need some quick php help

[Anon]

Ok I found the prev and next code which is this

function foo() {
 global $ptr;
if ($ptr == "") { $ptr = "1"; }
$limit = 7;
$t = 1;

$fp = @fopen("news.txt","r");
 if ($fp) {
  while (!feof($fp)) {
    if ($t == $ptr) {
      $con =  trim(stripslashes(fgets($fp,4096)))
;
       }
    $t++;
    }
fclose($fp);
  }

echo $con; // print news
$next = $ptr++;
echo "<br><a href=\"?ptr=$next\">Next</a> 
if ($ptr != "1") {
$prev =  $ptr--;
echo "<a href=\"?ptr=$prev\">Previous</a>";
    }
  }
}

Now I have implemented it into my script which is this

<?
                               //#################### Add News ####################// 

if ($action == "addnews"); {


    $snewz_id = date("mdy")."-".date("gis")."-".date("B"); $date = date("M j, Y");

$newarchive = "<font face=Verdana size=2><div align=left>
		<div align=center><b><a href=testcode.php?action=viewnews#$snewz_id>
		$subheading</a></b> at $date</div></font></div><br>\n"; 

$snewzarchives = "archives.txt";


$f = fopen("$snewzarchives", "r"); 

$oldarchive = fread($f, filesize("$snewzarchives")); 



fclose($f); 



$newarchive .= $oldarchive; 

//30//	$f = fopen("$snewzarchives", "w");       

	fwrite($f, $newarchive);       

	fclose($f);


$snewznews = "news.txt";

$f = fopen("$snewznews", "r"); 
$oldnews = fread($f, filesize("$snewznews")); 

fclose($f); 
    $snewz_id = date("mdy")."-".date("gis")."-".date("B"); $date = date("M j, Y");
    $newarchive = "<font face=Verdana size=2><div align=left>
		<div align=center><b><a href = $snewz_id>
		$subheading</a></b> at $date</div></font></div><br>\n"; 	//Adds the news articles new headlines to the old ones 
$newnews .= $oldnews; 

$f = fopen("$snewznews", "w"); 
fwrite($f, $newnews); 
fclose($f); 

function foo() {
global $ptr;
if ($ptr == "") { $ptr = "1"; }
$limit = 7;
$t = 1;

$fp = @fopen("news.txt","r");
if ($fp) {
while (!feof($fp)) {
//70//	if ($t == $ptr) {
	$con =  trim(stripslashes(fgets($fp,4096)))
	;
        }
        $t++;
	}
	fclose($fp);
	}

}

}

echo "
<h3><div align=center><font color=#000000>Headlines</font></h3></div>
<p>\n"; 
echo "<p>\n";

include ("archives.txt");
	echo "<p>\n";

echo $con; // print news
$next = $ptr++;
echo "<br><a href=\"?ptr=$next\">Next</a> 
if ($ptr != "1") {
$prev =  $ptr--;
echo "<a href=\"?ptr=$prev\">Previous</a>";
    }
	} 
?>

There are a few pass errors

here is the working address with the errors on it http://216.118.121.28/news/docode.php?action=viewnews

and I was wondering if anyone could fix them.
Thanks

[johnh]

When I go to your site, I get a parse error:

Parse error: parse error in /home/samcoleb/public_html/news/docode.php on line 62

echo "<br><a href=\"?ptr=$next\">Next</a>

---

I think it is on this line above, cuz I don't see a closing ".

I'm not sure if that is all of your problems, but do you have access to a database. From what I can gather from your code, you'ld have a much easier time with a database. Outside of using a db, I'm not sure I can help you because I can't follow it. Obviously your looking for some prev and next buttons or links, but using a text file with prev and next is not something I would consider, unless you had a bunch of text files and read them into an array, then you could prev and next the array elements.

John

[Anon]

ok thanks I will look into that

[Anon]

still doesn't work any other Ideas??
thanks

[johnh]

Sam, did you get past the point you were having trouble? I went to your site again, and I see your page.

John

[Anon]

sort of but the prev and next burrons don't now work properly so I am now working on that.

Thanks for your help with it so far
cya

[Anon]

nah man I am still having trouble with it if you don't mind helping thanks