billy61 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 alright, so i'm workin on the comment system for my blog im building.....things are going smoothly, but i cannot seem to find the culprit of this error:Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in c:\appserv\www\bi30\tables2\comment.php on line 49comment.php:[code]<body><?php$connect = mysql_connect(localhost, root) or die('Could not connect :<br/>' . mysql_errno() . " : " . mysql_error());$dbconnect = mysql_select_db(content) or die('Could not find db :<br/>' . mysql_errno() . " : " . mysql_error());$query1 = "SELECT * FROM articles WHERE id='" . $id . "'";$result1 = mysql_query($query1) or die('Could not query :<br/>' . mysql_errno() . " : " . mysql_error());while($r1 = mysql_fetch_array($result1)) { $title = $r1['title']; $author = $r1['author']; $date = $r1['date']; $article = $r1['message']; echo "<b>" . $date . "</b>" . "<br/><br/>"; echo "<h1><b>" . $title . "</b></h1>" . "<br/><br/>"; echo $author . "<br/><br/>"; echo $article;}$date = date('g') . ":" . date('i a M jS');$insert = "INSERT INTO comments(article_id, name, date, comment, ip) VALUES ('$id', '$name', '$date', '$message', '$ip');echo '<br/><br/>';$query2 = "SELECT * FROM comments WHERE article_id='" . $id . "'";$result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die('Could not query :<br/>' . mysql_errno() . ' :; . mysql_error());while($r2 = mysql_fetch_array($result2)) { $article_id = $r2['article_id']; $comment_id = $r2['comment_id']; $name = $r2['name']; $date = $r2['date']; $comment = $r2['comment']; $ip = $r2['ip']; echo $date; echo $comment . "<br/><br/>";}?>[/code]i cut out some css styling at the top to save space, so the line numberings are off from my real document, line 49 is:[code]$query2 = "SELECT * FROM comments WHERE article_id='" . $id . "'";[/code]any suggestions or solutions? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4221-parse-error-i-cannot-seem-to-fix/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mem0ri Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 [!--quoteo(post=352113:date=Mar 6 2006, 09:29 AM:name=billy61)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(billy61 @ Mar 6 2006, 09:29 AM) [snapback]352113[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--][code]$query2 = "SELECT * FROM comments WHERE article_id='" . $id . "'";[/code][/quote]Looks like you've got too many quotes in your SQL statement...[code]$query2 = "SELECT * FROM comments WHERE article_id=' '.$id.' '";[/code]Dunno why you're puttin' whitespace in front of and after the $id...I'd just do:[code]$query2 = "SELECT * FROM comments WHERE article_id=$id";[/code] Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4221-parse-error-i-cannot-seem-to-fix/#findComment-14672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrbnsn Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 When you get an error like this and can't find the error on the line PHP is pointing to, go back one line at a time and look for unmatched quotes (either single or double). In your case, you are missing an ending double quote on this line:[code]<?php$insert = "INSERT INTO comments(article_id, name, date, comment, ip) VALUES ('$id', '$name', '$date', '$message', '$ip');?>[/code]Insert a double quote before the semi-colon.To the previous poster .. the line you quoted is fine, a little unorthodox, but fine.To the OP, you have some convoluted code that can be simplified:You line:[code]<?php $date = date('g') . ":" . date('i a M jS'); ?>[/code]can be written as[code]<?php $date = date('g:i a M jS'); ?>[/code]You seem to use double quotes and single quotes without rhyme or reason. If you only use double quotes where you need one of these things to happen:[list][*] The value of a variable needs to be included[*] A special character needs to be inserted or used. [*] A single quote needs to be inserted into a string.[/list]Ken Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4221-parse-error-i-cannot-seem-to-fix/#findComment-14695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy61 Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 thanks a bunch guys, that cleared things upit was kenrbnsn's tip that fixed it, but mem0ri had some good advice none the less.thanks... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4221-parse-error-i-cannot-seem-to-fix/#findComment-14765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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