NEED HELP got this Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING on line 10 in code

wishfulliving89

i got this Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING on line 10 in my coding. and line 21 is the same i believe. i was wonder if any1 can help me out, if u have the time that is? this is a fibonacci example that i am trying to do for class.
here is my coding ...

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>
<?php
$message = ‘The fibonacci sequence is: 1 2 ’;
$powerof = 0;
$max = 10;
$temp = $max;

if(isset($POST['power'])) {
$powerof = $POST['power'];}else{$powerof = 2;
}

if($powerof > 100) {
$powerof = 100;
$message = ‘Sorry, your input was too high. I converted it to the maximum value of 100. The fibonacci sequence is: 1 2 ’;
}

$i = 1;

for($i;$i<$powerof;$i++){
$max = $max * $temp;
}

$x = 1;
$y = 2;

echo($message);

while($z < $max) {

$z = $x + $y; 
echo($z."<br />"); 
$x = $y;
$y = $z;

}
?>
</body>
</html>

Weedpacket

Use [font=monospace]'[/font] or [font=monospace]'[/font] around your strings, not [font=monospace]‘[/font] and [font=monospace]’[/font]. See [man]language.types.strings[/man] for details.

Here's how your code looks with the syntax highlighting provided by this forum's [noparse]

[/noparse] tags:
[code=php]
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>
<?php
$message = ‘The fibonacci sequence is: <br />1<br />2<br />’;
$powerof = 0;
$max = 10;
$temp = $max;

if(isset($_POST['power'])) {
	$powerof = $_POST['power'];}else{$powerof = 2;
}

if($powerof > 100) {
	$powerof = 100;
	$message = ‘Sorry, your input was too high. I converted it to the maximum value of 100.<br />The fibonacci sequence is: <br />1<br />2<br />’;
}

$i = 1;

for($i;$i<$powerof;$i++){
	$max = $max * $temp;
}

$x = 1;
$y = 2;

echo($message);

while($z < $max) {

$z = $x + $y;
echo($z."<br />");
$x = $y;
$y = $z;
}
?>
</body>
</html>

Notice how your problem lines aren't recognised as strings (unlike, for example, the [font=monospace]" "[/font] further down? (Incidentally, you might want to consider using HTML5 instead of the older and somewhat clunkier XHTML (which is HTML translated into XML syntax).

wishfulliving89

🆒:p😃🙂 thanks a brunch, ure a life saving.

Weedpacket;11043705 wrote:
Use [font=monospace]'[/font] or [font=monospace]'[/font] around your strings, not [font=monospace]‘[/font] and [font=monospace]’[/font]. See [man]language.types.strings[/man] for details.

Here's how your code looks with the syntax highlighting provided by this forum's [noparse]
[/noparse] tags:
[code=php]
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>
<?php
$message = ‘The fibonacci sequence is: 1 2 ’;
$powerof = 0;
$max = 10;
$temp = $max;

if(isset($_POST['power'])) {
	$powerof = $_POST['power'];}else{$powerof = 2;
}

if($powerof > 100) {
	$powerof = 100;
	$message = ‘Sorry, your input was too high. I converted it to the maximum value of 100. The fibonacci sequence is: 1 2 ’;
}

$i = 1;

for($i;$i<$powerof;$i++){
	$max = $max * $temp;
}

$x = 1;
$y = 2;

echo($message);

while($z < $max) {

$z = $x + $y;
echo($z." ");
$x = $y;
$y = $z;
}
?>
</body>
</html> 
Notice how your problem lines aren't recognised as strings (unlike, for example, the [font=monospace]" "[/font] further down? (Incidentally, you might want to consider using HTML5 instead of the older and somewhat clunkier XHTML (which is HTML translated into XML syntax).

sneakyimp

I would strongly recommend the use of a decent Integrated Development Environment (IDE) when you write code. I.e., use a suitable program like Eclipse PDT or NetBeans or something. There are many to choose from.