Unexpected $end and the If...Else statement

I have written a php script (test3.php), which I attached as a text file. Its includes are also attached as text files. I'm trying to run the script here: http://www.wondergy.com/phptestbed/test3.php

The problem I'm having is the frustrating Unexpected $end. Yes, I know that it usually means something isn't being closed correctly. The problem is, I can't figure out what. To make the problem stranger, I can get it to parse when I break it up into three files and include the two files in a large If...Else statement. The first time the script runs, it goes to the Else part of the statement and includes form3.php. Perfect, the form displays and the world is happy. No unexpected $end error. BUT - when I take that very same code (from form3.php) and include it inside the else brackets {}, I get the unexpected $end error. How can this be? How can I fix this?

Attached Files

	form3.txt (776 Bytes, 527 views)
	handle3.txt (1.2 KB, 521 views)
	test3.txt (1.4 KB, 327 views)

Nov 13 '09 #1

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✓ answered by Markus

On line 33 of handle3.php, make sure EMAIL_RESPONSE has no whitespace before it, that is, it should be the very first thing on the line. Consider the following:

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// good

    echo <<<HTML

    <input>...</input>

HTML;

// bad

    echo <<<HTML

    <input>...</input>

    HTML;

Mark.

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Markus

6,050

Expert 4TB

The error text is? Short of running the code ourselves (extra effort on our part) we do not know what part of the code we should be looking at. Also, instead of providing the files as attachments, if the files do not have 1000+ lines, just post them here (wrapped with [code] tags) for us to see.

Mark.

Nov 13 '09 #2

maveri4201

The exact error message is as follows:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in ../handle3.php on line 49

test3.php:

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<!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>Email Form</title>

</head>

<body>
 
<?php

/* This is a test of a form generating an email */

$myaddy = "charles@wondergy.com";

$file = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

//First, an if statement to see if the form has been submitted

if (isset($_POST['submitted']))

{

    //check for errors

    //initializing the errors array

    include("handle3.php");

}

else

{

    //Show the form

    include("form3.php");

    /* Sends to itself again; 

    Uses "submitted" as a check value */

    /*echo <<<END_OF_FORM

    <form action="$file" method="POST"> 

    <input type="hidden" name="submitted" value="TRUE" /> 

    <table>

        <tr>

            <td>Name:</td>

            <td><input type="text" size="55"  name="name" /></td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td>Email:</td>

            <td><input type="text" size="55"  name="email" /></td>        

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td>Subject:</td>

            <td><input type="text" size="55"  name="subject" /></td>

        </tr>

    </table>
 
    <textarea name="body" rows="4" cols="62"></textarea><br />

    <input type="submit" name="Submit Email" value="Submit Email" /><input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset This, Please." />
 
    </form>

    END_OF_FORM;*/

}
 
?>

</body>

</html>

form3.php:

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<?php    
 
/* Sends to itself again; 

Uses "submitted" as a check value */

echo <<<END_OF_FORM

<form action="$file" method="POST"> 

<input type="hidden" name="submitted" value="TRUE" /> 

<table>

    <tr>

        <td>Name:</td>

        <td><input type="text" size="55"  name="name" /></td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

        <td>Email:</td>

        <td><input type="text" size="55"  name="email" /></td>        

    </tr>

    <tr>

        <td>Subject:</td>

        <td><input type="text" size="55"  name="subject" /></td>

    </tr>

</table>
 
<textarea name="body" rows="4" cols="62"></textarea><br />

<input type="submit" name="Submit Email" value="Submit Email" /><input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset This, Please." />
 
</form>

END_OF_FORM;

?>

handle3.php:

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<?php

$errors = array();

//checking for each entry

if (empty($_POST['name'])) 

{

    $errors[] = "No Name Entered";

}

if (empty($_POST['email'])) 

{

    $errors[] = "No Email Entered";

}

if (empty($_POST['subject'])) 

{

    $errors[] = "No Subject Entered";

}

$body = stripslashes($_POST['body']); //No other error checking for the body

$message = $body;

//Now checking for errors

if (empty($errors))

{

    //Send email; Post response

    $name = $_POST['name'];
 
    $body = "From: " . $_POST['name'] . "\nEmail: " . $_POST['email'] . "\nSubject: " . $_POST['subject'] . "\nMessage: " . $body;
 
    mail($myaddy, "Form Email - " . $_POST['subject'], $body, "From: " . $_POST['email']); //sends the mail
 
    echo <<<EMAIL_RESPONSE

    <h1>Email Sent</h1>

    <p>$name, your email has been sent.</p>

    <p>Your message was: $message</p>

    <p><a href="$file">Send another email</a></p>

    EMAIL_RESPONSE;

}

else

{

    //Post error page w/ link to try again

    echo "<h1>Error!</h1>\n<p>You did not complete the form. Please address the following problems and try again.</p>\n";
 
    echo "<ul>\n";

    foreach ($errors as $key => $val)

    {

        //Print out a line of errors

        echo "<li>$val</li>\n";

    }

    echo "</ul>\n<p><a href=\"$file\">Try Again</a></p>";

}
 
?>

Nov 13 '09 #3

Markus

6,050

Expert 4TB

On line 33 of handle3.php, make sure EMAIL_RESPONSE has no whitespace before it, that is, it should be the very first thing on the line. Consider the following:

Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers

 
// good

    echo <<<HTML

    <input>...</input>

HTML;

// bad

    echo <<<HTML

    <input>...</input>

    HTML;

Mark.

Nov 13 '09 #4

maveri4201

Perfect! Thank you! (............adding extra characters to have more than 20....)

Nov 13 '09 #5

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