Installation Problems? The "Define" command does not work

[joshuasr]

I have just installed PHP on a win2k server running IIS. I ?think?everything is properly installed, but when I try to run a prewritten script I keep getting errors (I have tried several from different places, and keep getting the same problem). Here is a blurb from the script that is generating the error:

define(BASEHREF, "http://isatonline.com/maillist/index.php"); // Your sites main URL
define(ADMINHREF, "http://isatonline/com/maillist/admin/"); // Your sites admin URL
define(BASEPATH, "D:/Home/HCSites/webadmin/joshua/isatonline.com/www/maillist/"); // path to your base directory
define(FROMNAME, "Isatonline.com"); // when emails sent this is what shows as the from email field
define(FROMEMAIL, "[e-mail]"); // email address to show as the from address when email is sent

$usernam="xxxxx"; // MySQL username
$pass="xxxxx"; // MySQL Password
$db=mail"; // MySQL database

HERE IS THE ERROR I RECEIVE WHEN THE PAGE IS DISPLAYED:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '"' in D:\Home\HCSites\webadmin\joshua\isatonline.com\www\maillist\inc\config.php on line 28
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D:\Home\HCSites\webadmin\joshua\isatonline.com\www\maillist\inc\form.php on line 5
BASEHREF' method=post>

I am obviously a newbie at this and have been beating my head into the desk for about 8 hours with this!!!! Anyone who can help will be a lifesaver!!!!

[dalecosp]

//Perhaps it's this:
  $db="mail"; // MySQL database 

//not this:
$db=mail"; // MySQL database 

HTH,

[kevinsequeira]

change $db=mail"; // MySQL database

to

$db="mail"; // MySQL database

there is a missing "

reg
kevin

[joshuasr]

I made the change to the syntax (Thanks for noticing this!!) but I am still getting the following error messages.

Notice: Use of undefined constant BASEHREF - assumed 'BASEHREF' in D:\Home\HCSites\webadmin\joshua\isatonline.com\www\maillist\inc\config.php on line 20

Notice: Use of undefined constant ADMINHREF - assumed 'ADMINHREF' in D:\Home\HCSites\webadmin\joshua\isatonline.com\www\maillist\inc\config.php on line 21

Notice: Use of undefined constant BASEPATH - assumed 'BASEPATH' in D:\Home\HCSites\webadmin\joshua\isatonline.com\www\maillist\inc\config.php on line 22

Notice: Use of undefined constant FROMNAME - assumed 'FROMNAME' in D:\Home\HCSites\webadmin\joshua\isatonline.com\www\maillist\inc\config.php on line 23

Notice: Use of undefined constant FROMEMAIL - assumed 'FROMEMAIL' in D:\Home\HCSites\webadmin\joshua\isatonline.com\www\maillist\inc\config.php on line 24
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[joshuasr]

I just suppressed the lines of code with the notice with an @ and it seems to be working for now (sort of!) Thanks for your help!!!!

[dalecosp]

The [man]define/man reference seems to suggest that the CONSTANT is a string, and therefore should also be quoted.

Try:

define("BASEHREF", "http://isatonline.com/maillist/index.php");

and so on, and give it a whirl. Hope it works, but I don't use constants much ... 😉

[dalecosp]

That is somewhat the issue. Your script assumes a lower level of error reporting, and your current server assumes a higher one. You should be able to fix this issue either by setting error_reporting to a less stringent setting, or quoting your CONSTANT declarations ...

🙂

[dalecosp]

Originally posted by joshuasr
I just suppressed the lines of code with the notice with an @ and it seems to be working for now (sort of!) Thanks for your help!!!!

Or, there's a third option, eh? 😃