I dont understand this error

[ted_chou12]

this is the error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /www/....../photoupload.php on line 78

but I dont understand what it means, can anyone suggest me what the problem might be?

[papaface]

Show us the code...
(and make sure you tell us where line 78 is)
Also make sure you use [*code]to put your code in[*/code]

[mkosmosports]

Can you send that entire line of code?

[magic2goodil]

my guess is he is using a $_POST, $_GET, or $_SESSION var, or some type of var that requires ['name'] and is trying to echo it..but alas we need to see the code

[ted_chou12]

code here:
[code]
<?php if(isset($_POST['submit'])){

//checks file extension
$filename = $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'];
$ext = explode(".", $filename);

if ($ext[1] != "jpg" && $ext[1] != "gif" && $ext[1] != "png" && $ext[1] !="jpeg")
{echo "<p><b>The file you uploaded does not have an image extension!</b></p>";}

else {
// Where the file is going to be placed
$target_path = "images/photo/";
$datetime = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");

$counter = ("images/photo/photonumber.txt");
$hits = file($counter);
$hits[0] ++;
$fp = fopen($counter , "w");
fputs($fp , "$hits[0]");
fclose($fp);
$number = file_get_contents("images/photo/photonumber.txt");

/* Add the original filename to our target path. 
Result is "uploads/filename.extension" */
$target_path = $target_path . basename($_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);
$_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'];

$target_path = "images/photo/";

$target_path = $target_path . basename("photo".$number.".jpg");

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path))
{require("../mysqlconnection.php");
$insert = mysql_query("INSERT INTO photo(username, photonumber, photoname, photodate)
VALUES('$username', '$number', '$_FILES]['uploadedfile'['name']', '$datetime') ");//78
else
{echo"<p><b>There was an error uploading the image, please try again!</b></p>";}

if($insert === false)
{echo"<p><b>There was an error uploading the image, please try again!</b></p>";}
else
{header("location: confirm.php?confirm=photoedit_upload");}}}}?>
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="100000" />
Choose a file to upload: <input name="uploadedfile" type="file" /><br />
<input type="submit" name=submit value="Upload File" />
</form>
[/code]

[papaface]

Where is line 78?

[simcoweb]

Umm..that's not all the code. Only 47 lines there. :)

[magic2goodil]

first of all:

those && should be || because it cannot have all of those extenstions at once

[code]if ($ext[1] != "jpg" && $ext[1] != "gif" && $ext[1] != "png" && $ext[1] !="jpeg") [/code]

next, get rid of the " around your var in this line:

[code]fputs($fp , "$hits[0]");[/code]

now see what errors u get