help for a newbee

Anon

i have a problem, where all the code seams simple & proper. hte error says:

"Parse error: parse error in /home/aslan/public_html/multiply.php on line 25"

here is the code:

<head>
<title>MULTIPLY</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>MULTIPLY</h1>
<hr>
<?php
print "<table border=1>\n";
for ( $y=1; $y<=12; $y++ )
{
print "<tr>\n";
for ( $x=1; $x<=12; $x++ )
{
print "\t<td>";
print ( $x*$y );
print "</td>\n";
}
print "</tr>\n;
}
print </table>;
?>
</body>

like i said it all looks simple.

any help would be great.

Anon

Hi,

this works for me now - compare it to your syntax.

<?php
print "<table border=1>\n";
for ( $y=1; $y<=12; $y++ )
{
print "<tr>\n";

for ( $x=1; $x<=12; $x++ )
{
print "\t<td>";
print ( $x*$y );
print "</td>\n";
}
print "</tr></table></body>";

}
?>

Hope it helps.

Anon

Here is what's wrong:<head>
<title>MULTIPLY</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>MULTIPLY</h1>
<hr>
<?php
print "<table border=1>\n";
for ( $y=1; $y<=12; $y++ )
{
print "<tr>\n";
for ( $x=1; $x<=12; $x++ )
{
print "\t<td>";
print ( $x*$y );
print "</td>\n";
}
print "</tr>\n<b>"</b>;
}
print <b>"</b></table><b>"</b>;
?>
</body>

Just a couple of missing quotes. They are very easy to miss when you intersperse HTML with PHP. Personally I write all of my pages in PHP and print all of the HTML, this way I don't have to remember if I'm inside a PHP block or not.

jconner

You had misplaced quotes is all...see below.

<head>
<title>MULTIPLY</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>MULTIPLY</h1>
<hr>
<?php /
print "<table border=1>\n";
for ( $y = 1,$x = 1; $y <= 12; $y++,$x++ ) {
print "<tr><td>\n";
print "\t($x$y)\n";
print "</td></tr>\n";
}
print "</table>"; */

print "<table border=1>\n";
for ( $y=1; $y<=12; $y++ )
{
print "<tr>\n";
for ( $x=1; $x<=12; $x++ )
{
print "\t<td>";
print ( $x*$y );
print "</td>\n";
}
print "</tr>\n";
}
print "</table>";
?>
</body>