Problems getting my php and css to like each other.

drteeth26

I am building a simple script that is supposed to show a blog-like news script, i can get the page to show the data, but when i apply the css style to the code it gives an error on line 9 (which isnt a line i changed between no css and css...) Ive been playing around with different combinations of things to get this to work and I have been unsuccesful. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The file is here:view3.php

Emery

hi-liter

showing a snippet of the code you're using, how you are intergrating CSS and where etc. would help folks pinpoint what could be causing this. check you're " quotes and and other syntax, i'd speculate it may be related to that.

drteeth26

Here is the code:
<link href="dlscss.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<?php
include "config.php";

$db = mysql_connect($db_host,$db_user,$db_pass);
mysql_select_db ($db_name) or die ("Cannot connect to database");

$query= "SELECT title, news, author, date FROM news ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 10";
$result = mysql_query($query);

while($r=mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$title=$r["title"];
$news=$r["news"];
$author=$r["author"];
$date=$r["date"];

echo "<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD class="newstitle">$Title</TD>
</TR>
<TD class="text">$news</TD>
<TR>
<TD class="text"> Posted by $author on $date</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>";
}
mysql_close($db);
?>

If it is a quotes problem i am still unsure how to clear it up (real newbie)...

Thanks
Emery

Norman_Graham

If you start a string in PHP with " or ', then the interpreter expects it to end with " or ' and will assume that the string has come to an end as soon as it reaches these characters. You need to escape the intervening quotes thus:

echo "<TABLE> 
<TR> 
<TD class=\"newstitle\">$Title</TD> 
</TR> 
<TD class=\"text\">$news</TD> 
<TR> 
<TD class=\"text\"> Posted by $author on $date</TD> 
</TR> 
</TABLE>";

Norm

drteeth26

Well, I put that code in, which when i look at it makes perfect sense. I still get an error, but not it is a parse error...unexpected '\"' on line six. Thanks for all of your prompt responses!

Emery

drteeth26

Ok got it working...it was a carriage return problem...Thanks for the help

Emery

intrigue

Originally posted by drteeth26
Ok got it working...it was a carriage return problem...Thanks for the help

Emery

its always the simple things!!!!
/matt