If you're going to use an array in a string, you have to surround it
with braces.
echo "value is {$c2[something]} okay?";
Or, exit out of the string:
echo "value is " . $c2['something'] . " okay?";
If you use it outside of the string, you need the single/double quotes
around the key so you don't get an undefined constant warning.
That looks like your problem.
---John Holmes...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Verdon Vaillancourt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 12:34 PM
> To: PHP-General
> Subject: [PHP] Dreaded expecting `T_VARIABLE' or... Error -- long post
>
> Hi Apologies if this question has been answered before and I can't
find
> it.
> I have searched and although finding similar issues, I haven't been
able
> to
> fix.
>
> I have a file that creates a search for and then is supposed to post
to
> itself to retriev results. When I add the first function (the search
form)
> everything seems OK. The page renders, the select menus are populated
from
> my mySQL db.
>
> When I add the second function (the results). I start getting an error
> that
> refers to a line number in my initial function that was previously OK.
I
> gather the error has something to do with syntax, but I can't find it.
>
> I'll show some examples and then detail the error.
>
> My intial code that creates the search form and works is:
>
>
> PHP:
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> // Handles session initialization
>
> include("open_session.php");
>
> if(!isset($mainfile))
>
> {
> include("mainfile.php");
> }
>
> // Global configuration data
> include("config.php");
>
> // Generates page header
> include ("header.php");
>
> function sform() {
>
> include("config.php");
>
> $box_title = "Search Form";
>
> $box_stuff = "<table width=\"100%\"><tr><td align=\"left\">";
>
> $box_stuff .= "<span class=\"finePrint\">Search hints can go
> here</span></td></tr></table>";
>
> $box_stuff .= "
>
> <center><form action=\"./search_users.php\" method=\"post\">
>
> <table><tr><td colspan=3 align=\"left\"><h4>Search for:</h4></td></tr>
>
> <tr><td align=\"left\"><font size=\"-1\">Company</font></td><td
> align=\"left\"><font size=\"-1\">Category</font></td><td
> align=\"left\"><font size=\"-1\">City</font></td></tr>
>
> <tr><td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><input name=\"company\"></td><td
> align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">
>
> <select name=\"cat\" size=\"7\" multiple>\n";
>
>
> $cat_result = mysql_query("select cat, catkey, cattext, count(cat) AS
> num_type FROM " . $table_prefix."users LEFT JOIN
> " . $table_prefix."users_cat ON cat=catkey GROUP BY cattext ORDER BY
> cattext");
>
> $categories = mysql_fetch_array($cat_result);
>
> if ($categories) {
>
> while ($c2 = mysql_fetch_array($cat_result)) {
>
> $num_type = $c2[num_type];
>
>
$box_stuff .= "<option name=\"cat\" value=\"$c2[catkey]\">$c2[cattex
t]
> (
> $num_type)</option>";
>
> }
>
> }
>
> $box_stuff .= "
>
> </select>
>
> </td>
>
> <td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">
>
> <select name=\"city\" size=\"7\" multiple>\n";
>
>
>
> $city_result = mysql_query("select city, count(city) AS num_type FROM
> " . $table_prefix."users GROUP BY city ORDER BY city");
>
> $cities = mysql_fetch_array($city_result);
>
> if ($cities) {
>
> while ($c3 = mysql_fetch_array($city_result)) {
>
> $num_type3 = $c3[num_type];
>
>
$box_stuff .= "<option name=\"city\" value=\"$c3[city]\">$c3[city] (
$n
> um
> _type3)</option>";
>
> }
>
> }
>
> $box_stuff .= "</select></td></tr>\n";
>
>
>
> $box_stuff .= "
>
> <tr><td align=\"left\" colspan=3 align=\"center\"><input
type=\"submit\"
> value=\"Search\"> Note: searching for all can produce a large
> page!</td></tr>
>
> </table><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"op\" value=\"search\" />
>
> </form></center>";
>
>
>
> thememainbox($box_title, $box_stuff);
>
> include("footer.php");
>
> }
>
>
>
> switch($op) {
>
> case "search":
>
> search();
>
> break;
>
>
>
> default:
>
> sform();
>
> break;
>
> }
>
>
>
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Now, when I add anything for the function search() , even a simple
message
> printed to the page such as:
>
>
> PHP:
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> function search()
>
> {
>
> include('config.php');
>
> global ;
>
> $box_title = "Search Results";
>
> $box_stuff .= "Results here";
>
> thememainbox($box_title, $box_stuff);
>
> include("footer.php");
>
> }
>
>
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> I get the error: Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_VARIABLE' or
`'$''
> in /Library/WebServer/Documents/phpwebsite/search_users.php on line 45
>
> BTW... line 45 is part of the initial funtion that was working before:
>
>
> PHP:
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> $cat_result = mysql_query("select cat, catkey, cattext, count(cat) AS
> num_type FROM " . $table_prefix."users LEFT JOIN
> " . $table_prefix."users_cat ON cat=catkey GROUP BY cattext ORDER BY
> cattext");
>
> $categories = mysql_fetch_array($cat_result);
>
> if ($categories) {
>
> while ($c2 = mysql_fetch_array($cat_result)) {
>
> $num_type = $c2[num_type];
>
>
$box_stuff .= "<option name=\"cat\" value=\"$c2[catkey]\">$c2[cattex
t]
> (
> $num_type)</option>";
>
> } //THIS IS LINE 45
>
> }
>
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> I feel that if I can get past this, I can likely get my actual search
to
> work. If you're curious, the following code is what I actually have in
> mind
> for the search function. I just can't get far enough along to even
test
> it.
> I would surely appreciate any advice that anyone can extend.:
>
>
> PHP:
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> function search() {
>
> include("config.php");
>
> global $company, $cat, $city, $catkey, $cattext, Order;
>
> $box_title = "Search Results";
>
> if ($cat>0) {
>
> $classreq="AND catkey=$cat";
>
> }
>
> if (!$Order) {
>
> $Order="company";
>
> }
>
> $query = "SELECT company, city, cat, catkey, cattext FROM
> " . $table_prefix."users LEFT JOIN
>
" . $table_prefix."users_cat ON cat=catkey WHERE company LIKE '%$company
%'
> A
>
ND city LIKE '%$city%' AND cat LIKE '%$cat%' $classreq ORDER BY $Order";
>
> $result = mysql_query($query);
>
>
> $box_stuff = "<center><br>";
>
> $box_stuff .= "<table cellpadding=1 border=0 cellspacing=0
> width=\"100%\">";
>
> if ($result){
>
> if ($r = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
>
> do {
>
> $box_stuff .="
>
>
<tr class=\"type5\"><td align=\"left\">Company</td><td align=\"left\">Ca
te
> go
> ry</td><td align=\"left\">City</td></tr>
>
>
<tr class=\"type5\"><td align=\"left\">$r[company]</td><td align=\"left\
">
> $r
> [cattext]</td><td align=\"left\">$r[city]</td></tr>";
>
> } while ($r = mysql_fetch_array($result));
>
> } else {
>
> $box_stuff .= "<b>Search Failed</b>";
>
> }
>
> }
>
>
> $box_stuff .= "</center>";
>
> thememainbox($box_title, $box_stuff);
>
> include("footer.php");
>
> }
>
>
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Thanks again,
> Verdon
>
>
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