Newbie Question: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LNUMBER

[suttercain]

Hi everyone,

 

I am new(er) to PHP but I am trying to learn. I obtained about 10 books on the subject and am in Chapter 5 of the first one.

 

I copied this script from the book

 

<?php
print "<table border="1">\n";
for ( $y=1; $y<=12; $y++ )
{
print "<tr>\n";
for ( $x=1; $x<=12; $x++ )
{
print "\t<td>";
print ($x*$y);
print "</td>\n";
}
print "</tr>\n";
}
print "</table>";
?>

 

When I tried it out I got the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LNUMBER in /home/superman/public_html/test.php on line 7

 

I looked in the book to make sure I copied the code correctly and I did. Can someone point me to the error? I am here to learn so let me have it.

 

Also... Can anyone recommend any really good PHP books for beginners that are easy to understand?

 

Thank you in advance.

 

Shannon

[Jessica]

print "<table border="1">\n";

 

You have " inside your string which aren't escaped.

print "<table border=\"1\">\n";

Or

print '<table border="1">'."\n";

[suttercain]

Thank you Jesirose,

 

That worked. The code in "Sams Teach Yourself PHP 4 in 24 Hours" has a mistake on page 85.

 

Shannon