Parse Error - here is my line of code

rbudj

I am trying to set up image uploading using a tutorial located at this link: http://www.zend.com/zend/trick/tricks-jan-2003.php

When I try to run the add_photo.php script, I keep getting this parse error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING...

Here is the line of code where I am getting the parse error:

if (is_uploaded_file($_FILES['thumb_link']['tmp_name'])) {

I have tried many different things including removing all white spaces but I continue to get the error.

Can anyone tell by looking at my code, what the problem is?

Thanks.

TheDefender

Sometimes parse errors are generated before or after the line of code referenced... Give us about 10 lines of code before and after the suspect line, because what you have here looks OK.

rbudj

Here is my complete file:

<?php
include "../album_config.inc.php";

// Use Heredoc syntax to format the XHTML form
$addPhotoForm = <<<addPhotoForm
<p>Add a photo to the album</p>
<form action="add_product.php"

enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">

 <p>
 		Item Number:<br />
		<input type="text" name="item_number" size="35" maxlength="25">
 </p>


 <p> 
      Name:<br /> 
      <input type="text" name="name"  
      size="40" maxlength="100" value="" /> 
 </p> 

<p> 
      Description:<br /> 
      <textarea name="description"  
      rows="7" cols="70"></textarea> 
 </p>

 <p>
 		Price:<br />
		<input type="text" name="price" size="35" maxlength="25">
</p>

 <p> 
      Photo:<br /> 
      <input name="thumb_link" type="file"> 
 </p> 


<p>
		Category ID:<br />
		<input type="text" name="catid" size="10" maxlength="5">
</p> 

 <p> 
      <input type="submit" value="Add product!" /> 
 </p>

</form>
addPhotoForm;

// If the user has submitted a file for uploading.
if (is_uploaded_file($_FILES['thumb_link']['tmp_name'])) {

Add the photo to the MySQL database

add_product($FILES['thumb_link'],$POST['item_number'],$POST['name'],$POST['description'],$POST['price'],$POST['catid'])
or die("Could not add product");

Move the photo from the temp directory to the images directory.

move_uploaded_file($FILES['thumb_link']['tmp_name'],ABSOLUTE_PATH.$FILES['thumb_link']['name']);
echo "<p>The product was successfully uploaded to the server.</p>";
}
// display the form on every page instance
echo $addPhotoForm;
?>

drew010

i copied the code and ran it and it works fine.
its hard to tell since the code isnt in [ php] tags but my guess is that addPhotoForm; is either not on a line by itself or it has whitespace before it.
since it is a here document code segment, it must be closed on its own line by itself.

//invalid
echo <<<EOD
   hello $name,
      how are you doing?
    EOD;


//valid
echo <<<EOD
    hello $name,
      how are you doing?
EOD;

TheDefender

It's funny drew010, because your example of the coding shows a perfect example of your point with the color, since your first <<<EOD doesn't close until it reaches the last EOD; line...