Re: cannot find the parse error

Bruce Gilbert wrote:

I am getting the following parsing error and don't see it off hand. Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /hsphere/local/home/bruceg/inspired-evolution.com/Contact_Form.php on line 44

did you look at line 44??? (actually I found the problem on line 69 when I cut and pasted into a editor - the editor also gave that line as the one with the error in it: DON'T DO THIS: <form method="POST" action="$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']" class="info_request"> DO THIS, INSTEAD: <form method="POST" action="{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}" class="info_request"> you can figure out which line it is yourself.

here is all of the code: if anyone has any clues please let me know! the URL is:http://www.inspired-evolution.com/Contact_Form.php PHP info is at http://www.inspired-evolution.com/info.php <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-US" lang="en-US" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> <title>Inspired Evolution :: Contact</title> <meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache" /> <meta name="revisit-after" content="7" /> <meta name="keywords" content="web design, communications, graphic design, North Carolina, Morrisville, Cary, Raleigh, Durham, creative, freelance, business, small business, creative services, web development, XHTML. CSS, accessibility, web standards, SEO, search engine optimization" /> <meta name="description" content="freelance web site design and development company specializing in creating unique, interesting, cross-browser friendly websites that conform to web standards, usability and accessibility and are SEO (search engine optimization) ready." /> <meta name="author" content="Bruce Gilbert" /> <meta name="robots" content="ALL" /> <meta name="classification" content="web site development" /> <meta name="copyright" content="2005 - Inspired-Evolution " /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="Gilbert.css" type="text/css" media="screen, handheld" /> </head> <body> <!-- begin outer wrapper div --> <div id="wrapper_outer"> <a class="skiplink" href="#startcontent">Skip over navigation</a> <!-- begin header div --> <div id="header">

    <?php require('images/Rotating_Banner/rotating_banner.php'); ?>

</div> <!-- top nav list --> <div id="navcontainer">

    <ul id="navlist">
      <li ><a href="About_Me.php" title="you know you want to learn

more about me">About

        Me</a></li>
      <li><a href="Skillset.php" title="I've got skillz">Skill set</a></li>
      <li><a href="Hireme.php" title="I can do wonders for your web

presence">Hire

        Me</a></li>
      <li><a href="Portfolio.php" title="web sites, graphics,

newsletters">Portfolio</a></li>

      <li><a href="Contact.php"  title="how to get in touch with

me">Contact</a></li>

      <li><a href="Resume.php"  title="my beautiful

resume">R&eacute;sum&eacute;</a></li>

      <li><a href="Blog.php"  title="My musings on everyday life" >Blog</a></li>
      <li><a href="RSS.php"  title="Syndication that is really simple"

RSS</a></li>

    </ul>

</div> <!-- inner content wrapper div --> <div id="wrapper_inner">

    <!-- breadcrumbs div -->
    <div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="index.php" title="home link"

accesskey="1">Home</a>

      &gt; &gt; Contact</div>
    <!-- text div -->
    <div id="main_content"> <a name="startcontent" id="startcontent"></a>       <h1 title="Contact">Contact</h1>
      <?php

$form_block=<<<END_FORM <form method="POST" action="$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] " class="info_request"> <fieldset> <legend title="additional information request">Additional Information Request</legend> <table id="info_request"> <tr> <td> <label for="firstname"><span class="red">*</span> First Name: </label></td> <td> <input id="firstname" name="firstname" type="text" value="{$_POST['firstname']}" /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <label for="lastname"><span class="red">*</span> Last Name:</label></td> <td> <input id="lastname" name="lastname" type="text" value="{$_POST['lastname']}" /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <label for="company"><span class="red">*</span> Company: </label></td> <td> <input id="company" name="company" type="text" value="{$_POST['company']}" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <label for="phone"><span class="red">*</span> Phone: </label></td> <td> <input id="phone" name="phone" type="text" value="{$_POST['phone']}" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <label for="email"><span class="red">*</span> e-mail: </label></td> <td> <input id="email" name="email" type="text" value="{$_POST['email']}" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <label for="email2"><span class="red">*</span> re-enter e-mail: </label></td> <td> <input id="email2" name="email2" type="text" value="{$_POST['email2']}" /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <label for="URL"> URL:</label></td> <td> <input id="URL" type="text" name="URL" /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <label for="Contact_Preference"> Best way to reach:</label></td> <td> <input id="Contact_Preference" name="Contact_Preference" type="text" value="{$_POST['Contact_Preference']}" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <label for="Contact_Time"> Best time to contact:</label></td> <td> <input id="Contact_Time" name="Contact_Time" type="text" value="{$_POST['Contact_Time']}" /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <input type="hidden" name="op" value="ds" /> </td> </tr> <textarea name="Textarea" rows="25" cols="50">Send me a detailed message specifying what you wish to accomplish with your web site.</textarea> <input class="submit" src="/images/submit.gif" alt="Submit" type="image" name="submit" /> </td> </tr> </table> </fieldset> </form> END_FORM; if ($_POST['op']!='ds') {

    // they need to see the form
    echo "$form_block";
    } else if ($_POST["op"]  == "ds")  {
        // check value of $_POST['firstname']
        if ($_POST['firstname'] == " ")  {
            $name_err = '<span class="red">Please enter your first

name!</span>< /br>';

            $send = "no" ;
    }

// check value of $POST['email'] if ($_POST ['email'] == " ") {

    $email_err ='<span class="red">Please enter your email

address!</span><br />';

    $send="no";

} if ($send != "no") {

        //it's ok to send, so build the mail
        $msg = "E-mail sent from www site\n";
        $msg .="Sender's first name:        {$_POST['firstname']}\n";
        $msg .="Sender's last name:        {$_POST['lastname']}\n";
        $msg .="Company name:        {$_POST['company']}\n";
        $msg .="Senders Phone number:        {$_POST['phone']}\n";
        $msg .="Senders email address:        {$_POST['email']}\n";
        $msg .="Senders email address (re-typed):        {$_POST['email2']}\n";
        $msg .="URL :        {$_POST['URL']}\n";
        $msg .="Contact_Preference: {$_POST['Contact_Preference']}\n";
                $msg .="Contact_Time {$_POST['Contact_Time']}\n";
        $msg .="Message:        {$_POST['message']}\n\n";
        $to ="webguync@gmail.com";
        $subject ="There has been a disturbance in the force";
        $mailheaders .="From: My Web Site
        <http://www.inspired-evolution.com>\n";
        $mailheaders .="Reply-To: {$_POST['email']}\n";
        //send the mail
        mail ($to, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders);
        //display information to user

echo "<p>Hola, <strong>$firstname</strong>!.<br /><br /> We have received your request for additional information, and will respond shortly.<br /> Thanks for visiting inspired-evolution.com and have a wonderful day!<br /><br /> Regards,<br /><br /> <strong>Inspired Evolution</strong></p>"; } else if ($send =="no") {

        //print error messages
        echo "$name_err";
        echo "$email_err";
        echo "$message_err";
        echo "$form_block";
        }

} ?>

      <p><span class="red">*</span> indicates a required field.</p>
      <p></p>
      <p></p>
      <?php require('includes/bottom_links.inc'); ?>
    </div>
    <!-- begin footer -->
    <div id="footer">       <p class="footertag">Inspired-Evolution - Web Site: Design, Development,         Marketing for Raleigh/Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary North Carolina.</p>
      <?php require('includes/footer.inc'); ?>
      <span class="date">
      <?

$last_modified = filemtime("index.php"); print("Last Modified "); print(date("m/j/y h:i", $last_modified)); ?>

      </span> </div>

</div> </div> </body> </html>