Code is not working

[ksklos]

Can someone look at this and tell me why it won't show on my website. I am kind of new to php.

 

<?php

 

/*

file: index.php

Author: Sue Klos

Purpose: View Products

*/

$products[0] = array(

'name' => 'Sneakers',

'price' => $24.99,

'category' => 'Shoes',

'description' => 'Black',

);

 

echo "<h2 styles='Text-align:center;'>Salter Tree and Herb Farm</h2>

<h3>Our Products</h3>

<p>

" . $products[0]['name'] . "<br /> 

Price: $" . $products[0]['price'] . "<br />

Category: " $products[0]['category'] . "<br />

" $product[0]['Description'] . "<br />

</p>"; /*Note the ending quote of the quote on the echo line*/

?>

[Barand]

You have several syntax errors. Turn on error reporting and it will tell you where they are.

 

Put this code at top of your code

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);

[ksklos]

I put the code at the top of my code but now I don't know what to do. I am using notepad++ to write my code. 

[Barand]

Have you re-run the code to see what the errors are?

[mac_gyver]

putting the error settings in your file won't help with php syntax errors in the same file because the code never runs to cause the settings to take effect. you need to put these settings into the php.ini on your development system, which may require restarting your web server to get the changes to take effect.

 

BTW - the currency symbol should not be stored with the price (hint as to where at least one error is at). it is a display property and should be handled when you display the price, not when you store the price.

[benanamen]

putting the error settings in your file won't help with php syntax errors in the same file because the code never runs to cause the settings to take effect. you need to put these settings into the php.ini

 

Somebody correct me if I am wrong, but I believe turning on error reporting and setting display_errors at the top of a script is the exact same thing as setting it in the .ini except for it being a global setting.

Edited December 4, 2016 by benanamen

[Jacques1]

No. When the code is syntactically invalid, it doesn't get executed at all, so any runtime error settings have no effect.

 

Besides that, it makes a lot more sense to set up a proper development environment with the right PHP settings rather than messing with the configuration on a per-script basis.

[benanamen]

No. When the code is syntactically invalid, it doesn't get executed at all, so any runtime error settings have no effect.

 

Besides that, it makes a lot more sense to set up a proper development environment with the right PHP settings rather than messing with the configuration on a per-script basis.

 

After testing, I see that is correct.

 

I thought ini_set in the file overrode everything but it doesn't on syntax errors. Always a good day when I learn something new. Thank you gentlemen.