new kid wrote (in part):
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> i am new to php programming.i am getting a parse error in
> configuratuion file of the web site which i am designing ,i.e(th file
> in which u specify the paths to various folders like folder where
> uploaded files r stored etc).This is occuring when i click login[/color]
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> after typing the username and password in the login page. the line of
> error is
>
> // Location of files for committee members
> $files_members = 'c:\bbn\committee_review\';
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Can you post the last few lines above the lines you posted? The line
where PHP reported the parse error is just where it finally said to
itself "I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do anymore". Usually a
line or two above, there is a missing closing quote, no semi-colon, a
missing closing ")" or "}".
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> the login page is,
>
> <?php
>
> // User Login
> include_once('bbn_header.php');
>
> if(!isset($_POST['username']) || !isset($_POST['pass']))
> {
> include_once('bbn_header.php');
> echo "<form enctype=\"application/x-www-form-urlencoded\"
> action=\"login.php\" method=\"POST\" name=\"file_form\">\r\n";
> echo "<p><b>Username:</b><br>\r\n";
> echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"username\" size=25
> maxlength=35>\r\n";
> echo "</p>\r\n";
>
> echo "<p><b>Password:</b><br>\r\n";
> echo "<input type=\"PASSWORD\" name=\"pass\" size=16
> maxlength=16>\r\n";
> echo "</p>\r\n";
> echo "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" value=\"Login\">\r\n";
> echo "<input type=\"reset\" name=\"clear\" value=\"Clear[/color]
form\">\r\n";
A note on your coding style. Your code will be much easier to read if
you use single quotes to enclode strings that include double quotes.
Then you won't have to escape the double quotes. For example, you have:
echo "<form enctype=\"application/x-www-form-urlencoded\"
action=\"login.php\" method=\"POST\" name=\"file_form\">\r\n";
That can be changed to:
echo '<form enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
action="login.php" method="POST" name="file_form">'."\r\n";
Which is much easier on the eyes. The '\r\n' need to be in double
quotes or they won't be converted to the correct ASCII characters.
Ken
