[RESOLVED] expecting `T_STRING' or `T_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING'

mrlaka94

This is html file :

<html>
	<form action="form.php" method="POST">
		Username : <input type="text" name="name"><br>
		Password : <input type="password" name="pass"><br>
		The problems you are interested : <select name="problem[]" multiple>
				<option value="Society">Society</option>
				<option value="Politics">Politics</option>
				<option value="Sport">Sport</option>
				<option value="Music">Music</option>
			</select><br>
			<input type="submit" value="Submit">
		</form>
</html>

This is php file :

<html>
	<?php 
		print "Username : $_POST["name"]\n";
		print "Password : $_POST["pass"]\n";
		print "The problems you are interested : \n";
			foreach($HTTP_POST_VARS as $key=>$value){
				if(gettype($value)=="array"){
					foreach($value as $member){
						print "$members \n";
					}
				}
			}
	?>
</html>

And this is error :

Parse error: parse error, expecting T_STRING' orT_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING' in c:\phpdev\www\public\php_exercise\form.php on line 3

How to fix it ?
Thank you very much .🙂

bradgrafelman

Arrays, more specifically items in arrays referenced by string indexes, should not simply appear inside a double-quoted string. If they do, they should be wrapped in braces ( {} ). Instead, I usually escape out of the string and concatenate the array in the middle, like so:

echo 'Your name is: ' . $row['name'] . '! Hello there.';

Also, when posting PHP code, please use the board's [PHP][/PHP] bbcode tags - they make the code much, much easier to read (as well as aiding the diagnosis of syntax errors). You should edit your post now and add these bbcode tags to help others in reading/analyzing your code.