}
function getprizeproperty($fprize)
{
}
function TransferPrize ($from, $to, $prize, $amt) {
  if (GetPrizeProperty ($from, $prize) >= $amt) {
      ChangePrizeProperty ($from, $prize, -$amt, false);
      ChangePrizeProperty ($to, $prize, $amt, false);
      return true;
  }
   return false;
}
function TransferMoney ($from, $to, $amt) {
  if (GetMoney ($from) >= $amt*100) {
      AlterMoney ($from, -$amt*100);
      AlterMoney ($to, $amt*100);
      return true;
  }
  return false;
}
function IsThereEnough ($uid, $what, $amt) {
  if ($what == 'money') {
    if (GetMoney ($uid) < $amt)
      return false;
  }
  else {
    if (GetPrizeProperty ($uid, $what) < $amt)
      return false;
  }
    return true;
    }
function LogStealAttempt ($user_from, $user_to, $what, $amt) {
  global $logsendneg_table;
  Query ("INSERT INTO $logsendneg_table SET uid_from=$user_from, uid_to=$user_to, what='$what', amt=$amt");
}
function LogSend ($user_from, $user_to, $what, $amt, $trade=0) {
  global $logsend_table;
  Query ("INSERT INTO $logsend_table SET uid_from=$user_from, uid_to=$user_to, what='$what', amt=$amt, trade=$trade");
}
function LogTrade ($user_from, $user_to, $tx_what, $tx_amt, $rx_what, $rx_amt) {
  global $logtrade_table;
  Query ("INSERT INTO $logtrade_table SET uid_from=$user_from, uid_to=$user_to, what='$tx_what', amt=$tx_amt, what_req='$rx_what', amt_req=$rx_amt");
}
function GetInTrades ($user) {
  global $logtrade_table;
  $result = Query ("SELECT id,unix_timestamp(date) as datets,uid_from,what,amt,what_req,amt_req,auth FROM $logtrade_table WHERE uid_to=$user and hide=0 and auth=0 ORDER by date DESC"); // get trades coming into you
   $i=0;
  while ($row = mysql_fetch_array ($result)) {
    $in[$i]['id'] = $row['id'];
    $in[$i]['date'] = $row['datets'];
    $in[$i]['uid_from'] = $row['uid_from'];
    $in[$i]['what'] = $row['what'];
    $in[$i]['amt'] = $row['amt'];
    $in[$i]['what_req'] = $row['what_req'];
    $in[$i]['amt_req'] = $row['amt_req'];
    $in[$i]['auth'] = $row['auth'];
    $i++;
  }
  return $in;
}
function GetInTradesSideBar ($user) {
  global $logtrade_table;
  $result = Query ("SELECT id,unix_timestamp(date) as datets,uid_from,what,amt,what_req,amt_req,auth FROM $logtrade_table WHERE uid_to=$user and hide=0 and auth=0 ORDER by date DESC"); // get trades coming into you
$i=0;
if (mysql_num_rows ($result) == 0)
  return "<br/>.";
$a = '<table>';
  while ($row = mysql_fetch_array ($result)) {
    $u = $row['uid_from'];
    $a .= '<tr><td bgcolor="#eaeaea"><fb:profile-pic uid="'.$u.'"/>  <br/><fb:name uid="'.$u.'"/></td><td bgcolor="#eaeaea">' . date ("F j", $row['datets'] ) . ' - <b><a href="?id=trade">View</a></b></td></tr>';
    $i++;
  }
  $a .= '</table>';
  return $a;
}
function GetOutTrades ($user) {
  global $logtrade_table;
  $result = Query ("SELECT id,unix_timestamp(date) as datets,uid_to,what,amt,what_req,amt_req,auth,hide FROM $logtrade_table WHERE uid_from=$user ORDER by date DESC limit 50 "); // get trades coming into you
  $i=0;
  while ($row = mysql_fetch_array ($result)) {
    $out[$i]['id'] = $row['id'];
    $out[$i]['date'] = $row['datets'];
    $out[$i]['uid_to'] = $row['uid_to'];
    $out[$i]['what'] = $row['what'];
    $out[$i]['amt'] = $row['amt'];
    $out[$i]['what_req'] = $row['what_req'];
    $out[$i]['amt_req'] = $row['amt_req'];
    $out[$i]['auth'] = $row['auth'];
    $out[$i]['hide'] = $row['hide'];
    $i++;
  }
  return $out;
}

// some php
function ParseInTrades ($data) {
global $db_to_desc_send;
  if (!count($data))
    return;
  global $facebook;
}

<table border="0" colspacing="2" colpadding="2">
  <tr> <th width="100"> <h3 class="subtitle">Date</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">Name</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">You Get</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">They want</h3> </th><th width="80"> <h3 class="subtitle">Action</h3> </th>
  </tr>

daviddth · March 2, 2009

I'll look when I get home as the iPhone browser will not let me scroll a text box like that grrrrrr

Iank1968 · March 2, 2009

lol ok np. How long will that be? im in Toronto and its 1:30am. just wondering if I should wait up.

daviddth · March 2, 2009

At least an hour sorry. It's only 5:30 pm here in Australia.

Iank1968 · March 2, 2009

np I will be up still

Mchl · March 2, 2009

You have to close php tag, before you start your HTML

Read this. It's the first chapter in PHP language reference. How do you want to write any PHP if you haven't read this?

daviddth · March 2, 2009

This is php code

// some php
function ParseInTrades ($data) {
global $db_to_desc_send;
  if (!count($data))
    return;
  global $facebook;
}

and this is HTML.

<table border="0" colspacing="2" colpadding="2">
  <tr> <th width="100"> <h3 class="subtitle">Date</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">Name</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">You Get</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">They want</h3> </th><th width="80"> <h3 class="subtitle">Action</h3> </th>
  </tr>

You can put html in a php section of code, but not like that. you have 2 options. This one closes the php tag, puts the html code, and then reopens it

<?php 

//all your code was in here, but cut to make it easier to understand

// some php
function ParseInTrades ($data) {
global $db_to_desc_send;
  if (!count($data))
    return;
  global $facebook;
}

?>
<table border="0" colspacing="2" colpadding="2">
  <tr> <th width="100"> <h3 class="subtitle">Date</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">Name</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">You Get</h3> </th> <th width="120"> <h3 class="subtitle">They want</h3> </th><th width="80"> <h3 class="subtitle">Action</h3> </th>
  </tr>
<?php
//any more php code goes here

?>

or, my preference, simply use echo to write the html code.

<?php 

//all your code was in here, but cut to make it easier to understand

// some php
function ParseInTrades ($data) {
global $db_to_desc_send;
  if (!count($data))
    return;
  global $facebook;
}

echo '<table border="0" colspacing="2" colpadding="2">';
echo '<tr><th width="100"><h3 class="subtitle">Date</h3></th><th width="120"><h3 class="subtitle">Name</h3></th><th width="120">';
echo '<h3 class="subtitle">You Get</h3></th><th width="120"><h3 class="subtitle">They want</h3></th><th width="80">';
echo '<h3 class="subtitle">Action</h3></th></tr>';

//any more php code goes here

?>

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