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Parse error: parse error, unexpected '=' in /home/lakeside/public_html/php/insert.php on line 26

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rscott7706

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Have you ever had a coding job that worked the first time????
<Don't answer - especially if it's "Yes">.

I know it is probably a dumb little mistake -
but I have looked at it so many times I am going cross-eyed.

I am building a form that uploads records through PHP to MYSQL.
I found the scripts here (very simple basic stuff):

[a href=\"http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/phpmysql/4\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/phpmysql/4[/a]

I think I coded my stuff the same as the examples, but it doesn't work. I get this error message:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '=' in /home/lakeside/public_html/php/insert.php on line 26
(line 26 matches the php code below: $E-mail_Address=$_POST['E-mail_Address'];)

Be aware I put some hard returns here so it doesn't mess you folks up viewing it on the forum. So
if you want the original code without breaks, I can supply it.

Thanks for any help in advance!!

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Here is the code (PHP/HTML first then HTML form):

[!--sizeo:1--][span style=\"font-size:8pt;line-height:100%\"][!--/sizeo--]PHP / HTML[!--sizec--][/span][!--/sizec--]
==============================================================
<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>Lakesie Chamber - Data Entry Form</title>
</head>

<body>
<?
$username="lakeside_rscott";
$password="";
$database="lakeside_chamber";

$Company_Name=$_POST['Company_Name'];
$Business_Category=$_POST['Business_Category'];
$Directory_Catagory=$_POST['Directory_Catagory'];
$Description_of_Business=$_POST['Description_of_Business'];
$Address=$_POST['Address'];
$City=$_POST['City'];
$State=$_POST['State'];
$Zip_Code=$_POST['Zip_Code'];
$First_Name=$_POST['First_Name'];
$Last_Name=$_POST['Last_Name'];
$Phone_Number=$_POST['Phone_Number'];
$Website_Site_Address=$_POST['Web_Site_Address'];
$E-mail_Address=$_POST['E-mail_Address'];

mysql_connect(localhost,$username,$password);
@mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");

$query = "INSERT INTO members VALUES ('','$Company_Name','$Business_Category','$Directory_Category','$Description_of_Business',
'$Address','$City','$State','$Zip_Code','$First_Name','$Last_Name','$Phone_Number',
'$Web_Site_Address','$E-mail_Address')";
mysql_query($query);

mysql_close();
?>

</body>

</html>

=====================================================

[!--sizeo:1--][span style=\"font-size:8pt;line-height:100%\"][!--/sizeo--]HTML / Form[!--sizec--][/span][!--/sizec--]

=====================================================

<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>Data Entry Form</title>

<style type="text/css">
<!--
BODY { font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color:
Maroon; }
P { font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;
color: Maroon; }
TD { font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;
color:
Navy; }
TD.N { font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color:
Maroon; }
TD.G { font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color:
Gray; }
TD.S { font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color:
Silver; }
H1 { font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;
color: Navy; font-weight : bold; margin-top : 0; margin-bottom : 0; margin : 0px 0px 0px 0px; }
H2 { font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;
color: Maroon; font-weight : bold; margin-top : 0; margin-bottom : 0; margin : 0px 0px 0px 0px; }
A { color: #0000FF; text-decoration: none; }
A:visited { color: #3344FF; text-decoration: none; }
A:hover { color: #CC0033; text-decoration : underline;
background-color:#E6E9FE; }
SMALL.x { font-size : small; }
SMALL.xg { font-size : small; color: gray; }
STRONG { font-size : small; color: Navy; }
//-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div align="center">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="650" id="table2">
<tr>
<td valign="top"><form action="insert.php" method="post">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="650" id="table3">
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="241" align="right">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px"><font size="2">Company Name:
</font> </td>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px">
<input type="text" name="Company_Name" size="33"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="241" align="right">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px"><font size="2">Business Category:
</font> </td>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px">
<input type="text" name="Business_Category" size="33"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="241" align="right">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px"><font size="2">Directory_Category:</font></td>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px">
<input type="text" name="Directory_Catagory" size="33"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="241" align="right">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px"><font size="2">Description of_Business:
</font> </td>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px">
<input type="text" name="Description_of_Business" size="33"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="241" align="right">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px"><font size="2">Address:</font></td>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px">
<input type="text" name="Address" size="33"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="241" align="right">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px"><font size="2">City, State, Zip:</font></td>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px">
<input type="text" name="City" size="14">
<input type="text" name="State" size="4">
, <input type="text" name="Zip_Code" size="10"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="241" align="right">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px"><font size="2">First Name:</font></td>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px">
<input type="text" name="First_Name" size="33"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="241" align="right">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px"><font size="2">Last Name:</font></td>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px">
<input type="text" name="Last_Name" size="33"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="241" align="right">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px"><font size="2">Phone:</font></td>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px">
<input type="text" name="Phone_Number" size="33"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="241" align="right">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px"><font size="2">Website:
</font> </td>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px">
<input type="text" name="Web_Site_Address" size="33"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="241" align="right">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px"><font size="2">E-mail:
</font> </td>
<td valign="top">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px">
<input type="text" name="E-mail_Address" size="33"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
<input type="Submit">
</p>
</form>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> </div>

</body>
</html>
==============================================================

AndyB Regular Member

AndyB

Posted
Posted
[code]$E-mail_Address=$_POST['E-mail_Address'];[/code]
That's almost certainly interpreted as $E minus mail_Address .... which is going to result in an error.

Try changing it to the below (or $E_mail_Address) and be consistent anywhere that's used:
[code]$Email_Address=$_POST['E-mail_Address'];[/code]

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