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FaderMonkey · 06-30-2004, 02:32 PM

I'm getting this error:

Quote:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `','' or `';'' in /home/dtlott/public_html/test/index4.php on line 100

For this line of code:

Quote:

echo "$entrytitle";

It's only happening when I use those FONT tabs. When I take them out, it's fine. Am I not allowed to use those there?

SinisterMotives · 06-30-2004, 02:37 PM

You need to escape double quotes with backslashes in a string you declare between double quotes:

Code:

echo "<font face=\"skia\"><b>$entrytitle</b></font>";

SinisterMotives · 06-30-2004, 02:39 PM

By the way, your HTML is obsolete. Do this instead:

Code:

echo "<span style=\"font-family: skia, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;\">$entrytitle</span>";

FaderMonkey · 06-30-2004, 02:43 PM

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I'm just learning how to do this and I read about that a couple days ago. I should have known that.

Thank you again!

FaderMonkey · 06-30-2004, 02:46 PM

What's the difference between using these two?

Quote:

echo "$entrytitle";

and

echo "$entrytitle";

SinisterMotives · 06-30-2004, 03:53 PM

The difference is that the latter should continue to work in new browser versions for a long time to come, while the former will presumably stop working at some point. That applies mainly to the font tags. The bold tags will probably be always be valid. Moreover, you can eliminate bloated code by putting the font properties in a CSS class and replacing the style attribute with a class attribute in all elements that you want to apply those style rules to.

MrFlux · 07-01-2004, 02:42 PM

By the way, if you're using a colour highlighting editor, this would probably be easier to read:

PHP Code:


			
<?php

echo '<span style="font-family: skia, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">'.$entrytitle'.</span>';

// as opposed to

echo "<span style=\"font-family: skia, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;\">$entrytitle</span>";

?>

But whatever you want to use as long as you remember to only use double quotes if you want the string parsed for variables, otherwise ' is faster.

RelaX · 07-01-2004, 03:08 PM

So how is this MySQL related?

SinisterMotives · 07-01-2004, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MrFlux
By the way, if you're using a colour highlighting editor, this would probably be easier to read....

I'm using UltraEdit32. It highlights a lot of languages, but PHP isn't one of them. I can get some highlighting if I set it to highlight PHP as Perl, but it's hit-and-miss. Is there an add-on PHP language file for UltraEdit?

sailor · 07-01-2004, 04:03 PM

I would suspect so, but I cant comment on it... I do know that TextPad has a PHP syntax file though.

Maybe look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/php4ue/

SinisterMotives · 07-01-2004, 04:11 PM

Thanks, Sailor. That looks like it's exactly what I want.

MrFlux · 07-01-2004, 04:30 PM

Crimson Editor has built in PHP support.

I'm currently using Nusphere PHPEd, which is really nice apart from a few bugs, although my trial is about to run out.

sailor · 07-02-2004, 05:44 AM

Yeah, I have yet to find a *really* good php editor. TextPad does fine, and I have been using it a lot, but it is a text editor, not a full fledged IDE. Dreamweaver is terrible, so thats out, and Im not going to pay $200 for Zend. Guess Im sticking to textpad

SinisterMotives · 07-02-2004, 11:20 AM

I'm not giving up UltraEdit either. It's the best text editor I've ever used, and I've gotten familiar with most of the features. I'd never even consider a WYSIWYG editor like Dreamweaver or Front Page.

SiN · 07-02-2004, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SinisterMotives
I'm using UltraEdit32. It highlights a lot of languages, but PHP isn't one of them. I can get some highlighting if I set it to highlight PHP as Perl, but it's hit-and-miss. Is there an add-on PHP language file for UltraEdit?

You don't have PHP in the Syntax Highlighting - Color Selection - Language dropdown?

Which version you use? Perhaps you just need to upgrade..I'm using the latest and it's there.

<3 UltraEdit

Thomas Heretic · 07-02-2004, 12:04 PM

When it comes to editing php I like Php Edit

It is free and works fairly well.
Well flock now that is an actual release they charge for it. Bastages!

SinisterMotives · 07-02-2004, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SiN
You don't have PHP in the Syntax Highlighting - Color Selection - Language dropdown?

Which version you use? Perhaps you just need to upgrade..I'm using the latest and it's there.

<3 UltraEdit

I have a trial version of 10.20a that has the same View >> View As (Highlighting File Type) options as in previous versions. What version are you using?

SiN · 07-02-2004, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SinisterMotives
I have a trial version of 10.20a that has the same View >> View As (Highlighting File Type) options as in previous versions. What version are you using?

Heh...I was using 10.10c, just upgrading now.

Odd, when I look in the view menu I also have PHP option...and iirc it's been there through a few versions.

It shouldn't be related to the software being registered, but I don't know for sure, I've never used the trial.

Look here:

and if need be, go here:
http://ultraedit.com/downloads/additional.html

SinisterMotives · 07-02-2004, 03:01 PM

Thanks, SiN! It's still not there, but at least now I know how to install the wordfile from Sourceforge that Sailor pointed me to.

06-30-2004, 02:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
SinisterMotives Junkie	You need to escape double quotes with backslashes in a string you declare between double quotes: Code: echo "<font face=\"skia\"><b>$entrytitle</b></font>";

06-30-2004, 02:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
SinisterMotives Junkie	By the way, your HTML is obsolete. Do this instead: Code: echo "<span style=\"font-family: skia, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;\">$entrytitle</span>";

07-01-2004, 02:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
MrFlux Fluxing wildly... Location: Auckland, New Zealand	By the way, if you're using a colour highlighting editor, this would probably be easier to read: PHP Code: `<?php echo '<span style="font-family: skia, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">'.$entrytitle'.</span>'; // as opposed to echo "<span style=\"font-family: skia, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;\">$entrytitle</span>"; ?>` But whatever you want to use as long as you remember to only use double quotes if you want the string parsed for variables, otherwise ' is faster. __________________ flux (n.) Medicine. The discharge of large quantities of fluid material from the body, especially the discharge of watery feces from the intestines.

07-01-2004, 03:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
RelaX Follower of Ner'Zhul Location: Netherlands	So how is this MySQL related? __________________ The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents. - Nathaniel Borenstein

07-01-2004, 04:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	I would suspect so, but I cant comment on it... I do know that TextPad has a PHP syntax file though. Maybe look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/php4ue/ __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

06-30-2004, 02:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
FaderMonkey Psycho Location: Orlando, FL	Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I'm just learning how to do this and I read about that a couple days ago. I should have known that. Thank you again!

06-30-2004, 03:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
SinisterMotives Junkie	The difference is that the latter should continue to work in new browser versions for a long time to come, while the former will presumably stop working at some point. That applies mainly to the font tags. The bold tags will probably be always be valid. Moreover, you can eliminate bloated code by putting the font properties in a CSS class and replacing the style attribute with a class attribute in all elements that you want to apply those style rules to.

07-01-2004, 04:11 PM	#11 (permalink)
SinisterMotives Junkie	Thanks, Sailor. That looks like it's exactly what I want.

07-01-2004, 04:30 PM	#12 (permalink)
MrFlux Fluxing wildly... Location: Auckland, New Zealand	Crimson Editor has built in PHP support. I'm currently using Nusphere PHPEd, which is really nice apart from a few bugs, although my trial is about to run out. __________________ flux (n.) Medicine. The discharge of large quantities of fluid material from the body, especially the discharge of watery feces from the intestines.

07-02-2004, 05:44 AM	#13 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Yeah, I have yet to find a really good php editor. TextPad does fine, and I have been using it a lot, but it is a text editor, not a full fledged IDE. Dreamweaver is terrible, so thats out, and Im not going to pay $200 for Zend. Guess Im sticking to textpad __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

07-02-2004, 11:20 AM	#14 (permalink)
SinisterMotives Junkie	I'm not giving up UltraEdit either. It's the best text editor I've ever used, and I've gotten familiar with most of the features. I'd never even consider a WYSIWYG editor like Dreamweaver or Front Page.

07-02-2004, 12:04 PM	#16 (permalink)
Thomas Heretic Upright	When it comes to editing php I like Php Edit It is free and works fairly well. Well flock now that is an actual release they charge for it. Bastages! Last edited by Thomas Heretic; 07-02-2004 at 12:19 PM..

07-02-2004, 03:01 PM	#19 (permalink)
SinisterMotives Junkie	Thanks, SiN! It's still not there, but at least now I know how to install the wordfile from Sourceforge that Sailor pointed me to.