[SOLVED] PHP Script works on one host, not another

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I have a script named "sendmail.php".  I think it's pretty straightforward.

 

When I hit the script directly on one host, I get the expected "output=error".

 

However, on the host where it's not working, I get:

 

Parse error: parse error in d:\webspace\ADMIN\URL\WWW\sendmail.php on line 10

 

Here's line 10:

 

$body .= "<a href="%%link%%" title="%%title%%">%%linkdescription%%</a>" . "\n";

 

Is there something broken here?

 

Thanks,

 

Rick

[kenrbnsn]

Please post the first 10 lines of the script between

tags.

 

Ken

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Sorry...

 

<?

if(!empty($HTTP_POST_VARS['sender_mail']) || !empty($HTTP_POST_VARS['user_mail']) || !empty($HTTP_POST_VARS['sender_message']) || !empty($HTTP_POST_VARS['sender_name']))

{

$to = $HTTP_POST_VARS['sender_mail'];

$subject = "Check out my music!" . "\n";

$body = "Hi! Check the music out on my web site. " . "http://mywebsite.com" . "\n";

$body .= "\n";

$body .= stripslashes($HTTP_POST_VARS['sender_message']) . "\n";

$body .= "\n";

$body .= "<a href="%%link%%" title="%%title%%">%%linkdescription%%</a>" . "\n";

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Anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

Something that might work in one version of PHP and not another?

 

When I hit the same script at these two different locations, I get

different responses.

 

Help a newbie?

 

Thx,

 

Rick

[kenrbnsn]

You should be using $_POST instead of $HTTP_POST_VARS.

 

Ken

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I swapped out all instances of $HTTP_POST_VARS with $_POST and moved the file back to the server.

 

Same error. 

 

-Rick

 

 

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Can anyone offer some ideas why this might not be working?

 

Thx,

 

Rick

[kenrbnsn]

In this line:

<?php
$body .= "<a href="%%link%%" title="%%title%%">%%linkdescription%%</a>" . "\n";
?>

you have too many double quotes with escaping them, change it to:

<?php
$body .= '<a href="%%link%%" title="%%title%%">%%linkdescription%%</a>' . "\n";
?>

 

It shouldn't have worked on either machine.

 

Ken

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Ken,

 

Many thanks.  Works now.

 

What a relief. 

 

Best,

 

Rick