[RESOLVED] php user form error

n3rd

im very new to php and im working along and learning to this book called "learning php 5" now im putting up some small scripts on my site to help me learn some of this and i copied the script RIGHT out of the book but im still getting an error, my presumption is maybe i have an old version of php installed on my host.. well heres the script:

		[code=php]		if ($_POST['user']) {
				print "Hello, ";
				print $_POST['user'];
				print "!";
				} else {
					print <<<_HTML_
						<form method="post" action="$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]">
						<input type="text" name="user" value="Type your name here">
						<br/>
						<input type="submit" value="Make php say hello">
						</form>
					_HTML_;
				}[/code]

and if you go to www.rushinginsomnia.com/phpformhello.php youll see the error page. hopefully one of you guru's can shed some light on this newbie error of mine lol

devinemke

there must be no spaces/tabs before or after the heredoc lines:

if ($_POST['user'])
{
	print "Hello, ";
	print $_POST['user'];
	print "!";
}
else
{
echo <<<HTML // no space before or after the code on this line
<form method="post" action="$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]">
<input type="text" name="user" value="Type your name here">
<br/>
<input type="submit" value="Make php say hello">
</form> 
HTML; // no space before or after the code on this line
}

i generally discourage the use of the heredoc syntax as it is very accident prone (as you see)

n3rd

thanks, that works great. appreciate the help! 😃

bradgrafelman

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