[RESOLVED] PHP 5 errors

[prkarpi]

I have installed PHP 5.3 along with Apache 2.2 and gives me headaches !!!!!!

I coded using PHP 4.3 and good'ol Apache 1.3 and everything was fine. I have this while loop:

$query = "SELECT name FROM $artist_info WHERE genre = $gID $limit_str";
$result = mysql_query($query);
while($query_data = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$name = $query_data["name"]; }

PHP 4 displayed no errors. But PHP 5 gives "parse error, expecting T_STRING' orT_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING'" on the line where $name = $query_data ["name"]; --- should the var $name be registered first? I registered it, but it won't work still. ( I don't think you need to register it since it is not passed through the HTTP header? Or does it? HELP!!!

Thank you.

[dagon]

theres no parse error in the code posted, sure its the right code?

[prkarpi]

dagon;10930017 wrote:

theres no parse error in the code posted, sure its the right code?

Yes it is. The code is copy/paste from editor. Could there be a problem with an engine that I have installed? I have WAMPSERVER 2.0 with PHP 5.3 and Apache 2.2.11 running on win xp. I used to have nusphere. Is there any options in the php.ini that could result in this error? And as I said before it was fine in PHP 4.

[dagon]

what's the full error message, and he file its referring to.

[prkarpi]

I have found the problem...

$name = $query_data["name"];
should be:
$name = $query_data[name];

no double quotes. I wonder why it is like this in PHP 5?

[dagon]

should actully use single quotes

[prkarpi]

dagon... thank you.

There is another problem now. At the end of the page - at very end of last line it says that it is an E_PARSE error. ISs there a way to end a page in PHP 5?

Thank you.

[dagon]

same as 4, if you post the php i'll see if my editor spots the error.

[prkarpi]

some HTML...

<?php
# close function one()


switch($action) {
	case "sf":
	sf();
	break;
	default:
	main();


}

?>
</TABLE>
																	</TD>
											</TABLE>
											</TD>

Where </TD> bracket ends on line #, which is 611 in my editor, parse error says that line 612 is an E_PARSE error( which is an empty line).

Thank you.

[dagon]

nothing wrong with that code, the error line number is not always acurate, it could be a missing bracket anywhere above.

[prkarpi]

I found the problem by check and error method. It appears that PHP 5.3 does not like the following code:

<?php ...some php here... echo ?>

 HTML here

<?php
...
?>

Instead

<?php ...some php here... ?>

 HTML here

<?php 
...
?>

[dagon]

I don't see what the echo was going in the first example, but i'm glad it worked out in the end.