[RESOLVED] Help Needed: Can't find parse error

DataCom2004

I am recieving a parsing error and I haven't been able to find it.
I have followed these suggustions:

It's easy with arrays and string keys to get parse errors on account of the complex syntax. As a rule of thumb, wrap your array name in curly braces when using them within double quotation marks. Example: $message = "{$array['key']}..etc.";
It's not required in PHP to enclose your keys with quotation marks when referring to array elements ($array[key]), but it is a good idea ($array['key']).

I tried both of the changes to the added code. It was starting to work as the error was moving to the next line as I corrected each line. After correcting 4 lines of the added code the same error then showed up in the original code and there were no errors prior to the added code.

This the original code:

$misc->log_action ($lang['log_created_user'] . ': ' . $_POST['edit_user_name']);  

if ($config['email_notification_of_new_users'] == 1) {  

// if the site admin should be notified when a new user is added  

$message = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . ' -- ' . date('F j, Y, g:i:s a') . "\r\n\r\n" . $lang['admin_new_user'] . ":\r\n" . $config['baseurl'] . '/admin/index.php?action=user_manager&edit=' . $new_user_id . "\r\n"; $header = 'From: ' . $config['admin_name'] . ' <' . $config['admin_email'] . ">\r\n";  

$header .= "X-Sender: $config[admin_email]\r\n";  

$header .= "Return-Path: $config[admin_email]\r\n";  

mail("$config[admin_email]", "$lang[admin_new_user]", $message, $header);  

} // end if  

} // end if  

else {  

$display .= '<p>' . $lang['alert_site_admin'] . '</p>';  

} // end else  

} // end if  

} // end else  

}else {  

$display .= '<form action="?action=signup&type=' . $type . '" method="post">';

instructions for added code.
find following line:

mail("$config[admin_email]", "$lang[admin_new_user]", $message, $header); 

} // end if

After this, paste the following lines into the source:

//BEGIN notification of new registered users 
notification_email = $_POST['user_email']; 
global $config, $lang; 
$message = "Welcome "; 
$message .=  $_POST['edit_user_name']; 
$message .= "!\r\n\r\n"; 
$message .= "Your registration has been completed.\r\n\r\n"; 
$message .= "Your Login-Information:\r\n\r\n"; 
$message .= "Username: "; 
$message .= $_POST['edit_user_name']; 
$message .= "\r\n"; 
$message .= "Password: "; 
$message .= $_POST['edit_user_pass']; 
$message .= "\r\n"; 
$message .= "Your Email-Adress: "; 
$message .= $_POST['user_email']; 
$message .= "\r\n\r\n"; 
$message .= "Your-User-ID is: "; 
$message .= $new_user_id; 
$message .= "\r\n\r\n"; 
$message .= "If you want support, please contact $config[admin_email]\r\n\r\n"; 
$message .= "Regards,\r\nYour $config['site_title']-Team\r\n"; 
$header = "From: ".$config['site_title']." <".$config['admin_email'].">\r\n"; 
$header .= "X-Sender: $config[admin_email]\r\n"; 
$header .= "Return-Path: $config[admin_email]\r\n"; 
mail("$notification_email", "Welcome to ".$config['site_title'], $message, $header); 
//END notification of new registered users

attached is the file.

I would really appreciate some help.

DataCom2004

bradgrafelman

EDIT: Oh, I see. Yeah, you're missing a $ on the "notification_email =" part of the code you're trying to add.

Also, code like this:

mail("$config[admin_email]", "$lang[admin_new_user]", $message, $header);

really should be written properly like so:

mail($config['admin_email'], $lang['admin_new_user'], $message, $header);

Unless you mean to reference the index of array using a constant, you need to enclose the index in quotes since it is a string. Furthermore, when accessing array items such as using indeces, it is deprecated to do so inside of a string, as you've done. The preferred method is to escape out of the string and concatenate, or I believe you can also surround the entire array reference in {} braces.

EDIT2: To give an example of how this can cause you problems, this line gave me an error:

$message .= "Regards,\r\nYour $config['site_title']-Team\r\n";

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

as it should be written as:

$message .= "Regards,\r\nYour " . $config['site_title'] . "-Team\r\n";

DataCom2004

bradgrafelman:
Thank You for your help.

It is working now.

DataCom2004