PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{'

ManWich247

Hi,

I'm very new to PHP. I'm trying to create a class that will kick back the required html to make a menu. For some reason I keep getting this error:

PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' on line 2

This seems like it should be an easy fix but I've looked everywhere trying to find the answer with no luck. Please help.

Here is the code:
<?php
class*myMenu {

public $html;
    public $cssFile;
private $labels;
private $links;

public function myMenu($xlabels, $xlinks){
	$this->labels = $xlabels;
	$this->links = $xlinks;

	$this->cssFile = '#demo-container{padding:25px 15px 0 15px;background:#67A897;}

ul#simple-menu{list-style-type:none;width:100%;position:relative;height:27px;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:11px 0 0 0;}
ul#simple-menu li{display:block;float:left;margin:0 0 0 4px;height:27px;}
ul#simple-menu li.left{margin:0;}
ul#simple-menu li a{display:block;float:left;color:#fff;background:#4A6867;line-height:27px;text-decoration:none;padding:0 17px 0 18px;height:27px;}
ul#simple-menu li a.right{padding-right:19px;}
ul#simple-menu li a:hover{background:#2E4560;}
ul#simple-menu li a.current{color:#2E4560;background:#fff;}
ul#simple-menu li a.current:hover{color:#2E4560;background:#fff;}
}'

	$html = '<div id="demo-container"><ul id="simple-menu">';

	foreach($labels as $i && $links as $l){
		$this->html = $this->html + '<li><a href="' + $l + '" title="' + $i + '">Resources</a></li>';
	}

	$this->html = $this->html + '</ul>';
}

public function getContent(){
	$content = array("html" => $html, "cssFile" => $cssFile);
	return $content;
}

}
?>

dagon

whats the * for on line 2?
foreach() is wrong
your confusing php with js using + when you mean .
theres an extra }' and a missing ; st the end of your cssFile var

that should get you started

ManWich247

Thank you so much for your help. I fixed everything you listed but I'm still getting the same error. The * in the first post was brought over with the copy and paste for some reason. Here is my new code. Same error:

<?php
class*myMenu {

public$html;
** public*$cssFile;
private $labels;
private $links;

public function myMenu($xlabels, $xlinks){
	$this->labels = $xlabels;
	$this->links = $xlinks;

	$this->cssFile = '#demo-container{padding:25px 15px 0 15px;background:#67A897;}

	$html = '<div id="demo-container"><ul id="simple-menu">';

	$n=0;
	foreach ($lables as $thing) {
	$bigar[$n][1] = $thing;
	$n++;
	}
	$n=0;
	foreach ($links as $thing) {
	$bigar[$n][2] = $thing;
	$n++;
	}
	foreach ($bigar as $part) {
	$this->html = $this->html.'<li><a href="'.$part[2].'" title="'.$part[1].'">Resources</a></li>';
	}

	$this->html = $this->html.'</ul>';
}

public function getContent(){
	$content = array("html" => $html, "cssFile" => $cssFile);
	return $content;
}

}
?>

ManWich247

ManWich247;10965618 wrote:
<?php
class*myMenu {

public$html;
** public*$cssFile;
private $labels;
private $links;

Please ignore the *. I posted too quickly.

dagon

no error, all i did was remove the *'s and format it for readability

<?php
class myMenu{

public $html;
public $cssFile;
private $labels;
private $links;

public function myMenu($xlabels,$xlinks){
	$this->labels = $xlabels;
	$this->links = $xlinks;

	$this->cssFile = '#demo-container{padding:25px 15px 0 15px;background:#67A897;}
ul#simple-menu{list-style-type:none;width:100%;position:relative;height:27px;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:11px 0 0 0;}
ul#simple-menu li{display:block;float:left;margin:0 0 0 4px;height:27px;}
ul#simple-menu li.left{margin:0;}
ul#simple-menu li a{display:block;float:left;color:#fff;background:#4A6867;line-height:27px;text-decoration:none;padding:0 17px 0 18px;height:27px;}
ul#simple-menu li a.right{padding-right:19px;}
ul#simple-menu li a:hover{background:#2E4560;}
ul#simple-menu li a.current{color:#2E4560;background:#fff;}
ul#simple-menu li a.current:hover{color:#2E4560;background:#fff;}';

	$html = '<div id="demo-container"><ul id="simple-menu">';

	$n = 0;
	foreach($lables as $thing){
		$bigar[$n][1] = $thing;
		$n++;
	}
	$n = 0;
	foreach($links as $thing){
		$bigar[$n][2] = $thing;
		$n++;
	}
	foreach($bigar as $part){
		$this->html = $this->html.'<li><a href="'.$part[2].'" title="'.$part[1].'">Resources</a></li>';
	}

	$this->html = $this->html.'</ul>';
}

public function getContent(){
	$content = array("html" => $html,"cssFile" => $cssFile);
	return $content;
}
}
?>

bradgrafelman

The *'s are quite possibly some Unicode characters in your file which is getting stripped out by vBulletin.