Parse error: parse error, expecting `','' or `';''

epic1231

hey all - i have a question - I'm writing a site in HTML and then using a HTML - PHP converter to convert to php so i can add in my login script

I just was adding a user online script and i'm getting this error

Parse error: parse error, expecting ','' or';'' in /home/games4/public_html/useronline/users.php on line 16

is this an error on the site or in the file users.php - i edited a bit in users.php but it all seems to look fine

if ($user == 1){
	echo "<font size="1" face="Verdana"><b>$user</b> Users Browsing</font>";
} 
else{
	echo "<font size="1" face="Verdana"><b>$user</b> Users Browsing</font>";
}
?>

is something wrong with the above?

Thanks in advance, great forums here

Regards,
Bill

pyro

Yes, you need to escape your inner double quotes with a \

jasonmills58

And if you're really new, like me, that means it should look like this

if ($user == 1){ 
    echo "<font size=\"1\" face=\"Verdana\"><b>$user</b> Users Browsing</font>"; 
}  

else{ 
    echo "<font size=\"1\" face=\"Verdana\"><b>$user</b> Users Browsing</font>"; 
} 
?>

or you can wrap the whole thing in single quotes, but i find that less reliable...

if ($user == 1){ 
    echo '<font size="1" face="Verdana"><b>$user</b> Users Browsing</font>'; 
}  

else{ 
    echo '<font size="1" face="Verdana"><b>$user</b> Users Browsing</font>'; 
} 
?>

cheers!

pyro

Originally posted by jasonmills58
or you can wrap the whole thing in single quotes...

Nope, not in that example, as PHP only has variable interpolation with double quotes. If you use single quotes, you'd want to do something like this*:

if ($user == 1) { 
    echo '<font size="1" face="Verdana"><b>'.$user.'</b> Users Browsing</font>'; 
}  

else { 
    echo '<font size="1" face="Verdana"><b>'.$user.'</b> Users Browsing</font>'; 
} 
?>

* Disclaimer: I do not condone the use of the depreciated <font> tag.

jasonmills58

* Disclaimer: I do not condone the use of the depreciated <font> tag.

LOL pyro. nice

Uh, yeah, i forgot to exlude that variable. Thank you. Oh, and Epic, don't forget to mark the thread resolved if your question is answered...

cheers!