Sytax problem..

pinehead18

$output =   "
        <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=1 height=3%>
        <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
        </table>
        <table border=1 bordercolor=cccccc bgcolor=cccccc cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center width=92%>
                <tr>
                        <td></td>
                </tr>
        </table>
        <table border=1 bordercolor=eeeeee cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center>
                <tr><td>
        <form action=u.php method=post>
         <table border=0 width=100% cellspacing=1 cellpadding=1 align=center>
        <tr>
             <td width=360 align=right><input type=checkbox name=checkbox value=checkbox ". if ($checked == true) { echo 
"checked" }</td>  

             <td width=404></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
             <td width=360 align=right>&nbsp;</td>
             <td width=404>&nbsp;</td>
          </tr>

The problem code is

   <td width=360 align=right><input type=checkbox name=checkbox value=checkbox ". if ($checked == true) { echo 
"checked" }</td>

I wanted to show you the entire thing so you knew how it was coded.

But i am receiving a parse error on the if statement. Any ideas?

Thank you
Anthony

nemonoman

It's confusing as you have it coded. The problem is you haven't attached the </td> at the end of the string once you've echoed the output from the if.

Here's how I'd write it, just to keep from gettnig confused.

echo "<td width=360 align=right><input type=checkbox name=checkbox value=checkbox ";

if ($checked == true) { echo
"checked" ;
}
echo " </td>";

pinehead18

but it has to be inside of $output cusae i have it called i my html... where i want $output to go. Any other suggestions?

nemonoman

Please don't be too dense. Change my code snippet if you need to.

Here, I'll do all the work for you.

$output = "
<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=1 height=3%>
<tr><td> </td></tr>
</table>
<table border=1 bordercolor=cccccc bgcolor=cccccc cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center width=92%>
<tr>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border=1 bordercolor=eeeeee cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center>
<tr><td>
<form action=u.php method=post>
<table border=0 width=100% cellspacing=1 cellpadding=1 align=center>
<tr>
<td width=360 align=right><input type=checkbox ";

if ($checked == true) {
$output.=" checked" ;
}
$output.=" </td>";

Weedpacket

It is very confusing; in fact, it's broken. You're putting all that HTML in a variable and then trying to echo "checked" instead of putting it in the variable as well - which is what I assume you're wanting to do.

This syntax is bad:

". if

if doesn't return a string, or anything that can be made into a string, or anything at all in fact, so after reading the . and expecting something it can use as a string, it falls over when it sees the if.

Replace the whole if(){} thing with a conditional operator:

($checked ?" checked='true'" : "")

That's probably what you intended.

Oh, and don't forget to put the stuff that follows in a string and join it to the rest with ..