Please help me

[naveedahmed]

Friends i'm new to php, i want to use the following code on my site but every time i try to use it it says

Parse Error: syntax error, unexpected '{' on line 1
the code is:

<?php $items= array("red","yellow","pink","green","purple","blue","orange","opal","ruby","brown","bronze","copper","ginger","tope","orange","light blue","light green","dark yellow","grey","black","white","gold","silver");$thispage=$PHP_SELF;$num=count($items);// number of items in list$per_page=2;// Number of items to show per page$showeachside=5// Number of items to show either side of selected pageif(empty($start))$start=0;// Current start position$max_pages=ceil($num/$per_page);// Number of pages$cur=ceil($start/$per_page)+1;// Current page number?><style type="text/css"><!--.pageselected {color: #FF0000;font-weight: bold;}--></style><table width="400" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="PHPBODY"><tr><td width="99" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#EAEAEA"><?phpif(($start-$per_page) >=0){$next=$start-$per_page;?><a href="<?phpprint("$thispage".($next>0?("?start=").$next:""));?>"><<</a><?php}?></td><td width="201" align="center" valign="middle" class="selected">Page<?phpprint($cur);?>of<?phpprint($max_pages);?><br>(<?phpprint($num);?>records )</td><td width="100" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#EAEAEA"><?phpif($start+$per_page<$num){?><a href="<?phpprint("$thispage?start=".max(0,$start+$per_page));?>">&gt;&gt;</a><?php}?></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" align="center" valign="middle">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" align="center" valign="middle" class="selected"><?php$eitherside= ($showeachside*$per_page);if($start+1>$eitherside)print (" .... ");$pg=1;for($y=0;$y<$num;$y+=$per_page){$class=($y==$start)?"pageselected":"";if(($y> ($start-$eitherside)) && ($y< ($start+$eitherside))){?>&nbsp;<a class="<?phpprint($class);?>" href="<?phpprint("$thispage".($y>0?("?start=").$y:""));?>"><?phpprint($pg);?></a>&nbsp;<?php}$pg++;}if(($start+$eitherside)<$num)print (" .... ");?></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" align="center"><?phpfor($x=$start;$x<min($num,($start+$per_page)+1);$x++)print($items[$x]."<br>");?></td></tr></table>

[ixalmida]

Maybe if you formatted it properly, you could see where the missing bracket is. Maybe I'm over-cautious, but I find that if I match my indents with my opening and closing brackets, I rarely miss any.

Example:

if(condition)
  {
  if(condition)
    {
    while(condition)
      {
      select(case)
        {
        case 1:
          do something;
          break;
        case 2:
          do something else;
          break;
        etc...
        }
      }
    }
  }

Notice how my closing brackets all line up nicely and there's one per tab stop? I can visibly track which opening and closing brackets line up and if one is missing it becomes painfully obvious.

That's just my method. Format yours however you like, but it should at least be readable if you're going to post code here.

[NogDog]

Spaces and newlines matter.

No guarantees this does what you want, but it parses.

<?php
$items = array ("red", "yellow", "pink", "green", "purple", "blue", "orange", "opal", "ruby", "brown", "bronze", "copper", "ginger", "tope", "orange", "light blue", "light green", "dark yellow", "grey", "black", "white", "gold", "silver");
$thispage = $PHP_SELF;
$num = count($items);
// number of items in list
$per_page = 2;
// Number of items to show per page
$showeachside = 5;
// Number of items to show either side of selected page
if ( empty($start))$start = 0;
// Current start position
$max_pages = ceil($num/$per_page);
// Number of pages
$cur = ceil($start/$per_page)+1;
// Current page number
?>
<style type="text/css">
<!--.pageselected {
    color: #FF0000;
    font-weight: bold;
}
-->
</style>
<table width="400" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="PHPBODY">
  <tr>
    <td width="99" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#EAEAEA">
      <?php
      if (($start-$per_page) >= 0)
      {
         $next = $start-$per_page;
      ?>
      <a href="<?phpprint("$thispage".($next>0?("?start=").$next:""));
      ?>
"><<</a><?php
}
      ?>
    </td>
    <td width="201" align="center" valign="middle" class="selected">
      Page
      <?phpprint
      ($cur);
      ?>
      of
      <?php
      print ($max_pages);
      ?>
      <br>
      (
      <?php
      print ($num);
      ?>
      records )
    </td>
    <td width="100" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#EAEAEA">
      <?php
      if ($start+$per_page < $num)
      {
      ?>
      <a href="<?phpprint("$thispage?start=".max(0,$start+$per_page));
        ?>
">&gt;
 &gt;</a>
      <?php
      }
      ?>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="middle">
      &nbsp;
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="middle" class="selected">
      <?php
      $eitherside = ($showeachside*$per_page);
      if ($start+1 > $eitherside)
         print (" .... ");
      $pg = 1;
      for ($y = 0;
      $y < $num;
      $y += $per_page)
      {
         $class = ($y == $start)?"pageselected":"";
      if (($y > ($start-$eitherside)) && ($y < ($start+$eitherside)))
      {
      ?>
      &nbsp;<a class="<?phpprint($class);
        ?>
" href="
        <?phpprint
        ("$thispage".($y > 0?("?start=").$y:
           ""));
        ?>
        ">
        <?phpprint
        ($pg);
        ?>
      </a>
      &nbsp;
      <?php
      }
      $pg++;
      }
      if (($start+$eitherside) < $num) print (" .... ");
      ?>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="3" align="center">
      <?php
      for ($x = $start;
      $x < min($num, ($start+$per_page)+1);
      $x++) print ($items[$x]."<br>");
      ?>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>