Parse Errors & Quote Marks

[Cerebral Believer]

Hi folks,

I am having trouble identifying the error here can anyone help?

Parse error: syntax error on line 318

$e-mail_1 = $_POST['e-mail_1'];

Also will my use of " " (double quotes) instead of ' ' (single quotes) make
much difference to the way this code works? It is from a section of code
that is returning values to a form after it has been validated.

<tr>
<td>
{$label_array['int_code']}
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" class="f_form" name="int_code" value="$int_cod e"
size="3" title="Internat ional Code: valid characters 0-9, (3 digits)"/>
</td>
</tr>

I am transfering an HTML form in XHTML 1.0 Transitional to php. The book I
am reading has the code listed like this:

<tr>
<td>
{$label_array['int_code']}
</td>
<td>
<input type='text' class="f_form" name='int_code' value='$int_cod e'
size='3' title="Internat ional Code: valid characters 0-9, (3 digits)"/>
</td>
</tr>

So the code in the book is presented in single quotes instead of double
quotes, but the extra code I have inserted is still in single quotes. I
know I need to specify maxlength values too. Will the difference in use of
quotes make much differnce?

Regards,
C.B.

[Oliver Jusinger]

Cerebral Believer wrote:

I am having trouble identifying the error here can anyone help?
Parse error: syntax error on line 318
$e-mail_1 = $_POST['e-mail_1'];

"-" isn't allowed in variables, because it's an operator:
http://www.webcheatsheet.com/php/variables.php

Regards,
Oliver

[Cerebral Believer]

I should have pointed out that line 318 is the line displayed, and the error
is a syntax error, unexpected '='...

"Cerebral Believer" <no**********@h adenoughalready .comwrote in message
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Hi folks,

I am having trouble identifying the error here can anyone help?

Parse error: syntax error on line 318

$e-mail_1 = $_POST['e-mail_1'];

Also will my use of " " (double quotes) instead of ' ' (single quotes)
make much difference to the way this code works? It is from a section of
code that is returning values to a form after it has been validated.

<tr>
<td>
{$label_array['int_code']}
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" class="f_form" name="int_code" value="$int_cod e"
size="3" title="Internat ional Code: valid characters 0-9, (3 digits)"/>
</td>
</tr>

I am transfering an HTML form in XHTML 1.0 Transitional to php. The book
I am reading has the code listed like this:

<tr>
<td>
{$label_array['int_code']}
</td>
<td>
<input type='text' class="f_form" name='int_code' value='$int_cod e'
size='3' title="Internat ional Code: valid characters 0-9, (3 digits)"/>
</td>
</tr>

So the code in the book is presented in single quotes instead of double
quotes, but the extra code I have inserted is still in single quotes. I
know I need to specify maxlength values too. Will the difference in use
of quotes make much differnce?

Regards,
C.B.

[Johnny]

"Cerebral Believer" <no**********@h adenoughalready .comwrote in message
news:VA******** **********@news fe4-gui.ntli.net...

I should have pointed out that line 318 is the line displayed, and the

error

is a syntax error, unexpected '='...

which is consistent with Oliver's post pointing out that - is not allowed in
a var name,
it's interpretting that you said

$e - mail_1 = $_POST['e-mail_1'];
php expects operators to be on the right hand side of the =

[Cerebral Believer]

"Johnny" <re************ *****@hotmail.c omwrote in message
news:YAUSg.478$ UJ2.294@fed1rea d07...

>
"Cerebral Believer" <no**********@h adenoughalready .comwrote in message
news:VA******** **********@news fe4-gui.ntli.net...

>I should have pointed out that line 318 is the line displayed, and the

error

>is a syntax error, unexpected '='...

which is consistent with Oliver's post pointing out that - is not allowed
in
a var name,
it's interpretting that you said

$e - mail_1 = $_POST['e-mail_1'];
php expects operators to be on the right hand side of the =

Yes, thanks I just changed this, and have started to debug - this is my
first PHP script so I am just getting used to what is allowable in PHP. I
hadn't seen Johnny's post at the time I posted due to a mess up with my
newsreader.

Do you know if:

if ( $value == "" )
{
if ($field != "address_2" or "address_3" or "int_code" or
"extension" )
{
$blank_array[$field] = "blank";
}
}

Is the right way to express that only these fields are allowed to be blank?

Regards,
C.B.

[Cerebral Believer]

Sorry, I meant I hadn't seen Olivers post. Thanks Oliver!

"Cerebral Believer" <no**********@h adenoughalready .comwrote in message
news:MM******** **********@news fe3-gui.ntli.net...

>
"Johnny" <re************ *****@hotmail.c omwrote in message
news:YAUSg.478$ UJ2.294@fed1rea d07...

>>
"Cerebral Believer" <no**********@h adenoughalready .comwrote in message
news:VA******* ***********@new sfe4-gui.ntli.net...

>>I should have pointed out that line 318 is the line displayed, and the

error

>>is a syntax error, unexpected '='...

which is consistent with Oliver's post pointing out that - is not allowed
in
a var name,
it's interpretting that you said

$e - mail_1 = $_POST['e-mail_1'];
php expects operators to be on the right hand side of the =

Yes, thanks I just changed this, and have started to debug - this is my
first PHP script so I am just getting used to what is allowable in PHP. I
hadn't seen Johnny's post at the time I posted due to a mess up with my
newsreader.

Do you know if:

if ( $value == "" )
{
if ($field != "address_2" or "address_3" or "int_code" or
"extension" )
{
$blank_array[$field] = "blank";
}
}

Is the right way to express that only these fields are allowed to be
blank?

Regards,
C.B.

[Oliver Jusinger]

Cerebral Believer wrote:

Sorry, I meant I hadn't seen Olivers post. Thanks Oliver!

You're welcome. alt.php isn't available at my provider (yet), maybe that's
why you didn't get my post.

if ($field != "address_2" or "address_3" or "int_code" or "extension" )

I guess you mean

if (($field != 'address_2') && ($field != 'address_3') ...)

or better

if (!in_array($fie ld, array('address_ 2', 'address_3', ...))

$blank_array[$field] = "blank";
Is the right way to express that only these fields are allowed to be
blank?

Depends on what you do with $blank_array?

Regards,
Oliver