[SOLVED] Parse error: parse error, unexpected $

[teddy777]

I get this error when checking my syntax, common causes seem to be missing a semi colon from the code, causing it to try and parse the line after the last line of the file or misspelling a variable. I'm not sure so, does any body know how to fix this.

<?php


// Connect to server and select databse.
;
mysql_select_db('---')or die('cannot select DB');

$myusername=$_POST['myusername'];
$password1=$_POST['password1'];
$password2=$_POST['password2'];
$myemailaddress=$_POST['email'];

$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE username='$myusername'";
$result=mysql_query($sql);

if($_POST['submit']){
  //username checking
  if($myusername && strlen($myusername) >= 3){
    $query = mysql_query("SELECT `id` FROM `regtut` WHERE `username`='". $myusername."' LIMIT 1");
    if(mysql_num_rows($query)){
      $error['userexists'] = 'Username exists';
    }
  } else {
    $error['usernameinput'] = 'Please enter a username of 3+ characters';
  }
  //email checking
  if($myemailaddress){
     if(!eregi("^[a-zA-Z0-9]+[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]*@[a-zA-Z0-9]+[a-zA-Z0-9_.-])*\.[a-z]{2,4}$", $myemailaddress)){
      $error['emailerror'] = 'Email Incorrect';
    }
  } else {
  $error['emailinput'] = 'Please supply an email address'; 
  }
  
  //Password checking
  if($password1 && $password2){
    if($password1 != $password2){
      $error['passmismatch'] = 'Passwords don\'t match';
    }
  } else {
  $error['passwordinput'] = 'Please enter your password in both fields';
  }
}
  if(!$error && $_POST['submit']){

  $sql = mysql_query("INSERT INTO `regtut` (username, password, email) VALUES ('".$myusername."', '".md5($password1)."', '".$myemailaddress."')");
  if($query){
  echo $myusername .' is now registered';
}
?>

this is my code its my first ever attempt at php an a login code so its a bit cobbled together.

[Yesideez]

Line number the error is on???

[Mchl]

What line number is reported?

[Mchl]

The bracket is not closed for

if(!$error && $_POST['submit']){

line 51

[teddy777]

thanks that worked, sorry it was such a trivial error

[Mchl]

Get yourself some good IDE

I pasted your code into NetBeans and it marked the error right away.

[Yesideez]

I agree - I use both Notepad++ and EditPlus.