String problems :(

[Anon]

I am having a problem w/ the following code:

$arguements=0;
$select_arguements = array ( "new" => "",
"date" => "",
"url" => "",
"helpful" => "",
"not_helpful" => "",
"id" => ""
);

if ( yes_no_new_checkbox == "yes")
{
$arguements++;

//ERROR is ON THIS LINE FOLLOWING I BELIEVE
$select_arguements[new] = comment_viewed = 'n' ;

}

Here is the error I get:
Parse error: parse error, expecting T_STRING' orT_VARIABLE' or `'$'' in /home/xxxxxxx.com/www/php/display_yes_no.php on
line 24

I basically create an associative array and initialize each element to blank. Then I try to insert a string into the element of the array, I have tried single quotes, double, and escaping characters.

Any help / ideas are appreciated,
mike

[sid666]

im not sure - but it seems like you forgot the "$" sign before the yes_no_new_checkbox variable in line:

if ( yes_no_new_checkbox == "yes") {...

sid

ps: argument doesnt contain an "e" after "u" 😉

[junebug]

$select_arguements[new] = comment_viewed = 'n' ;

okay, what is this line supposed to be saying? this is where your error comes from. are you trying to say this?

$select_arguments['new']['comment_viewed'] = 'n';

i'm not sure what you are trying to say there but you need to fix it.

[Anon]

Thank you for the help, that wasnt the specific problem, but it was something I missed and would have gave me headaches later on. Thanks for the spelling tip 🙂. I look like an ass.

The actual problem was in the array I had an element named "new" which must be a reserved word in the language so I changed it to newly and it worked.

THANKS SID 🙂

[junebug]

use arrays like this:

array['new']

not like this:

array[new]

this will keep problems like this from occuring.

[sid666]

things like that just happen 😉 - these are the stupidest and often hardest to find errors...
im glad i could help...