[RESOLVED] Unexpected $

Tezread

I was wondering if there is a PHP editor out there which makes development easier and aids with debugging. Im using Dreamweaver at the moment.

this is my problem:- it is the last line of code that comes up with the Unexpected $ error

<?php
session_start();
require_once('common_functions.php'); 
$_SESSION['form1_data']='';
?>

<html>
<head>
<title>Quality Information Form</title>

</style>
</head>

<body>
<?php

if (!isset ($_POST['submit'])) 
{ 
    echo '<form action="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '" method="POST">' 
        . 'quality name: <select name="quality_name">' . "\n"; 

$sql = "SELECT quality_name FROM quality_info"; 

$result = mysql_query($sql, $connection) 
    OR die(mysql_error()); 

while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) 
{ 
    echo '<option value="' . $row['quality_name'] . '">' 
        . $row['quality_name'] . "</option>\n"; 
} 

echo '</select><input type="submit" name="submit" value="find" /></form>'; 
} 
?>

 </form>

<?php
if (isset ($_POST['submit']) && $_POST['submit'] == 'find') 
{ 
    $result = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM quality_info WHERE quality_name = '" . $_POST['quality_name'] . "'"); 
    if (mysql_num_rows ($result)) {$row = mysql_fetch_assoc ($result);} 
    else {echo 'no records found matching ' . $_POST['quality_name'];} 

echo ' 
<form action="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '" method="POST"> 


      <td width="6%"></td>
<table width="100%"  border="0">
  <tr>

   <td width="3%">&nbsp;</td>

  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><strong>Quality name </strong></td>
    <td width="39%"><input type="text" name="quality_name" value="' . $row['quality_name'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><strong>Authoritative/associative/governing body </strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="authority_body" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['authority_body'] . '"></td>
     <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><strong>Address1</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="address1" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['address1'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Address2</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="address2" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['address2'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Town</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="town" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['town'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Postcode</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="postcode" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['postcode'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Telephone</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="telephone" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['telephone'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Email</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="email" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['email'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Website</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="website" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['website'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Local agency</strong></td>
    <td width="39%"><textarea name="local_agency" rows = "5" cols="20">' . $row['local_agency'] . '</textarea></td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Contact</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="contact" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['contact'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>What is it?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="what_is_it" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['what_is_it'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>Who and what does it apply to?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="who_what_apply" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['who_what_apply'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>How does it work?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="how_work" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['how_work'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>What are the resource implications</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="resource_implications" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['resource_implications'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>How do you meet the standards and get assessed?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="how_meet_standards" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['how_meet_standards'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>How widespread is it?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="widespread" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['widespread'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>What are the pros and cons?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="pros_cons" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['pros_cons'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>What are the benefits</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="benefits" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['benefits'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  </tr>
  <tr>
         <td><p><strong>What type of organisations does the quality approach suit?</strong></p></td>


    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><p> Independent, self-managing organisation, incorporated </p></td>
   <td><input type="checkbox" name="independent" value="1"'; 
if ($row['independent'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '>
</td>
		<td>&nbsp;</td>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><p>A company limited by guarantee </p></td>
        <td><input type="checkbox" name="coltdbyguarantee" value="1"';
if ($row['coltdbyguarantee'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '>
</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p>A registered charity (or aiming to get registered) </p></td>
    <td><input type="checkbox" name="reg_charity"value="1"';
if ($row['reg_charity'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '>
</td>


    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p>With a committee which has legal and financial roles &amp; responsibilities </p></td>
    <td><input type="checkbox" name="commitee_legal"value="1"';
if ($row['commitee_legal'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '>
</td>


    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p> A project or part of a larger organisation (i.e. some matters such as financial management, personnel issues are managed at a higher level) </p></td>
	<td><input type="checkbox" name="project_large_org"value="1"';
if ($row['project_large_org'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '>
</td>

	<td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p>A committee, forum or panel with an advisory, steering or strategic role but no legally constituted body to govern or manage </p></td>
 <td><input type="checkbox" name="commitee_forum"value="1"';
if ($row['commitee_forum'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '>
</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p>An organisation with at least one paid employee </p></td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="organisation_one"value="1"';
if ($row['organisation_one'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '>
</td>


    <td>&nbsp;</td>

  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p>A self-help group or organisation run by volunteers only </p></td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="selfhelp_group"value="1"';
if ($row['selfhelp_group'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '>
</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p>An infrastructure organisation </p></td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="infrastructure_org"value="1" ';
if ($row['infrastructure_org'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '>
</td>
;'

?>

Errant

Last line should be '; instead of ;'

Easy mistake to make !! 😃

As to the debugging thing then no there isn't!! But DW8 has debugging tools built in which are always fine for me - that and the manual way normally catches everything

n_wattam

ah what a pain, lol.. how many times have we wondered why out code ant working to find a ; missing at the end of the line. lol

Errant

Tell me about it! And still it takes 3 weeks (and a forum post) to find it!! ROFL

n_wattam

so true, and so frustrating..

i remember the days of QBASIC, F5 to run your code, and if anything was out of place it spelt "when" "where" and "how" to you lol..

edit, and today i had the $ after the varible name, mmm 20mins to notice that one.

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Tezread

Thx for thr response guys. shame about the lack of debugging capability. I am looking to upgrade to Studio 8 soon as I would like to take advantage of the latest Flash package. I did a find and replace of any instances of ;' and apart from the instance on the last line which you noticed there are no others. In spite of that my error message remains the same.

here is my code

<?php
session_start();
require_once('common_functions.php'); 
$_SESSION['form1_data']='';
?>

</style>
</head>

<body>
<?php

if (!isset ($_POST['submit'])) 
{ 
    echo '<form action="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '" method="POST">' 
        . 'quality name: <select name="quality_name">' . "\n"; 

$sql = "SELECT quality_name FROM quality_info"; 

$result = mysql_query($sql, $connection) 
    OR die(mysql_error()); 

while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) 
{ 
    echo '<option value="' . $row['quality_name'] . '">' 
        . $row['quality_name'] . "</option>\n"; 
} 

echo '</select><input type="submit" name="submit" value="find" /></form>'; 
} 
?>

 </form>

<?php
if (isset ($_POST['submit']) && $_POST['submit'] == 'find') 
{ 
    $result = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM quality_info WHERE quality_name = '" . $_POST['quality_name'] . "'"); 
    if (mysql_num_rows ($result)) {$row = mysql_fetch_assoc ($result);} 
    else {echo 'no records found matching ' . $_POST['quality_name'];} 

echo ' 
<form action="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '" method="POST"> 


      <td width="6%"></td>
<table width="100%"  border="0">
  <tr>

   <td width="3%">&nbsp;</td>

    <td width="1%">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><strong>Quality name </strong></td>
    <td width="39%"><input type="text" name="quality_name" value="' . $row['quality_name'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><strong>Authoritative/associative/governing body </strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="authority_body" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['authority_body'] . '"></td>
     <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><strong>Address1</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="address1" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['address1'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Address2</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="address2" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['address2'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Town</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="town" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['town'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Postcode</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="postcode" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['postcode'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Telephone</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="telephone" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['telephone'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Email</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="email" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['email'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Website</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="website" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['website'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Local agency</strong></td>
    <td width="39%"><textarea name="local_agency" rows = "5" cols="20">' . $row['local_agency'] . '</textarea></td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Contact</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="contact" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['contact'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>What is it?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="what_is_it" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['what_is_it'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>Who and what does it apply to?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="who_what_apply" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['who_what_apply'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>How does it work?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="how_work" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['how_work'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>What are the resource implications</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="resource_implications" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['resource_implications'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>How do you meet the standards and get assessed?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="how_meet_standards" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['how_meet_standards'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>How widespread is it?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="widespread" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['widespread'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>What are the pros and cons?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="pros_cons" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['pros_cons'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>What are the benefits</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="benefits" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['benefits'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  </tr>
  <tr>
         <td><p><strong>What type of organisations does the quality approach suit?</strong></p></td>


    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><p> Independent, self-managing organisation, incorporated </p></td> 
   <td><input type="checkbox" name="independent" value="1"'; 
if ($row['independent'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 

    <td>&nbsp;</td> 
  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p>A company limited by guarantee </p></td> 
    <td><input type="checkbox" name="coltdbyguarantee" value="1"'; 
if ($row['coltdbyguarantee'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 

    <td>&nbsp;</td> 

    <td>&nbsp;</td> 
  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p>A registered charity (or aiming to get registered) </p></td> 
    <td><input type="checkbox" name="reg_charity"value="1"'; 
if ($row['reg_charity'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 


    <td>&nbsp;</td> 
  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p>With a committee which has legal and financial roles &amp; responsibilities </p></td> 
    <td><input type="checkbox" name="commitee_legal"value="1"'; 
if ($row['commitee_legal'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 


    <td>&nbsp;</td> 
  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p> A project or part of a larger organisation (i.e. some matters such as financial management, personnel issues are managed at a higher level) </p></td> 
      <td><input type="checkbox" name="project_large_org"value="1"'; 
if ($row['project_large_org'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 

      <td>&nbsp;</td> 
  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p>A committee, forum or panel with an advisory, steering or strategic role but no legally constituted body to govern or manage </p></td> 
<td><input type="checkbox" name="commitee_forum"value="1"'; 
if ($row['commitee_forum'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 

    <td>&nbsp;</td> 
  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p>An organisation with at least one paid employee </p></td> 
<td><input type="checkbox" name="organisation_one"value="1"'; 
if ($row['organisation_one'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 


    <td>&nbsp;</td> 

  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p>A self-help group or organisation run by volunteers only </p></td> 
<td><input type="checkbox" name="selfhelp_group"value="1"'; 
if ($row['selfhelp_group'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 

    <td>&nbsp;</td> 
  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p>An infrastructure organisation </p></td> 
<td><input type="checkbox" name="infrastructure_org"value="1" '; 
if ($row['infrastructure_org'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '>
</td> 
';

?> 
</form>

Installer

I don't see a closing curly brace for this block:

if (isset ($_POST['submit']) && $_POST['submit'] == 'find') 
{

Your formatting style makes it kind of hard to spot.

Tezread

still no difference unfortunately... :queasy:

Houdini

Then add the closing brace for the first if

</td>
';
}
?>
</form>

You closed all your if statements which was easy to see but minus a good editor like PHP Designer with all that code from the first to find a closing curly brace there was none found. With PHP Designer I merely plaed the cursor just in front of the offending curly brace which turns it yellow and then scrolled down the document looking for the matching yellow in color closing brace there was none found, so I entered one where indicated above and it matched with the original. This might not be where the closing brace should actually be but I believe the way the code appears that it would be correct and at least stop the error.

Tezread

from research I have found that unexpected $ means there is an unclosed echo statement '}'. However I have not found one in my form. Is there anything else im doing wrong?

<?php
session_start();
require_once('common_functions.php'); 
$_SESSION['form1_data']='';
?>

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>

<?php

if (!isset ($_POST['submit'])) 
{ 
    echo '<form action="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '" method="POST">' 
        . 'quality name: <select name="quality_name">' . "\n"; 

$sql = "SELECT quality_name FROM quality_info"; 

$result = mysql_query($sql, $connection) 
    OR die(mysql_error()); 

while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) 
{ 
    echo '<option value="' . $row['quality_name'] . '">' 
        . $row['quality_name'] . "</option>\n"; 
} 

echo '</select><input type="submit" name="submit" value="find" /></form>';  
}
?> 
</form>




<div id="Layer1" style="position:absolute; width:774px; height:115px; z-index:1; left: 28px; top: 132px; background-color: #FFFFFF; layer-background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px none #000000;">
<?php
if (isset ($_POST['submit']) && $_POST['submit'] == 'find') ;
{ 
    $result = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM quality_info WHERE quality_name = '" . $_POST['quality_name'] . "'"); 
    if (mysql_num_rows ($result)) {$row = mysql_fetch_assoc ($result);} 
    else {echo 'no records found matching ' . $_POST['quality_name'];} 

echo ' 
<form action="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '" method="POST"> 


      <td width="6%"></td>
<table width="100%"  border="0">
  <tr>

   <td width="3%">&nbsp;</td>

    <td width="1%">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><strong>Quality name </strong></td>
    <td width="39%"><input type="text" name="quality_name" value="' . $row['quality_name'] . '"></td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><strong>Authoritative/associative/governing body </strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="authority_body" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['authority_body'] . '"></td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><strong>Address1</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="address1" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['address1'] . '"></td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Address2</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="address2" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['address2'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Town</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="town" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['town'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Postcode</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="postcode" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['postcode'] . '"></td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Telephone</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="telephone" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['telephone'] . '"></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Email</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="email" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['email'] . '"></td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Website</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><input name="website" type="text" size="50" value="' . $row['website'] . '"></td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Local agency</strong></td>
    <td width="39%"><textarea name="local_agency" rows = "5" cols="20">' . $row['local_agency'] . '</textarea></td>

   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
          <td><strong>Contact</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="contact" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['contact'] . '</textarea></td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>What is it?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="what_is_it" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['what_is_it'] . '</textarea></td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>Who and what does it apply to?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="who_what_apply" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['who_what_apply'] . '</textarea></td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>How does it work?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="how_work" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['how_work'] . '</textarea></td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>What are the resource implications</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="resource_implications" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['resource_implications'] . '</textarea></td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>How do you meet the standards and get assessed?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="how_meet_standards" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['how_meet_standards'] . '</textarea></td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>How widespread is it?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="widespread" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['widespread'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>What are the pros and cons?</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="pros_cons" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['pros_cons'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	          <td><strong>What are the benefits</strong></td>
     <td width="39%"><textarea name="benefits" rows = "5" cols="40">' . $row['benefits'] . '</textarea></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  </tr>
  <tr>
         <td><p><strong>What type of organisations does the quality approach suit?</strong></p></td>


    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p> Independent, self-managing organisation, incorporated </p></td> 
   <td><input type="checkbox" name="independent" value="1"'; 
if ($row['independent'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 
        <td>&nbsp;</td> 

    <td>&nbsp;</td> 
  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p>A company limited by guarantee </p></td> 
    <td><input type="checkbox" name="coltdbyguarantee" value="1"'; 
if ($row['coltdbyguarantee'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 

    <td>&nbsp;</td> 

    <td>&nbsp;</td> 
  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p>A registered charity (or aiming to get registered) </p></td> 
    <td><input type="checkbox" name="reg_charity"value="1"'; 
if ($row['reg_charity'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 


    <td>&nbsp;</td> 
  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p>With a committee which has legal and financial roles &amp; responsibilities </p></td> 
    <td><input type="checkbox" name="commitee_legal"value="1"'; 
if ($row['commitee_legal'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 


    <td>&nbsp;</td> 
  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p> A project or part of a larger organisation (i.e. some matters such as financial management, personnel issues are managed at a higher level) </p></td> 
      <td><input type="checkbox" name="project_large_org"value="1"'; 
if ($row['project_large_org'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 

      <td>&nbsp;</td> 
  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p>A committee, forum or panel with an advisory, steering or strategic role but no legally constituted body to govern or manage </p></td> 
<td><input type="checkbox" name="commitee_forum"value="1"'; 
if ($row['commitee_forum'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 

    <td>&nbsp;</td> 
  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p>An organisation with at least one paid employee </p></td> 
<td><input type="checkbox" name="organisation_one"value="1"'; 
if ($row['organisation_one'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 


    <td>&nbsp;</td> 

  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p>A self-help group or organisation run by volunteers only </p></td> 
<td><input type="checkbox" name="selfhelp_group"value="1"'; 
if ($row['selfhelp_group'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 

    <td>&nbsp;</td> 
  </tr> 
  <tr> 
    <td><p>An infrastructure organisation </p></td> 
<td><input type="checkbox" name="infrastructure_org"value="1" '; 
if ($row['infrastructure_org'] == 1) {echo 'checked';} echo '> 
</td> 
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?>

Installer

You still don't have this block (the one I pointed out earlier) closed:

if (isset ($_POST['submit']) && $_POST['submit'] == 'find') ; 
{

Houdini

Installer wrote:
You still don't have this block (the one I pointed out earlier) closed:
if (isset ($_POST['submit']) && $_POST['submit'] == 'find') ; 
{

This is the one I picked out also with my editor

if (isset ($_POST['submit']) && $_POST['submit'] == 'find') ;
{

Never gets closed. So after all the other one line if statements and at the bottom of the page is where it needs to be closed, otherwise the error pointing past the end of the script because PHP is still looking for the closing brace and goes to the end and then reports that as where the problems is. So then you need

</td>
';
}
?>
</form>

this is my problem:- it is the last line of code that comes up with the Unexpected $ error

Usually an echo statement as well as any normal statement is closed when PHP sees a semicolon; not a '}' curly brace. You said

from research I have found that unexpected $ means there is an unclosed echo statement '}'. However I have not found one in my form. Is there anything else im doing wrong?

Probably your error states that it is beyond the last line of code as in after the ?> +1 line number. That means that you have a missing curly brace } and in this case it is from the first if statement. Installer pointed it out twice and so have I, oh well suit yourself, but that is your problem.

n_wattam

Houdini wrote:
Get PHP Designer 2006 it will not place stuff into your code that might cause problems. It also allows you to use IE, Firefox, Netscape or Opera to view your stuff provided that you have at least php.exe (not even the full install on a server) and any or all of those browsers. Highlighting, and also handles Javascript, Java, C#, CSS, HTML/XHTML, Perl, XML, and VBScript. Plus it is not only FREE but it is small.

It will speed up developing your code or making quick changes and testing immediately.

Just downloaded this, after seeing your post... quiet impressed, some nice lazy short cuts, then just fill in the blanks 🙂

Houdini

You will not use much else for coding just about anything and for FREE it is really a great piece of work. You won't get those kind of errors as discussed in this thread because it automatically cloes parenthesis or curley braces as you are entering code, sometimes you don't really want it to especially with things like O'Neal because you will have to delete the closing single quote but after getting used to its behavior then anticipating how it works you won't really mind. If you were to place your cursor just in front of the opening curly brace of

if (isset ($POST['submit']) && $POST['submit'] == 'find') ;
{

then scroll the rest of the document you will not find the matcching (yellow highlighted }, then place your cursor in front of each of the other if statements { opening and you will see the matching closing } in the code that Tezread has posted, then you will see the power of this editor. It took about 30 seconds to find that problem, but instead he is looking for something to do with an echo statement, which it aint, it is that missing closing brace.

Tezread

many thanks for all your help guys. the problem has been solved. It was that unclosed if statement }.
It took some time for me to interpret your advice but I got their in the end. Apologies if I came across as though I was ignoring advice- this was not the case, I just am not the type who sees logic straight away.

Houdini

Get PHP Designer and it will help avoid those type problems, and it is FREE

Tezread

i have just downloaded it and I will start to use it from now. cheers houdini.