Syntax error in php.

[misheck]

Sorry I am still new in php and I have just tried out an example in my book and I am getting a syntax error. My php version is php 5.2.6.

I am getting an error on line 6 on this
?php
if ($_POST [ "fname"] == "Joe") {
echo "<p>Hi $POST ['fname'] </p>;
}
else {
echo "<h2>Your name's not Joe, so you cant enter the website.</h2>"
}
?>

and error on line 12 on this
<?php
//check to make sure the first name is wequal to Joe before granting access
if ($POST ["fname"] == "Joe")
{
echo "<p>";
echo "Hi";
echo $POST ['fname'];
echo "</p>;
}
else
{
echo "<h2>";
echo "Your name's not Joe, so you can't enter the website!";
echo "</h2>";
}
?>

[NogDog]

In each case you have left out the closing quote on a preceding line's echo statement. A text editor with syntax highlighting will make those things easier to see, just as using this site's [noparse]

...

[/noparse] bbcode tags will help, too (quoted strings are highlighted in red here):

<?php
if ($_POST [ "fname"] == "Joe") {
echo "<p>Hi $POST ['fname'] </p>;
}
else {
echo "<h2>Your name's not Joe, so you cant enter the website.</h2>"
}
?>

<?php
//check to make sure the first name is wequal to Joe before granting access
if ($_POST ["fname"] == "Joe")
{
echo "<p>";
echo "Hi";
echo $_POST ['fname'];
echo "</p>;
}
else
{
echo "<h2>";
echo "Your name's not Joe, so you can't enter the website!";
echo "</h2>";
}
?>

[misheck]

Thanks for the reply, I will now have to look for text editor that can do the job for me. I will be using Linux for all my studies in php,mysql and apache so if you know of any good text editors for Linux let me know.

[HalfaBee]

If you use gnome, gedit works ok.

[Pikachu2000]

Quanta+ works pretty well. I also sometimes use Vim with auto-indent and syntax highlighting enabled via the .vimrc file.