[SOLVED] Parse error

[eaglelegend]

Hi, sorry guys, I have come accross an error on my site and I am unsure qhats causing it, this is the error

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in contact.php on line 44

 

This is everything from line 1 to 50;

<?php

session_name("fancyform");
session_start();


$_SESSION['n1'] = rand(1,20);
$_SESSION['n2'] = rand(1,20);
$_SESSION['expect'] = $_SESSION['n1']+$_SESSION['n2'];


$str='';
if($_SESSION['errStr'])
{
$str='<div class="error">'.$_SESSION['errStr'].'</div>';
unset($_SESSION['errStr']);
}

$success='';
if($_SESSION['sent'])
{
$success='<h1>Thank you!</h1>';

$css='<style type="text/css">#contact-form{display:none;}</style>';

unset($_SESSION['sent']);
}


$page = 'contact';

$content=<<<EOF

<div id="main-container">

<div id="form-container">
    <h1>Contact Form</h1>
    <h2>Why not drop us a line and we will get back to you!</h2>
    
    <form id="contact-form" name="contact-form" method="post" action="submit.php">
      <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
        <tr>
          <td width="15%"><label for="name">Name</label></td>
          <td width="70%"><input type="text" class="validate[required,custom[onlyLetter]]" name="name" id="name" value="<?=$_SESSION['post']['name']?>" /></td>
          <td width="15%" id="errOffset"> </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td><label for="email">Email</label></td>
          <td><input type="text" class="validate[required,custom[email]]" name="email" id="email" value="<?=$_SESSION['post']['email']?>" /></td>
          <td> </td>

[Adam]

Most likely you have short_open_tag disabled and so the short-hand syntax doesn't work. Try changing it to the standard:

 

<?php echo $_SESSION['post']['name']; ?>

[eaglelegend]

Thanks, but still not working :/  :'( any Ideas?

[Adam]

Is it the same error, or from another line? Just spotted similar syntax 5 lines down.

[simshaun]

Try this:

<?php

session_name("fancyform");
session_start();


$_SESSION['n1'] = rand(1,20);
$_SESSION['n2'] = rand(1,20);
$_SESSION['expect'] = $_SESSION['n1']+$_SESSION['n2'];


$str='';
if($_SESSION['errStr'])
{
   $str='<div class="error">'.$_SESSION['errStr'].'</div>';
   unset($_SESSION['errStr']);
}

$success='';
if($_SESSION['sent'])
{
   $success='<h1>Thank you!</h1>';
   
   $css='<style type="text/css">#contact-form{display:none;}</style>';
   
   unset($_SESSION['sent']);
}


$page = 'contact';

$content=<<<EOF

<div id="main-container">

   <div id="form-container">
    <h1>Contact Form</h1>
    <h2>Why not drop us a line and we will get back to you!</h2>
    
    <form id="contact-form" name="contact-form" method="post" action="submit.php">
      <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
        <tr>
          <td width="15%"><label for="name">Name</label></td>
          <td width="70%"><input type="text" class="validate[required,custom[onlyLetter]]" name="name" id="name" value="{$_SESSION['post']['name']}" /></td>
          <td width="15%" id="errOffset"> </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td><label for="email">Email</label></td>
          <td><input type="text" class="validate[required,custom[email]]" name="email" id="email" value="{$_SESSION['post']['email']}" /></td>
          <td> </td>
EOF;
// There must be a hard-return afer EOF; or you will receive an end-of-file error.

[eaglelegend]

Same error, I tried changing the other one you mentioned but same error, so heres the full code, I dont believe it is over 300 lines though.

 

<?php

session_name("fancyform");
session_start();


$_SESSION['n1'] = rand(1,20);
$_SESSION['n2'] = rand(1,20);
$_SESSION['expect'] = $_SESSION['n1']+$_SESSION['n2'];


$str='';
if($_SESSION['errStr'])
{
$str='<div class="error">'.$_SESSION['errStr'].'</div>';
unset($_SESSION['errStr']);
}

$success='';
if($_SESSION['sent'])
{
$success='<h1>Thank you!</h1>';

$css='<style type="text/css">#contact-form{display:none;}</style>';

unset($_SESSION['sent']);
}


$page = 'contact';

$content=<<<EOF

<div id="main-container">

<div id="form-container">
    <h1>Contact Form</h1>
    <h2>Why not drop us a line and we will get back to you!</h2>
    
    <form id="contact-form" name="contact-form" method="post" action="submit.php">
      <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
        <tr>
          <td width="15%"><label for="name">Name</label></td>
          <td width="70%"><input type="text" class="validate[required,custom[onlyLetter]]" name="name" id="name" value="<?php echo $_SESSION['post']['name']; ?>" /></td>
          <td width="15%" id="errOffset"> </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td><label for="email">Email</label></td>
          <td><input type="text" class="validate[required,custom[email]]" name="email" id="email" value="<?=$_SESSION['post']['email']?>" /></td>
          <td> </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td><label for="subject">Subject</label></td>
          <td><select name="subject" id="subject">
            <option value="" selected="selected"> - Choose -</option>
            <option value="Question">Question</option>
            <option value="Business proposal">Business proposal</option>
            <option value="Advertisement">Advertising</option>
            <option value="Complaint">Complaint</option>
          </select>          </td>
          <td> </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="top"><label for="message">Message</label></td>
          <td><textarea name="message" id="message" class="validate[required]" cols="35" rows="5"><?=$_SESSION['post']['message']?></textarea></td>
          <td valign="top"> </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td><label for="captcha"><?=$_SESSION['n1']?> + <?=$_SESSION['n2']?> =</label></td>
          <td><input type="text" class="validate[required,custom[onlyNumber]]" name="captcha" id="captcha" /></td>
          <td valign="top"> </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="top"> </td>
          <td colspan="2"><input type="submit" name="button" id="button" value="Submit" />
          <input type="reset" name="button2" id="button2" value="Reset" />
          
          <?=$str?>          <img id="loading" src="/img/ajax-load.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="loading" /></td>
        </tr>
      </table>
      </form>
      <?=$success?>
    </div>
</div>
			<br />
			<br />

EOF;

include_once ( 'template.php' );

?> 

[simshaun]

Take a look at where everything turns black in the code you just posted and you will see the error. (see my post above)

[eaglelegend]

Simshaun,

 

I pasted this code where i copied the "sample" code earlier, into the full code, and the error changed to;

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in contact.php on line 65

[simshaun]

You copied and pasted my sample code?  Im a bit confused as to what you've done, but you did not copy/paste what I posted.  Take a look specifically at the parts where you close PHP in the middle of your HTML:

 

<?php echo $_SESSION['post']['name']; ?>

<?=$_SESSION['post']['email']?>

<?=$_SESSION['post']['message']?>

<?=$_SESSION['n1']?>

<?=$_SESSION['n2']?>

<?=$success?>

 

(and possibly more; I only skimmed through the last code you posted.)

 

You can not close PHP in the middle of your heredoc syntax as you are doing.  See my code from the previous post for the correct way.

[nadeemshafi9]

try

 

$name = $_SESSION['post']['name'];

$content=<<<EOF

<div id="main-container">

   <div id="form-container">
    <h1>Contact Form</h1>
    <h2>Why not drop us a line and we will get back to you!</h2>
    
    <form id="contact-form" name="contact-form" method="post" action="submit.php">
      <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
        <tr>
          <td width="15%"><label for="name">Name</label></td>
          <td width="70%"><input type="text" class="validate[required,custom[onlyLetter]]" name="name" id="name" value="$name" /></td>

OR

<td width="70%"><input type="text" class="validate[required,custom[onlyLetter]]" name="name" id="name" value="{$name}" /></td>

          <td width="15%" id="errOffset"> </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td><label for="email">Email</label></td>
          <td><input type="text" class="validate[required,custom[email]]" name="email" id="email" value="<?=$_SESSION['post']['email']?>" /></td>
          <td> </td>

[eaglelegend]

Thanks simshaun - I reread your first post and worked it out for myself, for the rest of the code I mean, it is now working thanks to you!