[RESOLVED] FORM ERROR MESSAGE

[Ammar]

I created a simple form but for some reason it just keeps giving me the same error message. This is the code I have:

< form action = " " method= "get" >
<p><input type="text" name="user"/></p>
<p>
<textarea name="address" rows="5" cols="40">
</textarea>
</p>
<p> input type="submit" value"hit it!" /></p>
</form>
print "welcome <b>",$GET['user']."</b><br/>\n\n";
print "your address is: <br/><b>".$GET['address'}."</b>";

the error message comes from the first line

< form action = " " method= "get" >

the error message is:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '<' in /home/httpd/vhosts/mydomain.com/subdomains/ammar/httpdocs/form.php on line 11

[nhassan]

hello Ammar, and welcome to PHPBuilder.

first question, do you have the <?php tags open? according to the error, you do.
in php, when your trying to show html inside the <?php tags, you have to use a command, such as echo or print, not just for variables, but for strings [ which includes html ]

<form action="" method="get">
<p>Username: <input type="text" name="user"/></p>
<p>Your address: <textarea name="address" rows="5" cols="40"></textarea></p>
<p><input type="submit" value="hit it!" /></p>
</form>
<?php
print "welcome <b>" . $_GET['user'] . "</b><br/>";
print "your address is: <b>" . $_GET['address'] . "</b>";
?>

http://nhassan.net/test/test4.php

one more thing to remember. when you open a <?php you have to close it

[Ammar]

Thank you, I figured it out🙂

[bradgrafelman]

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