simple spacing problem?

NewK

Hi everyone,

I am having a weird problem where I can't put spaces in my code. I am reading through Wrox - Beginning PHP 5, Apache and MySQL web development book and when I enter the code from the book on my computer I get weird syntax errors about strings, more details below:

Code from book:

<html>
<head>
<title>My Movie Site</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
define(“FAVMOVIE”, “The Life of Brian”);
echo “My favorite movie is “;
echo FAVMOVIE;
echo “<br>”;
$movierate = 5;
echo “My movie rating for this movie is: “;
echo $movierate;
?>
</body>
</html>

Error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\xampp\htdocs\Mock\index.php on line 7

I also get-

Code from book:

<html>
<head>
<title>My Movie Site - <?php echo $_REQUEST[‘favmovie’]; ?></title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo “My favorite movie is“;
echo $_REQUEST[‘favmovie’];
echo “<br>”;
$movierate = 5;
echo “My movie rating for this movie is: “;
echo $movierate;
?>
</body>
</html>

Error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in C:\xampp\htdocs\Mock\index.php on line 7

I have no idea why these errors would show up since I am just copying from the book but I think it has something to do with my installation, im guessing maybe I haven't set up the syntax correctly or something. I am using an XAMPP 2.0.

bpat1434

I'm going to guess it has to do with your quotes. Try changing all the “ and ” to " and " and ‘ and ’ to ' and ' .

Looks like you're using a different encoding for the quotes. Not sure if it's the issue, but it could be.

You might look in php.ini to see if there's an encoding setting (I can't remember off the top of my head) which allows you to use that kind of quotation system.

bradgrafelman

What editor are you using to write these PHP scripts?

NewK

I am using notepad

i switched to dreamweaver code window and problem is solved thanks