[RESOLVED] Help!

iJamesCPXP

Hey everyone. I'm iJames, the new guy! And i need HELP! I made a new website, and it's a search engine. I already created all my tables, databases, and index script, but when i hit 'Search' an error message comes up saying something is wrong with the login script. Can anyone fix this? Here are the codes:

<html>

   <form action="search.php" method="GET">
   <font face="arial" size="5">
   <center>
   <a href="http://example.com/index.php"><img src="www.example.com/logos/topeke-blue.png">
    <input type="text" size="50" name="search"><input type="submit name="submit" value="search">
    </center>
    </font>
    </form>

</html>

Is the Index.PHP

Here is login.php

<?php


require ("connect.php");

$post_username = $_POST['username'];
$post_password = $_POST['password'];

if ($post_username&&$post_password)
{
 echo "rest of the code";
}
else
     die("username and password required!");

?>

I heard somewhere that you need a connect.php? Can anyone help me????

NogDog

Please let us know what the exact error message is.

iJamesCPXP

NogDog;10949979 wrote:
Please let us know what the exact error message is.

see, you can visit it here: topeke.no.nr and when you enter in the user and pass & click LOGIN an error message comes up saying:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/topeke/public_html/connect.php on line 7

the PHP code is

<?php

//connect script

$error = "Problem logging in. Please check your Username and Password and try again."

$connect = mysql_connect ("localhost","root","") or die($error);
mysql_select_db("topeke_topeke") or die ($error);

?>

Can anyone fix the code for it to work?...

bradgrafelman

You're missing a semicolon on the 5th line (where you declare $error).

iJamesCPXP

bradgrafelman;10949987 wrote:
You're missing a semicolon on the 5th line (where you declare $error).

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iJamesCPXP

Hey are you there? If you are then can we talk via Gmail or AIM??

AIM: Skaterboi5231999
Gmail: Riffy888

bradgrafelman

Any particular reason why you can't discuss your problems on the board where others may benefit from the solution(s) as well?

iJamesCPXP

bradgrafelman;10949991 wrote:
Any particular reason why you can't discuss your problems on the board where others may benefit from the solution(s) as well?

Oh Yah your here. I'm not exactly sure what you mean, could you fix the code and post it here? Thanks.

bradgrafelman

Er... it's quite simple. You're missing a semicolon on this line:

$error = "Problem logging in. Please check your Username and Password and try again."

iJamesCPXP

bradgrafelman;10949995 wrote:
Er... it's quite simple. You're missing a semicolon on this line:
$error = "Problem logging in. Please check your Username and Password and try again." 

Thats what i had the first time... It says 7th line..

bradgrafelman

It says the 7th line because that's where the parse error occurs. PHP doesn't know you ended that statement, so when it comes upon the next segment of code (line #7), it discovers the error.

iJamesCPXP

bradgrafelman;10949997 wrote:
It says the 7th line because that's where the parse error occurs. PHP doesn't know you ended that statement, so when it comes upon the next segment of code (line #7), it discovers the error.

Yes, Since im a newbie, i understand, but i still have no clue whatsoever... Could you fix the whole code...?

<?php

//connect script

$error = "Problem logging in. Please check your Username and Password and try again." 

$connect = mysql_connect ("localhost","root","") or die($error);
mysql_select_db("topeke_topeke") or die ($error);

?>

bradgrafelman

iJamesCPXP wrote:
Could you fix the whole code...?

I do enough of that at work. I'd rather educate you so that you can fix the problem (and the others you're bound to face in the future) yourself. "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

And besides, I've already practically fixed it for you... I've done all but drive over to your house and press the semicolon key on your keyboard. Once again, this line:

$error = "Problem logging in. Please check your Username and Password and try again."

is missing a semicolon. Statements in PHP must be terminated with a semicolon. Since you're missing a terminating semicolon on that line, PHP doesn't know you've ended the statement. If you don't understand that, then you don't need others fixing your code for you - you need to find a tutorial that covers the basics of the PHP language.

iJamesCPXP

bradgrafelman;10949999 wrote:
I do enough of that at work. I'd rather educate you so that you can fix the problem (and the others you're bound to face in the future) yourself. "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

And besides, I've already practically fixed it for you... I've done all but drive over to your house and press the semicolon key on your keyboard. Once again, this line:
$error = "Problem logging in. Please check your Username and Password and try again." 
is missing a semicolon. Statements in PHP must be terminated with a semicolon. Since you're missing a terminating semicolon on that line, PHP doesn't know you've ended the statement. If you don't understand that, then you don't need others fixing your code for you - you need to find a tutorial that covers the basics of the PHP language.

oh, now i get it..

But now this shows up! 🙁

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in /home/topeke/public_html/connect.php on line 7
Problem logging in. Please check your Username and Password and try again.

bradgrafelman

Well that's not something I can tell you exactly how to fix, other than... use the correct username and password. :p