Encapsulated string problem

genista

Hi all,
I am trying to print a drop down list, but I am getting a: "Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in..."

Here is the code that is causing the problem:

<tr><td>Please select rate type:</td><td><select size=\"1\" name=\"test1\"
    <option value=\"Approximate Charge\" <?php if (isset($_POST['test1']) and $_POST['test1'] == \"Approximate Charge\") echo \"selected\"?>>Approximate Charge</option>

Any ideas?

Thanks,

bubblenut

I'm not sure if it's just PHPBB adding them but you have to many backslashes. Escaping double quotes with backslashes prints them literally. You're also missing a character or two. I think what you wanted was this.

<tr><td>Please select rate type:</td><td><select size="1" name="test1">
  <option value="Approximate Charge" <?php if( isset( $_POST['test1']) and $_POST['test1'] == "Approximate Charge") echo 'selected="selected"';?>>Approximate Charge</option>

genista

Hi, thanks for the reply! I now have the following error on that code you gave:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_LNUMBER, expecting ',' or ';'

When I add backslashes I get back to the first error....

Thanks,

laserlight

What code did you try?

genista

This is what I tried, as per bubblenuts answer:

<tr><td>Please select rate type:</td><td><select size="1" name="test1"> 
  <option value="Approximate Charge" <?php if( isset( $_POST['test1']) and $_POST['test1'] == "Approximate Charge") echo 'selected="selected"';?>>Approximate Charge</option>

The browser moans about the data without the backslahes I believe...

Thanks,

bubblenut

The error is not from the code I provided, I have tested on my local machine. The backslashes are not required by the browser. The error which is visible when you use the code I provided is most likely caused somewhere else in the page but only becomes apparent when the first error is fixed. This is often the case with debugging, fixing one error will show up five more, but you have to persevere. Maybe try googling for the error message and see what comes up. (hint, most of them seem to be related to erroneous escaping, if you can get hold of an editor with code highlighting it may help).