parse error using isset for msg posting

rupertbj

Hi!

When I run the following php script on my website (www.rupertbj.co.uk).....

<?php
if ( isset( $name, $email, $gossip ) )
{
$filename = "gossip.txt";
$fp = fopen( "$filename", "a" ) or die("Couldn't open file $filename");
fwrite( $fp, "$name<br><a href=\"mailto:$email\">$email</a><br>$gossip<br><hr>" );
fclose( $fp );
}
else
{
}
?>

.....I get this error message:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `')'' in /users/rupertbj/domains/rupertbj.co.uk/html/gossip.php on line 26

Line 26 is:

if ( isset( $name, $email, $gossip ) )

I am wondering why this doesn't work on my hosts' server (Pay-as-you-host.com), as it works very well on mine (Xitami). I would be very grateful if you could tell me what I am doing wrong and why it won't work.

All help would be much appreciated!!!

Thanks,

Rupert

crusty_php

This from php.net

gherson at snet.net
26-Feb-2002 11:19

The multiple-arguments ability of isset() seems to be post-PHP 4.0.5
because I get 'Parse error: parse error, expecting `')'' in ...' from:

if( isset( $tid, $title )) echo "set \n"; //not wkg

This works (no parse error):
if( isset( $tid ) || isset( $title )) echo "set \n"; //wkg

Anon

if( isset( $tid ) || isset( $title )) echo "set \n"; //wkg

I think that to simulate the multiple-argument isset(), it should be an AND:

if( isset( $tid ) && isset( $title )) echo "set \n"; //wkg

rupertbj

Thanks for the help guys!!! I'll be after more help as I develop my little site! I hope you like it so far!!!
check it out for yourselves www.rupertbj.co.uk
Also....if i press enter for a new line on my site, the new line is not included in the posting - why is that?

tubedogg

Because \n (which is what a newline is from a textarea like this that I'm typing in now) doesn't mean anything to your browser. Run nl2br() on your posting before displaying it. I would run it right before it is displayed, not before it is stored, because if you run it before it is stored and go back to edit it later you will end up with duplicate (or triplicate, or however many times you edit the posting) <br>'s.