Parse error

Mad_Max2

Hi All,

Hope you're well.

I'm trying to code a bit of PHP for my website, though I must say I'm rather new to the whole thing. I followed a YouTube clip the results of which you've no doubt come across before as it contained an open-line error that has caused a lot of people problems. However, I've taken this and used it to develop three of scripts, none of which works for me due to a parsing error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE [...] on line 38

Line 38 is

	$theResults = <<<EOD

Here's the example of one of the codings, the solution to which will no doubt shed light on the other two.

<?php

/* Subject and e-mail variables */

$emailSubject = 'Customer Request: Ask a Question';
$webMaster = 'myemail@mydomain.co.uk';

/* Gsthering data variables */

$titleField = $_POST['title'];
$firstnameField = $_POST['first_name'];
$surnameField = $_POST['surname'];
$emailField = $_POST['email'];
$daytimetelField = $_POST['daytime_tel'];
$eveningtelField = $_POST['evening_tel'];
$marketingsourceField = $_POST['marketing_source'];
$messageField = $_POST['message'];
$termsandconditionsField = $_POST['terms_and_conditions'];

$body = <<<EOD
<br><hr><br>
<b>Title:</b> $titleField <br>
<b>First Name:</b> $firstnameField <br>
<b>Surname:</b> $surnameField <br><br>
<b>Daytime Telephone:</b> $daytimetelField <br>
<b>Evening Telephone:</b> $eveningtelField <br><br>
<b>Marketing Source:</b> $marketingsourceField <br>
<b>Accepts T&Cs:</b> $termsandconditionsField <br><br>
<b>Message:</b><br> $messageField
EOD;

$headers = "From: $email\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";
$success = mail($webMaster, $emailSubject, $body, $headers);

/* Results rendered as HTML */

$theResults = <<<EOD
<html>
***Snip - this area contains the HTML code for the results which I've cut down for readability***
</html>
EOD;
echo $theResults;

?>

I'm absolutely stumped. I've checked for rogue spaces or lines not closed properly but can't find anything - your help would be most gratefully received.

Kind regards,

Max

Derokorian

You have a space after <<<EOD before the line return, this is the error you are receiving. You also have one after EOD; which will again give you an error. See here for more info.

bradgrafelman

Derokorian;11027517 wrote:
You have a space after <<<EOD before the line return, this is the error you are receiving. You also have one after EOD; which will again give you an error.

Actually, there aren't any spaces after either instances. (You can't copy-paste directly from the forum page - you have to quote the post and then copy the text; the spaces are introduced when the forum renders the [noparse]

..

[/noparse] bbcode unfortunately.)

@Mad Max: Welcome to PHPBuilder! In the future, you should start a new topic for your own issues... rather than replying to a stickied topic that has little to no relation to your issue.

Speaking of your 'issue,' the code you posted has no parse errors according to a lint check by my local PHP 5.4.12 install.

Mad_Max2

Hi,

Sorry I posted in the wrong thread - I read another post somewhere where a user had been directed to a similar post. Anyway, not to worry!

I'm absolutely stumped then because I didn't think there was any error with my PHP, but yet I'm still getting the error. Dreamweaver picks up nothing either. I've just deleted and reloaded the scripts onto my site too just in case it was referring to an old version, but again, no luck.

Where might you suggest I go from here? Re-write them from the bottom up (though I can't quite see how this would help)?

Could this relate to my Linux hosting package in some way?

Thanks,

Max 😕

Derokorian

bradgrafelman;11027521 wrote:
Actually, there aren't any spaces after either instances. (You can't copy-paste directly from the forum page - you have to quote the post and then copy the text; the spaces are introduced when the forum renders the [noparse]
..
[/noparse] bbcode unfortunately.)

Ah, ok then. shakes fist at vBulletin Well if that's not the issue I'm getting no parse errors in 5.3.9 or 5.4.11

Mad_Max2

Thanks for letting me know that my coding isn't the problem. I've just sent an e-mail over to the support team for my website to see whether they have anything helpful to add. If not, I'm not quite sure what to try next.

In the meantime and just in case this ever gets fixed, does anyone know what coding I might use instead of the HTML to transfer a user to a different results page on a successful form submission rather than rendering what's in the code? That way, I can adjust my template without having to worry about amending the scripts each time.

Thanks,

Max

Mad_Max2

Unfortunately I got an unfavourable response from the support team that they don't deal with coding - seems fair enough - and that there's a problem with my PHP. To prove a point, I recoded one of the files getting an 'error on line 38' message such that it was just 36 lines long. Trying the form again, it's still saying there's an error on line 38 (!) so I reckon the server isn't updating correctly. Ho-hum...

Mad_Max2

As I suspected, the server wasn't being updated correctly, so I've done some 'back-door' tweaking to re-upload the script and now all is as it should be. 🙂 It works!