A simple class code help

newprogramer

I have just started learning PHP and i was asked to try the code for CLASSES AND OBJECT given below, But when i try i get error message given below the posted code here. Please help me find out what is wrong...

<html>
<head>
<title>opensoftworkshop.com</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
class book
{
function Bookdetails()
{
echo "Book Name: Software Engineering<br>";
echo "Author: IAN SOMMERVILLE<br>";
}
}
$a = new book();
$a-> Bookdetails();
?>
</body>
</html>

ERROR: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{', expecting '(' in C:\Users\user\xampp\htdocs\test\class.php on line 10

bradgrafelman

Welcome to PHPBuilder! When posting PHP code, please use the board's [noparse]

..

[/noparse] bbcode tags as they make your code much easier to read and analyze.

As for your issue... there are no syntax errors in the code snippet you posted above. Are you sure that is the exact code you're using when you get that error message? Also, which version of PHP are you using?

newprogramer

version is PHP/5.3.8

When i run this in http://localhost/test/class.php

the same error asParse error: syntax error, unexpected '{', expecting '(' in C:\Users\user\xampp\htdocs\test\class.php on line 10

shows up...

bradgrafelman

Are you sure the above code snippet is the exact same code you're using? Like I said, the code snippet you posted above contains no syntax errors and will parse just fine. And since you're not using some archaic version of PHP, I can almost guarantee that something is different between the code you posted and the code you're executing.

newprogramer

yes same code i just copied and pasted... anyway thanks i think i must take this to my tutor tomorrow... and find out.

bradgrafelman

Just to make sure we're looking at the same thing... could you try renaming your 'class.php' file to have a .txt extension (e.g. 'class.php.txt') and attach it to your next reply?

newprogramer

Thnks for your efforts i have attached the txt file

bradgrafelman

Sorry... I'm afraid I'm out of ideas. I downloaded the .txt file attached to your post and still received no parse errors.

EDIT: The only other thing I can think of is perhaps it's some sort of browser cache issue? Have you tried executing that PHP script from the command line?

newprogramer

🙁 i appreciate your efforts thanks

Damian_

maybe this???

<html>
<head>
<title>opensoftworkshop.com</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
class book
{

public $var = 'Book Name: Software Engineering';

public function Bookdetails()
{
echo $this->var;
}
}

$a = new book();
$a-> Bookdetails();
?>
</body>
</html>
[/code]

traq

newprogramer;11002289 wrote:
i have attached the txt file

copied,pasted,run, ...works. (php5.3.8)

try running only the php code?

newprogramer

Thank you so much it works...

My mistake actually i was not running this from localhost, i had been trying to open this from ...

C:\Users\user\xampp\htdocs\test\class.php

I am loving this php challenges, thank u all so much both these codes work now,,,

Damian_;11002318 wrote:
maybe this???

<html>
<head>
<title>opensoftworkshop.com</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
class book
{

public $var = 'Book Name: Software Engineering';

public function Bookdetails()
{
echo $this->var;
}
}

$a = new book();
$a-> Bookdetails();
?>
</body>
</html>
[/code]

Damian_

🙂