Parse error: Unexpected '<' (opening HTML tag marker)

My Java Script executes fine on an test HTML page, but on the required page which is php results in an error.

the page

The script drops in message box when the page is loaded
since the script works the problemshould lie elsewhere..

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  line 451

 <div id="dropin" style="LEFT: 200px; VISIBILITY: hidden; WIDTH: 500px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 100px; HEIGHT: 100px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ccccff">

  more...html code.....
 
              <div align="right"><a onclick="dismissbox();return false" href="#">[Close Box] </a></div>

 </td></li>

        </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table>
 
</div>
 
</body>

</html>
 
include(PMDROOT.'/includes/template_setup.php');     

?>

The error results in Parse error: parse error, unexpected '<' in line 451 which opens the div.

I cannot figure out what is missing and any suggestions would be appreciated.

thanks

Jul 24 '07 #1

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pbmods

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Heya, dbldeegd. Welcome to TSDN!

Let's have a look at your PHP code.

Jul 24 '07 #2

dbldeegd

Heya, dbldeegd. Welcome to TSDN!

Let's have a look at your PHP code.

Thanks pbmods.

The code is fairly lengthy....
and includes
$custom javascript .='

(PMDROOT.'/includes/template_setup.php');
?>

the problem is where should the JS be placed??

here is what should happen.

I couls send an attachment

Jul 25 '07 #3

pbmods

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Heya, dbldeegd.

Are you trying to store the HTML into a string, or do you want to output the HTML directly?

You can't leave a string unterminated and then append HTML output. In other words, this won't work:

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$html = 'Some HTML; notice that this string isn\'t terminated yet:

?>

<html code goes here.>

<?php

';

?>

Instead, try something like this:

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$html = <<<HTML

<html code goes here.>

HTML;

Or better yet:

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$html = file_get_contents('theHtmlFile.html');

Jul 25 '07 #4

dbldeegd

Heya, dbldeegd.

Are you trying to store the HTML into a string, or do you want to output the HTML directly?

You can't leave a string unterminated and then append HTML output. In other words, this won't work:

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$html = 'Some HTML; notice that this string isn\'t terminated yet:

?>

<html code goes here.>

<?php

';

?>

Instead, try something like this:

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$html = <<<HTML

<html code goes here.>

HTML;

Or better yet:

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$html = file_get_contents('theHtmlFile.html');

I did not realise how busy this board is..

I have moved the html file but still some problem with syntax of this code

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$html=file_get_contents('user register.html');';

include(PMDROOT.'/includes/template_setup.php');     

?>

results in
Parse error: parse error, unexpected '\''
the include line is the output line

Jul 26 '07 #5

pbmods

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Expert 4TB

Heya, dbldeegd.

It looks like your error is inside of template_setup.php.

Jul 26 '07 #6

dbldeegd

My head is scrambled trying to figure this out

the output line 372 is include(PMDROOT.'/includes/template_setup.php');
the file /includes/template_setup.php just sets the output which includes several templates.

Is there a different syntax for this $html=file_get?

Heya, dbldeegd.

It looks like your error is inside of template_setup.php.

Jul 28 '07 #7

mwasif

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You have extra '; at the end of the first line
[PHP]$html=file_get_contents('user register.html');';
include(PMDROOT.'/includes/template_setup.php'); [/PHP]
This should be
[PHP]$html=file_get_contents('user register.html');
include(PMDROOT.'/includes/template_setup.php'); [/PHP]

Jul 28 '07 #8

pbmods

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You have extra '; at the end of the first line

Oh, hey. Look at that.

Don't listen to me :P

Jul 28 '07 #9

mwasif

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Oh, hey. Look at that.

Don't listen to me :P

That's why proper code tags are important;). BTW, I always use Dreamwear for such kind of questions.

Jul 28 '07 #10

pbmods

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Heya, dbldeegd.

Thanks for using CODE tags! Did you know that you can specify a language for your CODE tags to make your source code easier to read?

You will still need to use [/code] to close your code blocks, regardless of the language, but you can the use one of these tags to open your code block:

[code=html]
[code=javascript]
[code=php]

and so on.

Thanks!

MODERATOR

Jul 28 '07 #11

dbldeegd

Thanks for all the comments
I am still struggling with this

I now receive the parse error

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '\'' in /....../members/user_registest.php on line 372

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371   $html=file_get_contents('user register.html');

372   include(PMDROOT.'/includes/template_setup.php');     

?>

the page

Should I be looking elsewhere for this?

Heya, dbldeegd.

Thanks for using CODE tags! Did you know that you can specify a language for your CODE tags to make your source code easier to read?

You will still need to use [/code] to close your code blocks, regardless of the language, but you can the use one of these tags to open your code block:

[code=html]
[code=javascript]
[code=php]

and so on.

Thanks!

MODERATOR

Aug 2 '07 #12

code green

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Parse error: parse error, unexpected '\'' in /....../members/user_registest.php on line 372

371 [PHP]$html=file_get_contents('user register.html');[/PHP] PHP doesn't like spaces in file names. But your constant could be causing the problem. [PHP]include(PMDROOT.'/includes/template_setup.php');[/PHP]

Aug 2 '07 #13

dbldeegd

371 [PHP]$html=file_get_contents('user register.html');[/PHP] PHP doesn't like spaces in file names. But your constant could be causing the problem. [PHP]include(PMDROOT.'/includes/template_setup.php');[/PHP]

The lines have been edited:
[PHP]371 $html=file_get_contents('user_register.html');
372 include(PMDROOT.'/includes/template_setup.php');
?>
[/PHP]
but now the following error is received
Parse error: parse error, unexpected '\'' in /...../econsumersearch/members/user_registest.php on line 372

Why and what is being interpreted as '\" ???

Aug 8 '07 #14

code green

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Why and what is being interpreted as '\" ???

The code you posted does not define PMDROOT. As I said in my last post, I suspect the error is in this constant

Aug 13 '07 #15

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