Can someone fix this url? It seems like it should work, but the sweat is pouring from my eyes (literally) trying to find the reason for the error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/duckster/public_html/cats.php on line 56

PHP Code:

<b>
<?php="<a href=\"$row['url']\">" $row['category_name'] ?></a>
</b>
<br />

Thanks!

Not sure your short tag is correct.

PHP Code:

It should be: <?='something'?>

And not: <?php='something'?>

Also, you're missing a dot between your two expressions.

Better yet, don't use short tags at all.

Also, it looks like there is another syntax error; should there be a concatenation operator between

PHP Code:

"<a href=\"$row['url']\">" 


and

PHP Code:

$row['category_name'] 


The following is valid:

PHP Code:

<?php echo "<a href=\"{$row['url']}\">{$row['category_name']}"; ?>

Oh, and another thing. Not that it really matters, but the short tags are nice to have becuase you dont need to echo everything, just print out small things and then keep to the html part.

So, personally, I think this would look "nicer":

PHP Code:

<b> 
<a href="<?=$row['url']?>"><?=$row['category_name']?></a> 
</b> 
<br />

Originally Posted by lizciz

short tags are nice to have becuase you dont need to echo everything

They would have been a nice feature if they were implemented better from the start. As it is they are the best way to kill the portability of your application. Many servers have them disabled.

Originally Posted by lizciz

Your short tag is incorret. It should be

PHP Code:

It should be: <?='something'?>

And not: <?php='something'?>

Also, you're missing a dot between your two expressions.

This is obviously not correct, but I would like to show how I did what you said:

Edit::

PHP Code:

<b><?="<a href=\"$row['url']\">" . $row['category_name'] ?></a></b><br />

Should be:

PHP Code:

<b><?="<a href=\"$row[url]\">".$row['category_name']?></a><br /></a></b><br />

On this same topic, could someone point me in the correct direction for the subcategory pages? How would they (should they) be best setup for this category layout:

Http://www.reunitemysite.com/cats.php

Thank you!
Brian

Originally Posted by Brian07002

On this same topic, could someone point me in the correct direction for the subcategory pages? How would they (should they) be best setup for this category layout:

Http://www.reunitemysite.com/cats.php

Thank you!
Brian

If you mean the links under categories - either as vertical lists if you don't have too many in a category or, better, as SELECT tags with an onSelect