hi guys i get his error
Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in C:\wamp\www\bobscars\vieworders2.php on line 40
Parse error: parse error, expecting ','' or';'' in C:\wamp\www\bobscars\vieworders2.php on line 40
this is my code, it should be as described in the book, cant see what would be wrong
<?php
// create short variable name
$DOCUMENT_ROOT = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Bob's Auto Parts - Customer Orders </title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Bob's Auto Parts</h1>
<h2>Customer Orders</h2>
<?php
// read in the entire file.
// each order becomes an element in the array
$orders= file("orders.txt");
// count the number of orders in the array
$number_of_orders = count($orders);
if ($number_of_orders == 0) {
echo "<p><strong>No orders pending.
Please try again later.</strong></p>";
}
echo "<table border=\"1\">\n";
echo "<tr>< th bgcolor=\"#ccccff\">Order Date</th>
< th bgcolor=\"#ccccff\">Tires</th>
< th bgcolor=\"#ccccff\">Oil</th>
< th bgcolor=\"#ccccff\">Spark</th>
< th bgcolor=\"#ccccff\">Total</th>
< th bgcolor=\"#ccccff\">Address</th>
<tr>;
for ($i=0; $i<number_of_orders; $i++) {
//split up each line
$line = explode("\t", $orders[$i]);
// keep only the number of items ordered
$line[1] = intval($line[1]);
$line[1] = intval($line[2]);
$line[1] = intval($line[3]);
// output each order
echo "<tr>
<td>".$line[0]."</td>
<td align=\"right\">".$line[1]."</td>
<td align=\"right\">".$line[2]."</td>
<td align=\"right\">".$line[3]."</td>
<td align=\"right\">".$line[4]."</td>
<td ".$line[5]."</td>
</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
?>
</body>
</html>
