[RESOLVED] Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ELSE

[mikawhat]

I have the following code which is actually copied from a book:

<?php if (isset($_POST['name']));
		//A new author has been entered
		//using the form below.
		$dbcnx = @mysql_connect('localhost', 'username', 'password');
		if (!$dbcnx) {
			exit('<p>Unable to connect to the ' . 'database server at this time.</p>');
		}

	if (!@mysql_select_db('database')) {
		exit('<p>Unable to locate the joke ' . 'database at this time.</p>');
	}

	$name = $_POST['name'];
	$email = $_POST['email'];
	$sql = "INSERT INTO author SET name='$name', email='$email'";
	if (@mysql_query($sql)) {
		echo '<p>New author added!</p>';
	} else {
		echo '<p>Error adding new author: ' . mysql_error() . '</p>';
	}
	?>

	<p><a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">Add another author</a></p>
	<p><a href="authors.php">Return to authors list</a></p>

	<?php else:   //allow the user to enter a new author ?>

	<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
	<p>Enter the new author:</p>
	<label>Name: <input type="text" name="name" /></label><br />
	<label>Email: <input type="text" name="email" /></label><br />
	<input type="submit" value="SUBMIT" />
	</form>

	<?php endif; ?>

and i get the following error message:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ELSE for line 137 which is the line containg <?php else: //allow the user to enter a new author ?> . Anybody knows what's the problem?

[leatherback]

You copied this from a book? I'd say.. Leave the book.. Doesn't seem too good to me:

exit('<p>Unable to connect to the ' . 'database server at this time.</p>');
should better be:

exit('<p>Unable to connect to the database server at this time.</p>');

exit('<p>Unable to locate the joke ' . 'database at this time.</p>');
should better be

exit('<p>Unable to locate the joke database at this time.</p>');

Your error is related probably to:
<?php if (isset($_POST['name']));

which is missing a { :

<?php 
if (isset($_POST['name']));
  {

which should be ended after this:

    <p><a href="authors.php">Return to authors list</a></p> 

should be:

        <p><a href="authors.php">Return to authors list</a></p> 
  }

[Installer]

if (isset($_POST['name']));

should be

if (isset($_POST['name'])):

[mikawhat]

OK thanx. I added the { after the if statement and also changed <?php else: ?> to <?php } else { ?> and <?php endif; ?> to <?php } ?>.

You are right about the book. Is not that good but i'm using it because of a CMS tutorial.