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I am getting an error in my following code. The error is 

 

 

PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '.=' (T_CONCAT_EQUAL), expecting ',' or ';' in /var/www/html/board/mail.php on line 25

 

This would make it on the this line:

 global $body .= "<h1>" . $motionname . "</h1>

<?php
	function mailing($motionid)
	{
		$motionArray = array($motionid);
		foreach ($motionArray as $motion)
		{
			//Database Connection
			include_once ('include/db-config.php');
			$motion=$db_con->prepare ("SELECT * from motions where motion_id = :motionid");
                        $motion->bindParam(':motionid',$motionid);
                        $motion->execute();
			$body="<html>
					<head>
						<title>Status of Motion</title>
					</head>
					<body>";
                        while ($row=$motion->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC))
                        {
                                $motionid=$row['motion_id'];
                                $motionname=$row['motion_name'];
                                $dateadded=$row['dateadded'];
                                $motiondesc=$row['motion_description'];
                                $disposition=$row['motion_disposition'];

                                global $body .= "<h1>" . $motionname . "</h1>
                                	<h2>Date Added:</h2>" . $dateadded . "<br />
                                	<h2>Motion Text</h2>" .
                                	$motiondesc;
                                	"<h2>Disposition:</h2>" .
                                	$disposition;
			}//End of while

			global $body .= "<br /><br />
					<h2>Current Votes</h2>
					<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\">
					<tr>
						<th>User</th>
						<th>Date</th>
						<th>Vote</th>
					</tr>";

			$votes=$db_con->prepare(
                        	"SELECT u.first_name, u.last_name, v.time, v.vote from votes v 
				inner join motions m on m.motion_id=v.motions_id INNER join users u on 
				u.users_id=v.users_id where m.motion_id=:motionid ORDER BY v.time ASC;");
                     	
			$votes->bindParam(':motionid',$motionid);
                        $votes->execute();
                        while ($row=$votes->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC))
                        {
                        	$firstname=$row['first_name'];
                                $lastname=$row['last_name'];
                                $votetime=$row['time'];
                                $votecast=$row['vote'];
                                global $body .= "<tr>
					<td>" . $firstname . " " . $lastname . "</td>
                                        <td>" . $votetime . "</td>
                                        <td>" . $votecast . "</td>
                                        </tr>";
                        }// while ($row=$votes->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC))
    			global $body .= "</table>";
			global $body .= "<br /><br />
					<h2>Discussions</h2>
					<table border=\"1\" width=\"1\">
					<tr>
						<th>User</th>
						<th>Date</th>
						<th>Comment</th>
					</tr>";

			$motiondiscussions=$db_con->prepare(
				"SELECT u.first_name,u.last_name,d.dateadded,d.discussion_text
				 from users u inner join discussion d on d.user_id=u.users_id where d.motion_id=:motionid");
			$motiondiscussions->bindParam(':motionid',$motionid);
                       	$motiondiscussions->execute();
			while ($row=$motiondiscussions->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC))
			{
				$firstname=$row['first_name'];
				$lastname=$row['last_name'];
                                $discussiontime=$row['dateadded'];
                                $discussiontext=$row['discussion_text'];
				global $body .= "<tr>
							<td>" . $firstname . " " . $lastname . "</td>
							<td>" . $discussiontime . "</td>
							<td>" . $discussiontext . "</td>
						</tr>";
			}//end of while
			global $body .= "</table>";

			global $body .= "</body>
				</html>";
		}//end of foreach

		$email="michaelbrown.tsbod@gmail.com";
		$to="michaelbrown.tsbod@gmail.com";
		$subject = "Summary for Motion " . $motionid;
		$message = $body;
		$headers[] = 'MIME-Version: 1.0';
		$headers[] = 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1';
		$headers[] = 'To: Michael Brown <michaelbrown.tsbod@gmail.com>';
		$headers[]= 'From: Tanyard Springs Votes <noreply@tanyardspringshoa.com>';
		
		//mailing
		mail($to,$subject,$message, implode("\r\n", $headers));
	}//end of function
?>
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The code makes no sense. You cannot combine a global declaration of a variable with other operations. The $body variable obviously isn't even global; it's a local variable of the function.

 

So I suggest two things: Learn what global means (or avoid it altogether). And get an IDE, as we already discussed.

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Additionally, you will want to be careful with concatenation that spans over multiple lines of code. Note that the following block has an extra semi-colon:

$body .= "<h1>" . $motionname . "</h1>
<h2>Date Added:</h2>" . $dateadded . "<br />
<h2>Motion Text</h2>" .
$motiondesc;
"<h2>Disposition:</h2>" .
$disposition;
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