RE: [PHP] Dreaded expecting `T_VARIABLE' or... Error -- long post

If you're going to use an array in a string, you have to surround it with braces. echo "value is {$c2[something]} okay?"; Or, exit out of the string: echo "value is " . $c2['something'] . " okay?"; If you use it outside of the string, you need the single/double quotes around the key so you don't get an undefined constant warning. That looks like your problem. ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Verdon Vaillancourt [mailto:vern@verdon.ca] > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 12:34 PM > To: PHP-General > Subject: [PHP] Dreaded expecting `T_VARIABLE' or... Error -- long post > > Hi Apologies if this question has been answered before and I can't find > it. > I have searched and although finding similar issues, I haven't been able > to > fix. > > I have a file that creates a search for and then is supposed to post to > itself to retriev results. When I add the first function (the search form) > everything seems OK. The page renders, the select menus are populated from > my mySQL db. > > When I add the second function (the results). I start getting an error > that > refers to a line number in my initial function that was previously OK. I > gather the error has something to do with syntax, but I can't find it. > > I'll show some examples and then detail the error. > > My intial code that creates the search form and works is: > > > PHP: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > // Handles session initialization > > include("open_session.php"); > > if(!isset($mainfile)) > > { >   include("mainfile.php"); > } > > // Global configuration data > include("config.php"); > > // Generates page header > include ("header.php"); > > function sform() { > > include("config.php"); > > $box_title = "Search Form"; > > $box_stuff = "<table width=\"100%\"><tr><td > align=\"left\">"; > > $box_stuff .= "<span class=\"finePrint\">Search hints can go > here</span></td></tr></table>"; > > $box_stuff .= " > > <center><form action=\"./search_users.php\" method=\"post\"> > > <table><tr><td colspan=3 align=\"left\"><h4>Search > for:</h4></td></tr> > > <tr><td align=\"left\"><font > size=\"-1\">Company</font></td><td > align=\"left\"><font > size=\"-1\">Category</font></td><td > align=\"left\"><font > size=\"-1\">City</font></td></tr> > > <tr><td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><input > name=\"company\"></td><td > align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"> > > <select name=\"cat\" size=\"7\" multiple>\n"; > > > $cat_result = mysql_query("select cat, catkey, cattext, count(cat) AS > num_type FROM " . $table_prefix."users LEFT JOIN > " . $table_prefix."users_cat ON cat=catkey GROUP BY cattext ORDER BY > cattext"); > > $categories = mysql_fetch_array($cat_result); > > if ($categories) { > >     while ($c2 = mysql_fetch_array($cat_result)) { > >     $num_type = $c2[num_type]; > >     $box_stuff .= "<option name=\"cat\" value=\"$c2[catkey]\">$c2[cattex t] >  ( > $num_type)</option>"; > >     } > > } > > $box_stuff .= " > > </select> > > </td> > > <td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"> > > <select name=\"city\" size=\"7\" multiple>\n"; > > > > $city_result = mysql_query("select city, count(city) AS num_type FROM > " . $table_prefix."users GROUP BY city ORDER BY city"); > > $cities = mysql_fetch_array($city_result); > > if ($cities) { > >     while ($c3 = mysql_fetch_array($city_result)) { > >     $num_type3 = $c3[num_type]; > >     $box_stuff .= "<option name=\"city\" value=\"$c3[city]\">$c3[city] ( $n > um > _type3)</option>"; > >     } > > } > > $box_stuff .= "</select></td></tr>\n"; > > > > $box_stuff .= " > > <tr><td align=\"left\" colspan=3 align=\"center\"><input type=\"submit\" > value=\"Search\"> Note: searching for all can produce a large > page!</td></tr> > > </table><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"op\" > value=\"search\" /> > > </form></center>"; > > > > thememainbox($box_title, $box_stuff); > > include("footer.php"); > > } > > > > switch($op) { > >     case "search": > >         search(); > >         break; > > > >     default: > >         sform(); > >         break; > >   } > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Now, when I add anything for the function search() , even a simple message > printed to the page such as: > > > PHP: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > function search() > > { > >     include('config.php'); > >     global ; > >     $box_title = "Search Results"; > >     $box_stuff .= "Results here"; > >     thememainbox($box_title, $box_stuff); > >     include("footer.php"); > > } > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > I get the error: Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_VARIABLE' or `'$'' > in /Library/WebServer/Documents/phpwebsite/search_users.php on line 45 > > BTW... line 45 is part of the initial funtion that was working before: > > > PHP: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > $cat_result = mysql_query("select cat, catkey, cattext, count(cat) AS > num_type FROM " . $table_prefix."users LEFT JOIN > " . $table_prefix."users_cat ON cat=catkey GROUP BY cattext ORDER BY > cattext"); > > $categories = mysql_fetch_array($cat_result); > > if ($categories) { > >     while ($c2 = mysql_fetch_array($cat_result)) { > >     $num_type = $c2[num_type]; > >     $box_stuff .= "<option name=\"cat\" value=\"$c2[catkey]\">$c2[cattex t] >  ( > $num_type)</option>"; > >     }  //THIS IS LINE 45 > > } > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > I feel that if I can get past this, I can likely get my actual search to > work. If you're curious, the following code is what I actually have in > mind > for the search function. I just can't get far enough along to even test > it. > I would surely appreciate any advice that anyone can extend.: > > > PHP: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > function search() { > > include("config.php"); > > global $company, $cat, $city, $catkey, $cattext, Order; > > $box_title = "Search Results"; > > if ($cat>0) { > >     $classreq="AND catkey=$cat"; > >     } > >   if (!$Order) { > >     $Order="company"; > >     } > > $query = "SELECT company, city, cat, catkey, cattext FROM > " . $table_prefix."users LEFT JOIN > " . $table_prefix."users_cat ON cat=catkey WHERE company LIKE '%$company %' >  A > ND city LIKE '%$city%' AND cat LIKE '%$cat%' $classreq ORDER BY $Order"; > > $result = mysql_query($query); > > > $box_stuff = "<center><br>"; > > $box_stuff .= "<table cellpadding=1 border=0 cellspacing=0 > width=\"100%\">"; > > if ($result){ > >     if ($r = mysql_fetch_array($result)){ > >         do { > >         $box_stuff .=" > > <tr class=\"type5\"><td align=\"left\">Company</td><td align=\"left\">Ca te > go > ry</td><td align=\"left\">City</td></tr> > > <tr class=\"type5\"><td align=\"left\">$r[company]</td><td align=\"left\ "> > $r > [cattext]</td><td align=\"left\">$r[city]</td></tr>"; > >         } while ($r = mysql_fetch_array($result)); > >     } else { > >         $box_stuff .= "<b>Search Failed</b>"; > >     } > > } > > > $box_stuff .= "</center>"; > > thememainbox($box_title, $box_stuff); > > include("footer.php"); > > } > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Thanks again, > Verdon > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php