Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' Error Help

[iam]

<?php
mysql_connect ("-","-","-") or die ('Error');
mysql_select_db ("-");

$out = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM guestbook ORDER BY id DESC");

while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($out); --and this one if that braces is deleted
{ ----this is where im getting the error
$name = $row['name'];
$email = $row['email'];
$txt = $row['comment'];

        $msg = "Are you sure you want to delete";

/* @var $_REQUEST <type> */
if (isset($_REQUEST ["action"]) && $_REQUEST["action"] == "del") 
    {
                    $id = intval($_REQUEST['id']);
                    mysql_query("DELETE FROM guestbook WHERE id=$id;");
                   echo "<action=index.php>";
                }

echo "<font face='verdana' size='1'>";
echo "<table border='0'>
		<tr><td>Name: ".$name."</td></tr>"."
		<tr><td>Email: ".$email."</td></tr>
		<tr><td colspan='2'>Comment:</td></tr>
		<tr><td colspan='2' width='500'><b>".$txt."</b></td></tr>
                     <tr><td><a onclick=\"return confirm('.$msg.');\" href='index.php?action=del&id=".$row['id']."'><span class='red'>["."Delete"."]</span></a>
                        </td></tr>
	  </table><br />";


echo "<hr size='1' width='500' align='left'></font>";
}
?>

 

Kindly help me please. When i delete ({) the error will become the ( i dont know what to do already. Thanks.

[gristoi]

try:

<?php
mysql_connect ("-","-","-") or die ('Error');
mysql_select_db ("-");

$out = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM guestbook ORDER BY id DESC");

while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($out))
{
$name = $row['name'];
$email = $row['email'];
$txt = $row['comment'];

        $msg = "Are you sure you want to delete";

/* @var $_REQUEST <type> */
if (isset($_REQUEST ["action"]) && $_REQUEST["action"] == "del") 
    {
                    $id = intval($_REQUEST['id']);
                    mysql_query("DELETE FROM guestbook WHERE id=$id;");
                   echo "<action=index.php>";
                }

echo "<font face='verdana' size='1'>";
echo "<table border='0'>
		<tr><td>Name: ".$name."</td></tr>"."
		<tr><td>Email: ".$email."</td></tr>
		<tr><td colspan='2'>Comment:</td></tr>
		<tr><td colspan='2' width='500'><b>".$txt."</b></td></tr>
                     <tr><td><a onclick=\"return confirm('.$msg.');\" href='index.php?action=del&id=".$row['id']."'><span class='red'>["."Delete"."]</span></a>
                        </td></tr>
	  </table><br />";


echo "<hr size='1' width='500' align='left'></font>";
}
?>

[iam]

gristoi i do know that, i just used a dash for the host, username, password and database when i deleted the details on there.

[joshbedo]

Where is your closing bracket for your while loop and where is your opening bracket for your if statement

[gristoi]

I dont understand what you are on about.

 

the issue you had was with

while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($out);  <--- you had a semi colon and were missing a ')'

 

So i fixed that and reported your code.

 

So please read through you code before saying you already know. If you 'already knew' then you wouldnt have posted your issue on the forum

[iam]

I dont understand what you are on about.

 

the issue you had was with

while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($out);  <--- you had a semi colon and were missing a ')'

 

So i fixed that and reported your code.

 

So please read through you code before saying you already know. If you 'already knew' then you wouldnt have posted your issue on the forum

 

Sorry. Im new here. I thought this was your your comment

-To err is human... to really foul up requires the root password and i thought you were referring to those dashes.

By the way, thanks.