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**andersonoo7** · 12:33 AM

g'day all,

new to the site and w/lamp... right, here's the dilema.. when i run the script below i get parse error on line 138... that has the </html> on it, thats it... any help is appreciated...

PHP Code:


			
<?php



IF ($_POST['submit'] == 'Submit')

{

  IF (!$_POST['content'])

    {

    $message = '<p>You have not entered any content.</p>';

    }

  IF (!$_POST['page'])

    {

    $message = '<p>Please choose a location for the content.</p>';

    }

}

    ELSE

{

    //Open connection to DB

    require_once "../$data_path" . "data/mysql_connect.php";



    //Insert content to DB

    $as_date = addslashes($_POST['date']);

    $tr_date = trim($as_date);

    $as_page = addslashes($_POST['page']);

    $tr_page = trim($as_page);

    $as_title = addslashes($_POST['title']);

    $tr_title = trim($as_title);

    $as_content = addslashes($_POST['content']);

    $tr_content = trim($as_content);

    $query = "INSERT INTO content (content_id, date, page, title, content)

          VALUES(NULL, '$tr_date', '$tr_page', '$tr_title', '$tr_content')";

    $result = mysql_query($query);

    IF (mysql_affected_rows() == 1)

    {

      $message = '<p>The site has been updated!!</p>';

      $noform_var = 1;

    }

    ELSE

    {

      error_log(mysql_error());

      $message = '<p>Could not connect to the database.</p>';

    }





    //Show the form in every case except successful submission

    IF (!$noform_var)

    {

      //$admin.php = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

      $message = <<< EOMSG

        <p><b>Welcome to the Athletic Webware Website Administration portal.</b></p>



          <FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="admin.php">

            <FIELDSET><LEGEND>Add Content</LEGEND>

              <div class="regrow">

                  <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="date" VALUE="<?php print (date ("M d, Y")); ?>">

              <span class="label">Title:</span>

              <span class="field"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="title" maxlength="60" size="55">

              </div>

              <div class="regrow">

              <span class="label">Content:</span>

              <span class="field"><TEXTAREA NAME="content" rows="5" cols="41"></TEXTAREA>

              </div>

              <div class="regrow">

              <span class="label">Location:</span>

              <span class="field"><SELECT size="1" NAME="page">

                <option selected>&nbsp;</option

                <option>lcol_home</option>

                <option>lcol_products</option>

                <option>lcol_support</option>

                <option>lcol_donate</option>

                <option>lcol_login</option>

                <option>lcol_register</option>

                <option>main_home</option>

                <option>main_products</option>

                <option>main_support</option>

                <option>main_donate</option>

                <option>main_login</option>

                <option>main_register</option>

              </SELECT>

              </span>

              <div class="regrow">

              <center>

              <INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" NAME="submit" Value="Submit">

          <INPUT TYPE="RESET" NAME="reset" VALUE="Reset Form">

          </center>

          </div>



          </FORM>

        EOMSG;

    }

}

?>







<html>



<head>

<title>AWW -  Your Home for Athletic Department Web Based Applications</title>



<!-- include styleone.css -->

    <LINK rel="stylesheet" href="inc/styleone.css" type="text/css">

<!-- end include -->



</head>



<body>



<table width="750" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">



<?php



#begin include topnav.php

 include('inc/topnav.php')

#end include



?>



</table>



<table width="750" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">



    <tr>

        <td class="lcol" width="273" height="400">&nbsp;</td>

        <td class="vlines">&nbsp;</td>

        <td class="main"><?php echo $message; ?></td>

    </tr>

</table>



<?php



#begin include footer.php

 include('inc/footer.php')

#end include



?>



</body>



</html>

**Lutz-Development** · 06-16-2005, 03:02 AM

Hi,

a possible error is, that there are no spaces allowed before the Heredoc-Tags.

Greetings,
Thomas

**stoot98** · 06-16-2005, 05:43 AM

you need a semi-colon after the include statement for footer.php.

PHP Code:


			
include('inc/footer.php');

**andersonoo7** · 06-16-2005, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Hi,

a possible error is, that there are no spaces allowed before the Heredoc-Tags.

Greetings,
Thomas

Can you please explain what these are?

Quote:

you need a semi-colon after the include statement for footer.php.

I don't believe this is the problem because they've worked without the semicolon on all other pages.

Any other tips greatly appreciated as are these two.

**Anacrusis** · 06-16-2005, 10:38 AM

A heredoc tag is your <<< EOMSG .... EOMSG;

the last tag must be the first on the line with no leading spaces. Like this:

PHP Code:


			
$message = <<< EOMSG

     Here is some text

     The ending heredoc tag (EOMSG) MUST be the first thing on the line:

EOMSG;

All php commands must end with a semicolon. Even if for some reason it worked on other pages, you should code this way.

**andersonoo7** · 06-17-2005, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anacrusis

A heredoc tag is your <<< EOMSG .... EOMSG;

the last tag must be the first on the line with no leading spaces. Like this:

PHP Code:


			
$message = <<< EOMSG

     Here is some text

     The ending heredoc tag (EOMSG) MUST be the first thing on the line:

EOMSG;

All php commands must end with a semicolon. Even if for some reason it worked on other pages, you should code this way.

OK got the page to parse correctly, but now the only thing that shows is the message 'The site has been updated!!' and there is a row (albeit, empty) added to the db, can't get the form to display. More help?