why this error

karimla131

this error is showed to me ::::

Parse error: parse error, expecting ','' or';'' in E:\wamp\www\elshamel\HTML\tagarob\search.php on line 9

in the search.php

<?php

//get data
$button = $_GET['submit'];
$search = $_GET['search'];

if (!$button)
   echo "you didn't submite a keyword."

else

{
    if (strlen($search)<=2)
    echo "Search term too short.";
    else
    {
        echo "you searched for $search<hr size='1'>";
    }
}

?>

in index.php

<html>
      <form action='search.php' method='GET'>
            <font face='sans-serif' size='5'>
            <center>
                    My Search Engine.<br>
                    <input type='text' size='50' name='search'> <input type='submit' name='submit' value='search'>
            </center>
            </font>
      </form>
</html>

so please help why this error

bradgrafelman

There is a thread entitled Parse Error: syntax error located in the Coding forum dedicated to this issue.

There's a very short list of common causes for parse errors, and that thread has covered that list many times over. If you still can't find your error, post a relevant code snippet (e.g. a few lines above and below the line # indicated - don't forget to point out which line was indicated in the error!) in that thread.

I'll give you a hint: the error message told you that it was expecting either a comma or a semicolon on (or before) line 9. So... look for a missing comma or semicolon on or before line 9.