[SOLVED] Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING

gwolff2005 · April 24, 2009

Hi guys,

I get the following output on my website:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/guntmar/public_html/passiontest.php on line 16

What is wrong?? Thanks

<?php require_once('Connections/Login.php'); ?>
<?php
session_start();
?>
<?php 
//You will need to update all the below variables 
$mysqlhost = "localhost"; 
$mysqluser = "guntmar"; 
$mysqlpass = "je20sa05"; 
$mysqldb = "guntmar"; 
$mysqltable = "users"; 
$username = "username"; 

// End Variables 
if (isset($_POST['Submit'])) {
INSERT SQL QUERIES HERE
};
mysql_connect($mysqlhost, $mysqluser, $mysqlpass); 
mysql_select_db($mysqldb); 

$query = "SELECT * FROM " . $mysqltable . " WHERE username='" . $username . "'"; 

$result = mysql_query($query) or die("There was a mysql error"); 
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){ 
    $currentpo = $row['resultspo']; 
    $currentmo = $row['resultsmo']; 
} 

$pagepo = ($_POST['po1'] + $_POST['po4']); 
$pagemo = ($_POST['mo2'] + $_POST['mo3']); 

$newpo = ($currentpo + $pagepo); 
$newmo = ($currentmo + $pagemo); 

$query = "UPDATE ".$mysqltable." SET resultspo = '".$newpo."', resultsmo = '".$newmo."' WHERE username = '".$username."' AND id   '".$_SESSION['id']."'";

mysql_query($query) or die("There was a mysql error"); 

header('Location: passiontest2.php');  //Relative or absolute path to your next page. 

?> 

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Your Passion Test</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style1 {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #000033;
}
.style3 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif}
.style4 {
font-size: 20px;
color: #996600;
}
-->
</style>
</head>

<body>
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="">
  <table width="699" border="0" align="center" cellspacing="5" class="style1">
    <tr>
      <td colspan="3"><div align="center"><span class="style4">Your Passion Test</span></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="24"> </td>
      <td width="429"> </td>
      <td width="220"><div align="right">Saturday, 03/28/09</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> </td>
      <td> </td>
      <td><div align="right"><?php echo $_SESSION['MM_firstname']; ?></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> </td>
      <td> </td>
      <td><div align="right"></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> </td>
      <td> </td>
      <td> </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>1</td>
      <td><strong>I like talking to people. </strong><br />
          </b></td>
      <td><div align="left">
          <input name="po1" type="radio" value="0" />
        0
        <input name="po1" type="radio" value="1" />
        1
        <input name="po1" type="radio" value="2" />
        2
        <input name="po1" type="radio" value="3" />
        3
        <input name="po1" type="radio" value="4" />
        4
        <input name="po1" type="radio" value="5" />
        5</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>2</td>
      <td>It is important for me what other people think. </td>
      <td><p>
          <label></label>
          <label></label>
          <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="0" />
        0
        <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="1" />
        1
        <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="2" />
        2
        <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="3" />
        3
        <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="4" />
        4
        <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="5" />
        5<br />
        <br />
      </p></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>3</td>
      <td class="style1">My level of excitement is high right now. </td>
      <td><p>
          <label></label>
          <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="0" />
        0
        <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="1" />
        1
        <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="2" />
        2
        <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="3" />
        3
        <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="4" />
        4
        <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="5" />
        5<br />
      </p></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>4</td>
      <td>I like solving mathematical tasks. </td>
      <td><input name="po4" type="radio" value="0" />
        0
        <input name="po4" type="radio" value="1" />
        1
        <input name="po4" type="radio" value="2" />
        2
        <input name="po4" type="radio" value="3" />
        3
        <input name="po4" type="radio" value="4" />
        4
        <input name="po4" type="radio" value="5" />
        5</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <p align="center">
    <input name="Submit" type="submit" class="style1" value="go on" />
  </p>
</form>
</body>
</html>

phpretard · April 24, 2009

$gunna="INSERT SQL QUERIES HERE";

or

echo "INSERT SQL QUERIES HERE";

radi8 · April 24, 2009

As the phpretard said:

// End Variables 
<?php
if (isset($_POST['Submit'])) {
INSERT SQL QUERIES HERE
};
?>

should be:

// End Variables 
<?php
if (isset($_POST['Submit'])) {
// INSERT SQL QUERIES HERE
};
?>

gwolff2005 · April 24, 2009

Hi that does not work... I have changed now the code but get the following message: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in /home/guntmar/public_html/passiontest.php on line 29

<?php require_once('Connections/Login.php'); ?>
<?php
session_start();
?>
<?php
//You will need to update all the below variables
$mysqlhost = "localhost";
$mysqluser = "guntmar";
$mysqlpass = "je20sa05";
$mysqldb = "guntmar";
$mysqltable = "users";
$username = "username";

// End Variables

mysql_connect($mysqlhost, $mysqluser, $mysqlpass);
mysql_select_db($mysqldb);

$query = "SELECT * FROM " . $mysqltable . " WHERE username='" . $username . "'";

$result = mysql_query($query) or die("There was a mysql error");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
    $currentpo = $row['resultspo'];
    $currentmo = $row['resultsmo'];
}

function showForm () {
echo 
"<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="">
  <table width="699" border="0" align="center" cellspacing="5" class="style1">
    <tr>
      <td colspan="3"><div align="center"><span class="style4">Your Passion Test</span></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="24"> </td>
      <td width="429"> </td>
      <td width="220"><div align="right">Saturday, 03/28/09</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> </td>
      <td> </td>
      <td><div align="right">$_SESSION['MM_firstname']</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> </td>
      <td> </td>
      <td><div align="right"></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> </td>
      <td> </td>
      <td> </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>1</td>
      <td><strong>I like talking to people. </strong><br />
          </b></td>
      <td><div align="left">
          <input name="po1" type="radio" value="0" />
        0
        <input name="po1" type="radio" value="1" />
        1
        <input name="po1" type="radio" value="2" />
        2
        <input name="po1" type="radio" value="3" />
        3
        <input name="po1" type="radio" value="4" />
        4
        <input name="po1" type="radio" value="5" />
        5</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>2</td>
      <td>It is important for me what other people think. </td>
      <td><p>
          <label></label>
          <label></label>
          <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="0" />
        0
        <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="1" />
        1
        <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="2" />
        2
        <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="3" />
        3
        <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="4" />
        4
        <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="5" />
        5<br />
        <br />
      </p></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>3</td>
      <td class="style1">My level of excitement is high right now. </td>
      <td><p>
          <label></label>
          <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="0" />
        0
        <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="1" />
        1
        <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="2" />
        2
        <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="3" />
        3
        <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="4" />
        4
        <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="5" />
        5<br />
      </p></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>4</td>
      <td>I like solving mathematical tasks. </td>
      <td><input name="po4" type="radio" value="0" />
        0
        <input name="po4" type="radio" value="1" />
        1
        <input name="po4" type="radio" value="2" />
        2
        <input name="po4" type="radio" value="3" />
        3
        <input name="po4" type="radio" value="4" />
        4
        <input name="po4" type="radio" value="5" />
        5</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <p align="center">
    <input name="Submit" type="submit" class="style1" value="go on" />
  </p>
</form>";
}//Close showForm()
?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Your Passion Test</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style1 {
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 11px;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #000033;
}
.style3 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif}
.style4 {
    font-size: 20px;
    color: #996600;
}
-->
</style>
</head>

<body>
<?php 
if (!isset($_POST['Submit'])) {
showForm();
} else {
$pagepo = ($_POST['po1'] + $_POST['po4']);
$pagemo = ($_POST['mo2'] + $_POST['mo3']);

$newpo = ($currentpo + $pagepo);
$newmo = ($currentmo + $pagemo);

$query = "UPDATE ".$mysqltable." SET resultspo = '".$newpo."', resultsmo = '".$newmo."' WHERE username = '".$username."' AND id   '".$_SESSION['id']."'";

mysql_query($query) or die("There was a mysql error");
//JavaScript page redirect...
echo '<script>location.href="passiontest2.php"</script>'
}// Close if/else

?>
</body>
</html>

radi8 · April 24, 2009

Sometime when you cut and paste others code into your site, things do not work as expected. it is always best to at least try and understand what the heck you are doing prior to actually doing it. understanding syntax is one of these things.

In the function showForm() method, you need to change it to be like this:

<?php
function showForm () {
echo 
"<form id=\"form1\" name=\"form1\" method=\"post\" action=\"\">
  <table width=\"699\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"5\" class=\"style1\">
    <tr>..."; etc...
?>

Try and do the work yourself, go slow and learn the process and code. These things will be understandable then.

premiso · April 24, 2009

An easier fix is to use HEREDOC syntax.

function showForm () {
    echo <<<SHOWFORM
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="">
  <table width="699" border="0" align="center" cellspacing="5" class="style1">
    <tr>
      <td colspan="3"><div align="center"><span class="style4">Your Passion Test</span></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="24"> </td>
      <td width="429"> </td>
      <td width="220"><div align="right">Saturday, 03/28/09</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> </td>
      <td> </td>
      <td><div align="right">{$_SESSION['MM_firstname']}</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> </td>
      <td> </td>
      <td><div align="right"></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> </td>
      <td> </td>
      <td> </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>1</td>
      <td><strong>I like talking to people. </strong><br />
          </b></td>
      <td><div align="left">
          <input name="po1" type="radio" value="0" />
        0
        <input name="po1" type="radio" value="1" />
        1
        <input name="po1" type="radio" value="2" />
        2
        <input name="po1" type="radio" value="3" />
        3
        <input name="po1" type="radio" value="4" />
        4
        <input name="po1" type="radio" value="5" />
        5</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>2</td>
      <td>It is important for me what other people think. </td>
      <td><p>
          <label></label>
          <label></label>
          <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="0" />
        0
        <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="1" />
        1
        <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="2" />
        2
        <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="3" />
        3
        <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="4" />
        4
        <input name="mo2" type="radio" value="5" />
        5<br />
        <br />
      </p></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>3</td>
      <td class="style1">My level of excitement is high right now. </td>
      <td><p>
          <label></label>
          <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="0" />
        0
        <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="1" />
        1
        <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="2" />
        2
        <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="3" />
        3
        <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="4" />
        4
        <input name="mo3" type="radio" value="5" />
        5<br />
      </p></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>4</td>
      <td>I like solving mathematical tasks. </td>
      <td><input name="po4" type="radio" value="0" />
        0
        <input name="po4" type="radio" value="1" />
        1
        <input name="po4" type="radio" value="2" />
        2
        <input name="po4" type="radio" value="3" />
        3
        <input name="po4" type="radio" value="4" />
        4
        <input name="po4" type="radio" value="5" />
        5</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <p align="center">
    <input name="Submit" type="submit" class="style1" value="go on" />
  </p>
</form>
SHOWFORM;
}//Close showForm()

Should solve the quotes issue without having to escape each one. If you do not understand why the double quotes inside of a double quote need to be escaped or you need to use an alternative method of quoting. Please read the PHP Manual on Strings and syntax. That will give you the basic syntax and how to properly use it.

radi8 · April 24, 2009

Nice premiso! It's going to be a beautiful day because I learned something new!

gwolff2005 · April 24, 2009

Premiso: You are my hero THANKS!!!!! Now it works!

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