parse error explanation needed

mellow

What does it mean when I get a parse error that says (...parse error on
line 82) when line 81 is </html>(the end of the page)?

Also would like to know what parse error is contained in this line:

printf("<tr><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td><a href=\"%s?id=%s\"</a></td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td></tr>\n", $PHP_SELF, $rows["type"],$rows["brand"],$rows["model"],$rows["size"],$rows["price"];

Why can I not use :
print "$rows["type"]"...etc.

in other words the print function here instead of printf? is it because it is an array instead of a variable?

Sorry, lots of questions.

thanks in advance for any help.

mrhappiness

did you check if you have a closing bracket for every opening bracket? check ( [ and {
you forget the closing bracket )
don't know, i think i didn't get what you want

mtimdog

look at the way this is marked up (bad syntax)

<?php

print "$rows["type"]";

//and the way this is marked up
//ex 1.

print "$rows[type]";


//it might be cleaner to do it this way
//ex 2.
print $rows['type']";

?>

ex 1. Don't need to use quotes for a [] array inside of double quotes. If using a 2+dimensional array, try using {$arr['a']['b']} or get it out of the quotes like echo 'blah blah' . $arr['a']['b'] . 'blahblah';

ex 2.
Noticed I used single quotes (since double quotes get parsed for variables which you don't need).

HTH

laserlight

Don't need to use quotes for a [] array inside of double quotes.

To clarify: you do need to use quotes to delimit the associative index of an array that is used within a double quote delimited string.
But you should use braces to enclose the whole variable name.

e.g.

echo "Hello, we shall print this {$array['stuff']} for you to see";
which (based on past experiments on PHP Builder forums) should take roughly the same time to parse as
echo 'Hello, we shall print this ' . 1$array['stuff'] . ' for you to see';

If you use
echo "Hello, we shall print this $array[stuff] for you to see";
then PHP will check for a constant named stuff first, in case you used
define('stuff', 'some_value');
somewhere before in the script.

The experimenting also showed that using single quotes or double quotes doesnt really make a difference, unless variable interpolation is used without enclosing the variables in braces.