Annoying Form problem.

thatshanekid

Hi there.
Well i have this really annoying problem with one of my codes.
Im trying to make a webbased of a GE on runescape for fun really.
And this is the code i have gotten so fare:

<html>
<body>

<form action="buyitem.php" method="post">
Buying item : <input type="text" name="itemname" />
For amount :  <input type="text" name="foramount" />
Cheatskape Username : <input type="text" name="username" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>

</body>
</html>

<?php
$content = $_POST['username']; Is buying the item:  $_POST['itemname']; For the amount of:  $_POST['foramount'];
$file = "ge.txt";
$Saved_File = fopen($file, 'w');
fwrite($Saved_File, $content);
fclose($Saved_File);
?>

And here is the error.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /hosted/subs/ulmb.com/c/h/****/public_html/buyitem.php on line 2

Any help?

Rodders

The error tells you what the problem is.....you've got an unexpected T_VARIABLE on line 2 of buyitem.php.

this is incorrect syntax...

$content = $_POST['username']; Is buying the item:  $_POST['itemname']; For the amount of:  $_POST['foramount'];

I assume you're trying to create a sentence using the values entered in the form and then write that sentence to file. Try this on line 2 instead:

$content = "$_POST['username'] is buying the item: $_POST['itemname'] for the amount of: $_POST['foramount']";

NOTE: A semi-colon ; in PHP marks the end of a line.

thatshanekid

O i see, thats for that.
But now im still left with an error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /hosted/subs/ulmb.com/c/h/cheatskapege/public_html/buyitem.php on line 2

And yes, im trying to do what you said.

NogDog

The PHP parser does not like array elements with quoted keys when it's within a double-quoted string, unless you wrap the variable in curly braces.

$content = "{$_POST['username']} is buying the item: {$_POST['itemname']} for the amount of: {$_POST['foramount']}";

Alternatively, you could use concatenation with the "." operator so that the array element variables are not within the quotes:

$content = $_POST['username'] . " is buying the item: " . $_POST['itemname'] . " for the amount of: " . $_POST['foramount'];

thatshanekid

NogDog;10925724 wrote:
The PHP parser does not like array elements with quoted keys when it's within a double-quoted string, unless you wrap the variable in curly braces.
$content = "{$_POST['username']} is buying the item: {$_POST['itemname']} for the amount of: {$_POST['foramount']}"; 
Alternatively, you could use concatenation with the "." operator so that the array element variables are not within the quotes:
$content = $_POST['username'] . " is buying the item: " . $_POST['itemname'] . " for the amount of: " . $_POST['foramount'];

Thank you very much. Worked like a charm.
Although 1 little problem, Is there a way to make the code stop rewriting itself?
It just rewrites and rewrites the thing that is saved to the TXT so it only ends up with 1 line being rewrited over and over again.

Is there a way to fix this? I don't know how, but putting it on a new line might work?

Rodders

http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php