Parse error

imran_rajani

Friends,

I'm new learning php thru a book "Beginning PHP, Apache, MySQL, Web, Development Mar 2004"

I was trying urlencode - I've inputted below in test1.php

<?php
$myname=urlencode("Imran Ali");
echo "<a href='http://www.abc.com/test2.php?yourname=$myname'>";
?>

abc.com is just an example - i used actual domain in coding.

and in test2.php

<?php
echo $yourname;
?>

but while running test1.php i'm receiving an error that is "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '&' in /home6/researf7/public_html/test1.php on line 3"

i checked various times to match with given codes in book but there is no mistake.

Can you kindly help me where i'm wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Imran Ali

bradgrafelman

Well considering there is no ampersand in the code you provided (since the code you provided does appear to be syntactically correct), it's hard to say.

Are you sure you showed us the exact code you tried?

EDIT: Also, if your book told you to simply echo $yourname, then you should find the nearest trash bin and gently (or violently, your preference :p) place this book inside. $yourname on your second page is an undefined variable; instead you should be using the $GET superglobal array. For more information about this array (and others, such as $POST), see this manual page: [man]variables.superglobals[/man].

imran_rajani

i've just copied from actually placed.

for yr info all 5 authors of this book are members of phpbuilder.com

Michael “BuzzLY” Glass - moderator of phpbuilder.com
Yann “Bunkermaster” Le Scouarnec - moderator of phpbuilder.com
Elizabeth Naramore - moderator of phpbuilder.com
Gary “trooper” Mailer - active member and contributor to the phpbuider.com
Jeremy “stolzboy” Stolz - contributor and moderator at phpbuilder.com

anyways, my concern is to only learn 🙂

imran_rajani

also problem is not with 2nd php code.
i got an err on 1st php code.

bradgrafelman

I haven't read the book personally, but it may very well be that the coding techniques were accepted at the time the book was authored but has since then become obsolete (things like that happen quite frequently in the technological world!).

imran.rajani wrote:
also problem is not with 2nd php code.
i got an err on 1st php code.

That may be, but I was just pointing out that you have an additional problem other than the one you mentioned.

Like I said, PHP is saying that it found a '&' that was unexpected, but the code you posted has no '&' in it. Are you positive you're editing the correct file and that you've shown us the complete code in that file?

imran_rajani

Thx bradgrafelman,

Are you positive you're editing the correct file and that you've shown us the complete code in that file?

I've blank domain (no files from my side being owner) and yes this is the complete file called test1.php - there are no more code.

you can visit www.research-n-write.com/test1.php to verify it.

as i said i'm just learn that book and trying to apply live to see results.
but seems nobody is using php in this forum except you 🙂

now i've to storm internet for tutorials.

bradgrafelman

The URL you posted results in a 404 not found page.