Code problem

Anon

Hi Guys,
I've included an abbreviated version of my problem:

<?
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', '', '');
mysql_select_db('typhoon');
$query = <<< EOF
SELECT * FROM posts WHERE post_id = '$id'
EOF;
$row = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query($query));
?>

<?
require( "reusable1.php" );
?>

<?=$row['topic_name']?>

</BODY>

In this example i can't get the value for "topic_name" to display...the "name" and "reusable1.php" are displayed.
It appears to end the script at the require()

Any ideas.
micmac

van__

What's this do?

<?
require( "reusable1.php" );
?>

<?=$row['topic_name']?>

</BODY>

Looks like it does nothing.
Well... actually it looks like it kills your script since this: <?=$row['name']?> would not even be registered as a PHP open tag.
try:

<? echo $row['name']; ?>

and personally, I never use require(),
do we want a fatal error if we don't open the external file?

try:
$inc = include('reusable.php');
if (!$inc) { header('Location: safepage.html');
}

Anon

Once upon a time I used <?=$var?> to echo $vars - way back when every single keystroke bothered me. It's a legitimate abbreviation for
<?php echo $var; ?>

van__

Ahhh.

Personally, PHP has way too much alternative syntax.

Just another expression to add to my list of ways not to write PHP code.

Anon

Sometimes I've fiddled with the sources' .y and .l files and rebuilt. Knocks a few corners off the parser and helps enforce shop coding standards :-)