Parse error on simple code...

[SLiP777]

<?php
$to = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "AlexStanford.com Mail";
$from = "[e-mail]";

$content = "Name: ".$_POST['name']."\nE-Mail: ".$_POST['e-mail']."\nSubject: ".$_POST['subject']."\nMessege: ".$_POST['messege'].";


--- mail("$to", "$subject", "$content", "FROM: $from"); ---
?>

Parse error on the line with --- lines --- around it. What's wrong with my code? (I added the --- lines --- around it for the post, ignore them, thay are not in the code.)

[Norman_Graham]

Hi Slip777

It's best to indicate what the parse error says - it makes it easier to pinpoint the problem. However, the answer is quite simple: when you encapsulate a string with " ", PHP (and indeed any other programming language) starts at " and runs through the string until it reaches the next instance of " ... and then stops. You need to do this:

$content = "Name: " . $_POST["name"] . "\nE-Mail: " . $_POST["e-mail"] . "\nSubject: " . $_POST["subject"] . "\nMessege: " . $_POST["messege"];

The correct syntax for the collation point is: space point space (and message is spelled with 2 Es and 1 A 😃).

Finally, a parse error which says 'unexpected thingummy on line whatever' means you screwed up on the PREVIOUS line.

HTH

Norm

[SLiP777]

Originally posted by Norman Graham
Hi Slip777

It's best to indicate what the parse error says - it makes it easier to pinpoint the problem. However, the answer is quite simple: when you encapsulate a string with " ", PHP (and indeed any other programming language) starts at " and runs through the string until it reaches the next instance of " ... and then stops. You need to do this:

$content = "Name: " . $_POST["name"] . "\nE-Mail: " . $_POST["e-mail"] . "\nSubject: " . $_POST["subject"] . "\nMessege: " . $_POST["messege"];

The correct syntax for the collation point is: space point space (and message is spelled with 2 Es and 1 A 😃).

Finally, a parse error which says 'unexpected thingummy on line whatever' means you screwed up on the PREVIOUS line.

HTH

Norm [/B]

Thanks for the help, you were much of it. I will test your code in a second, but I'm sure your right. Thanks for the spelling correction as well, I'm not dumb, just tired. 🙂

[SLiP777]

Looks like I was wrong, same error..

Parse Error:

Parse error: parse error in /home/alexsta/public_html/contact/send.php on line 17

Code:

<?php
require("/home/alexsta/public_html/nav.php");
?>
<?php
$to = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "AlexStanford.com Mail";
$from = "[e-mail]";

$content = "Name: " . $POST["name"] . "\nE-Mail: " . $POST["e-mail"] . "\nSubject: " . $POST["subject"] . "\nMessage: " . $POST["message"];

mail("$to", "$subject", "$content", "From: $from");
?>

What's wrong with it? That last line is the one with the error, the mail() line.

[LordShryku]

What's line 17?

[SLiP777]

Originally posted by LordShryku
What's line 17?

I pointed it out in both posts...

Anyway, I fixed it. The correct syntax was:

$content = "Name: ".$POST['name']."\nE-Mail: ".$POST['e-mail']."\nSubject: ".$POST['subject']."\nMessege: ".$POST['messege'];

Well, even if not correct, it works. 🙂

[Weedpacket]

I'd point out here that this seems to be a milldly old version of PHP that's in use; more recent versions will say what they were expecting to see and/or what they got instead when they encounter a parse error.