Loop and array issues

[phpdesp]

I have this code:

echo "<ul>"

$ini_array = parse_ini_file("related_articles.ini");
print_r($ini_array);

for($i=0;$i<count($ARRAY);$i++){
         $thisArticle = parse_ini_file($ini_array[$i]);
         echo "<li><a href="http://$ini_array[$i]">$thisArticle['title']</a>"
       }
echo "</ul>"

and I get this error:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in c:\www\related links\cmprelatedarticles.php on line 26

Line 26 is:
echo "<li><a href="http://$ini_array[$i]">$thisArticle['title']</a>"

What's wrong?

[lanjoky]

<?
echo "<ul>"; // Forgot ';' to end line

$ini_array = parse_ini_file("related_articles.ini"); 
print_r($ini_array); 

for($i=0;$i<count($ARRAY);$i++){ 
         $thisArticle = parse_ini_file($ini_array[$i]); 
         echo "<li><a href="http://$ini_array[$i]">$thisArticle['title']</a>"; // Forgot ';' to end line
       } 
echo "</ul>"; //Forgot ';' to end line
?>

Hope that helps

[The_Chancer]

General syntax - remember the ; at the end of lines...

[phpdesp]

Thanks guys, that was pretty silly of me. :rolleyes:

But it seems to still give me the same error?

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in c:\www\related links\cmprelatedarticles.php on line 26

even though I do have a ; at the end of line 26

What could be wrong?

[The_Chancer]

SOrry - didn't see this before either....

<? 
echo "<ul>"; // Forgot ';' to end line 

$ini_array = parse_ini_file("related_articles.ini");  

print_r($ini_array);  

for($i=0;$i<count($ARRAY);$i++){  

         $thisArticle = parse_ini_file($ini_array[$i]);  

         echo "<li><a href=\"http://".$ini_array[$i].">".$thisArticle['title']."</a>\""; // Forgot the \" in the echo line
       }  

echo "</ul>"; 
?> 

You missed out some backslashes to take out the " in the echo line

[phpdesp]

Where should the backslashes be? Before the "'s which are inside the main "'s?

And also, I get this error now:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in c:\www\related links\cmprelatedarticles.php on line 26

[phpdesp]

Ok, I changed it to this now:

echo "<ul>";

$ini_array = parse_ini_file("related_articles.ini");
print_r($ini_array);

for($i=0;$i<count($ini_array);$i++){
         $thisArticle = parse_ini_file("$ini_array[$i]");
         echo $thisArticle['title'];
       }
echo "</ul>";

and this is the result I get:

Array ( [1] => article1.ini [2] => article2.ini )
Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in c:\www\related links\cmprelatedarticles.php on line 25

Warning: parse_ini_file(): Cannot open '' for reading in c:\www\related links\cmprelatedarticles.php on line 25
Hello

It seems to be doing something wrong?

[OhLordy]

your array starts from array key=1 but your for loop starts from $i=0 so when the program enters the for loop it tries to access array element 0 which does not exist. You need to change the for loop to $i=1
HTH
Rob

[phpdesp]

Thanks a million!

But how come the array starts at 1? Is that standard in PHP?

[phpdesp]

I got that too, it was because of my own file contents.