Re: Getting Started..

Maybe you don't need the trailing semicolon after the phpinfo()? This is just a thought as sometimes you don't need it in the final php statement before the ?> tag. Mark On 20/09/05, Clint Lovell <clint@rainmakermarketing.com> wrote: > I'm just getting started here and I'm working with PHP & MySQL for Dummies. > The book says to write a simple file called "test.php" with the following > entries in it: > <html> > <head> > <title>PHP Test</title> > </head> > <body> > <p>This is an HTML line > <p> > <?php > echo "This is a PHP line"; > phpinfo(); > ?> > </body></html> > When I run http://localhost/test.php, this is the error I got: > Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in > C:\apachefriends\xampp\htdocs\test.php on line 9. > Can someone tell me what's wrong and what I need to do to get things squared > away? > Thank you... > Respectfully, > > Clinton E. Lovell > Principal > Rainmaker Marketing Corporation > 15519 Dawnbrook Drive > Houston, Texas 77068 > (281) 537-1200 > (206) 203-1229 (eFax) > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication and any documents, or files, > attached to it, constitute an electronic communication within the scope of > the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 USCA 2510. This communication > may contain non-public, confidential, or legally privileged information > intended for the consideration of the designated recipients(s). The unlawful > interception, use, or disclosure of such information is strictly prohibited > by 18 USCA 2511 and any applicable laws. If you have received this e-mail in > error, please immediately notify us at (281) 537-1200 or via reply email and > permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail, file or > attachment and destroy any printout thereof. Thank you for your assistance. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Norland, Martin [mailto:Martin.Norland@STJUDE.ORG] > Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 2:04 PM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] insert error for mysql > > One of the strings you're inserting has an quotation mark (apostrophe). > You're going to have to do some more careful data scrubbing on the > incoming data. > > E.G. one of the strings says "it's used in the retail, banking, and > insurance industries, among" ... > And it's breaking the containing ' - insert into foo (bar) values > ('this isn't going to work.'); > > might I suggest starting with addslashes() > > Cheers, > - Martin Norland, Sys Admin / Database / Web Developer, International > Outreach x3257 > > The opinion(s) contained within this email do not necessarily represent > those of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Yui Hiroaki [mailto:yui@mariana.u-aizu.ac.jp] > Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 1:26 PM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DB] insert error for mysql. . > > hi! > > I have an error message to try to insert character into table. > But I have an error messages like below. When I try to insert > $strbuf, I got error. > > > Could not perform INSERT to table 1064: You have an error in your SQL > syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version > for the right syntax to use near 's used in the retail, banking, and > insurance industries, among > > > > I publish SQL; > > mysql> create table view(b_col_id mediumint(255) NOT NULL > AUTO_INCREMENT, b_col longblob NOT NULL,file_name varchar(255) NOT > NULL,file_size varchar(255) NOT NULL,file_type varchar(255) NOT > NULL,file_date time,vtext longtext,PRIMARY KEY(b_col_id))TYPE=MyISAM; > > > mysql> alter tablev view add fulltext (vtext); > > The code---------------------------------------------- > $handle = popen("/usr/bin/pdftotext \"$original_tmp\" - -layout > 2>&1", > 'r'); > $strbuf = fread($handle, 2048000); > echo $strbuf; > > pclose($handle); > > > $sql_insert = "INSERT INTO > view(b_col,file_name,file_size,file_type,file_date,vtext) VALUES > > ('$binaryContent','$original_name','$original_size','$original_type',CUR > TIME(),'$strbuf')"; > > mysql_query($sql_insert) or DIE ("Could not perform INSERT to table > ".mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()); > mysql_close($db); > > > > > > > Please do help me! > > Yui > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- theExile.vze.com www.stpaulswalsall.org.uk