[RESOLVED] help please..

sara123

I am creating user logins. I am following an example from a book.
I recieve the following error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_IF in........... line 6

line 6 is: if (isset($_POST['submit']))

can someone help please....I am new to this. Thanks

halojoy

if you post lines:
5 - 6 - 7 of your code
I am sure this will be easy to say.

Sometimes syntax error is on the line 6
but can often be at line 5 = the line before error message

regars 🙂

sara123

ye sure...


<?php - #login.php

ob_start(); //Start output buffering 
$page_title = "Login"

if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { 							    

$username="";
$password="";
$database="";

$connection = mysql_connect("",$username,$password);
@mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");

//create function for escaping data.
	function escape_data($data {
		global $dbc; //Need the connection
			if (ini_get('magic_quotes_gpc')) {
				$data = stripslashes($data);
			}

			return mysql_real_escape_string($data, $dbc); 
		} //end of function

hope this shows abit more..Thanks 🙂

dagon

missing semicolon

$page_title = "Login";

sara123

Thank you 🙂

halojoy

sara123 wrote:
Thank you 🙂

no problems
together we managed to solve this for you - was easy as I told you

sara,
you have an option in Thread Tools in menu
Mark this topic as [Resolved]

... let's move on to new PHP Mysteries
and leave PHP 4.x.x and yesterday behind
regars 🙂
halojoy