Unexpected T_as error

[acctman]

can someone assist me with the code below? Unexpected T_as error

 

the countries.php file

$countries['US'] = array(name => 'United States');
$countries['AF'] = array(name => 'Afghanistan');

 

code..

if ($en['mm_country'] != US || CA) {
global $countries; include 'modules/members/countries.php';
$countries as $key => $value;
$key = $en['mm_country'];
$en['mm_coname'] = htmlentities($value['name'],ENT_QUOTES);
echo $en['mm_coname'];
}

[AmandaF]

Are you trying to do a foreach loop?  I don't think "as $key => $value" works outside of the context of a foreach loop.

[Ken2k7]

Put quotes around name.

 

$countries['US'] = array('name' => 'United States');
$countries['AF'] = array('name' => 'Afghanistan');

[acctman]

Are you trying to do a foreach loop?  I don't think "as $key => $value" works outside of the context of a foreach loop.

no not doing a foreach just need to grab the country name for $key

[acctman]

Put quotes around name.

 

$countries['US'] = array('name' => 'United States');
$countries['AF'] = array('name' => 'Afghanistan');

 

this is already formated in a file, and works fine without the quotes when used elsewhere on the site.

[Mchl]

Then use normal array access

$key = "US";
$country = $countries[$key];

[Ken2k7]

if ($en['mm_country'] != US || CA) {

Are US and CA strings or constants?

[Mchl]

Doesn't matter. If there's no constant defined, PHP will assume string (and throw a Notice)

[Ken2k7]

Doesn't matter. If there's no constant defined, PHP will assume string (and throw a Notice)

I didn't know that. Thanks!

 

One more thing, what does this line do?

$countries as $key => $value;

[Mchl]

Throws an error obviously

[thebadbad]

if ($en['mm_country'] != US || CA) {

Means: if ($en['mm_country'] != US) is true or if (CA) is true. I.e. it will always be true. I guess you're looking for

 

if (in_array($en['mm_country'], array(US, CA))) {

[acctman]

Then use normal array access

$key = "US";
$country = $countries[$key];

 

when i do that the result is just Array. the code needs to be something like this, but i'm not sure how to code it correctly.

 

if ($en['mm_country'] != US) || ($en['mm_country'] != CA) {
global $countries; include 'modules/members/countries.php';
$key = $en['mm_country'];
$country = $countries(htmlentities($key['name'],ENT_QUOTES));
echo $country;
}

 

[Ken2k7]

What does "code it correctly" mean? You haven't told us what you want.

[acctman]

What does "code it correctly" mean? You haven't told us what you want.

oh sorry i thought i did, i want to connect to countries.php and grab the country name. $en['mm_country'] holds the $key abbervation of the country. so if AF is supplied then when I echo $country the return value should be Afghanistan. also when grabbing the country name htmlentities needs to be used to strip the quotes

 

 

$countries['US'] = array(name => 'United States');

$countries['AF'] = array(name => 'Afghanistan');

[Ken2k7]

$countries(htmlentities($key['name'],ENT_QUOTES));

^ $countries is an array. Use brackets, not parentheses.

 

$country = htmlentities($countries[$key['name']], ENT_QUOTES);

 

Like that?

[Mchl]

More like

$country = htmlentities($countries[$key]['name'], ENT_QUOTES);

 

[acctman]

$countries(htmlentities($key['name'],ENT_QUOTES));

^ $countries is an array. Use brackets, not parentheses.

 

$country = htmlentities($countries[$key['name']], ENT_QUOTES);

 

Like that?

nothing was returned, no error.

[acctman]

More like

$country = htmlentities($countries[$key]['name'], ENT_QUOTES);

 

 

that worked thanks.