Jon, That is really helpful; some of it I had picked up, and it confirms it and makes it orderly. Funny, I was nervous about removing quotes from DOCUMENT ROOT and its brethren, but increasingly I am thinking this is a code full of little gremlins having fun!
I can't see a missing quote a first glance, but now I have to go out so I'll come back to it later, and maybe spot straight away. I wonder if all the errors in this script mean it wasn't tested properly, of if it means that each environment for php/mysql has its own little tricks? Joseph > Joseph, > > > And I have had to take more quotes away! > > PHP's quote handling is a bit strange and can take some getting to grips > with :-) > > Strings inside double quotes are parsed, meaning you can do this sort of > thing: > > // my pet is a cat > $pet = "cat"; > echo "my pet is a $pet."; > > Strings inside single quotes aren't parsed, so you can do this: > > // my pet is a $pet > $pet = "cat"; > echo 'my pet is a $pet.'; > > If you want to show the variable, you have to concatenate it: > > // my pet is a cat > $pet = "cat"; > echo 'my pet is a '. $pet; > > This extends to pretty much everything: > > // new > // line > echo "new\nline"; > > // new\nline > echo 'new\nline'; > > Single quotes are a *tiny* bit faster, but the big advantage of using them > is that you don't end up with messy escape characters. For example: > > echo "<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">"; > > To stop the PHP interpreter thinking your echo statement ends at any of the > quotes in the HTML, you have to escape them with the backslash. > > If you use single quotes you sidestep this neatly: > > echo '<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" border="0">'; > > When you're accessing arrays you can use either, but again single quotes > will be slightly faster: > > // either of these will work > $foo = $bar["baz"]; > $foo = $bar['baz']; > > Just to through a spanner in the works, there are some constants that will > work in arrays without any quotes - they're easy to spot though, as they're > usually in capitals (like DOCUMENT_ROOT). > > > unexpected $end in c:\easyphp1-7\www\books.php on line 118 > > the closing '?>' is line 117 > > You're probably missing a semicolon somewhere :-) > > Cheers > Jon ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
