PHP help please

[GiantGnome]

heres the error
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ECHO, expecting ',' or ';'

and here is the line
"Free ", $myTxt[$pick], " E&middot;Zine</span></a>\n";

how do i fix it?
Thank you

[Steen2]

CTR + ALT + DEL


Does this work still?

[d00t]

google it..

[FlexxAeon]

i think it needs to be "Free ". $myTxt[$pick]. " E&middot;Zine</span></a>\n";

but i'm still an intermediate on PHP so i could be wrong

[Cogitator]

You have to show the lines before and after it. No one can tell what you're trying to do in that one line.

[GiantGnome]

You have to show the lines before and after it. No one can tell what you're trying to do in that one line.

fine, heres before and after.

echo "<span style=\"font-size: 16pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: Times New Roman, Arial, Courier, sans-serif\">\n"
echo "Free ", $myTxt[$pick], " E&middot;Zine</span></a>\n";
echo "</div>\n";

[Damian_Maxcash]

echo "<span style=\"font-size: 16pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: Times New Roman, Arial, Courier, sans-serif\">\n";
echo "Free ", $myTxt[$pick], " E&middot;Zine</span></a>\n";
echo "</div>\n";

[StuartD]

echo "<span style=\"font-size: 16pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: Times New Roman, Arial, Courier, sans-serif\">\n";
echo "Free ", $myTxt[$pick], " E&middot;Zine</span></a>\n";
echo "</div>\n";

You're missing the ; after the first line.

[GiantGnome]

Thank you damian and Stuart.

[Cogitator]

didn't mean to be rude. but it is helpful to see more than just one line. glad the problem is fixed

[GiantGnome]

didn't mean to be rude. but it is helpful to see more than just one line. glad the problem is fixed

Thats ok. I didnt think you were rude.

[Azlord]

It's easier and a lot cleaner to break out of the php and then use short hand for echoing it out

<?=$blah?>
That way you don't have to escape a ton of " marks.

<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: Times New Roman, Arial, Courier, sans-serif">
Free <?=$myTxt[$pick]?> E&middot;Zine</span></a>
</div>

[Linguist]

echo "<span style=\"font-size: 16pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: Times New Roman, Arial, Courier, sans-serif\">\n";
echo "Free ", $myTxt[$pick], " E&middot;Zine</span></a>\n";
echo "</div>\n";

You're missing the ; after the first line.

You don't need the ; cause echo can span several lines

Try this as was suggested above:

echo "Free ".$myTxt[$pick]."E&middot;Zine</span></a>\n";

[Varius]

Forget echoing html ever again. Start doing this NOW, you'll thank me in the future

Use Smarty - a templating engine for PHP.

http://smarty.php.net/

[GiantGnome]

what about this one?

if (stristr($_SERVER["SERVER_SOFTWARE"], "apache") !hahahaha false)
include( "http://" . $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"] . "/scripts/febfpa2link.html" );

?>

[StuartD]

what about this one?

if (stristr($_SERVER["SERVER_SOFTWARE"], "apache") !hahahaha false)
include( "http://" . $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"] . "/scripts/febfpa2link.html" );

?>

I'm asuming you have a double equal sign after that !

Don't... it's just !=

example:

if (stristr($_SERVER["SERVER_SOFTWARE"], "apache") != false)
        include( "http://" . $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"] . "/scripts/febfpa2link.html" );

[Dalai lama]

alt + 4 should work

[GiantGnome]

I'm asuming you have a double equal sign after that !

Don't... it's just !=

example:

if (stristr($_SERVER["SERVER_SOFTWARE"], "apache") != false)
        include( "http://" . $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"] . "/scripts/febfpa2link.html" );

Thanks again!

[GiantGnome]

Hey Stuart, please icq me if you can. 172768566

[StuartD]

Hey Stuart, please icq me if you can. 172768566

uh oh.. I get the feeling I'll be doing php support in the very near future

ICQ sent