Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting ',' or '; ' ?

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<?php $dir = "./otherbrochures"; //open dir if ($opendir = opendir($dir)) { //read dir while (($file = readdir($opendir)) !==FALSE) { if ($file!="."&&$file!="..") echo ""; } } ?>

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I surmise you are trying to ask a question with this post and it’s why
the code you posted has a parse error? if you where then it is
probably because you are missing a closing curly brace so if you add
a } before the ?> that should stop the error.

The brace has been added to the code below between the tildes.

HTH

<?php

$dir = "./otherbrochures";
//open dir
if ($opendir = opendir($dir))
{
//read dir
while (($file = readdir($opendir)) !==FALSE)
{
if ($file!="."&&$file!="..")
echo "<img src="$dir/$file" alt="">";
}
}
}
?>

On Jun 23, 2010, at 7:05 PM, Jordan Bradley wrote:

<?php $dir = "./otherbrochures"; //open dir if ($opendir = opendir($dir)) { //read dir while (($file = readdir($opendir)) !==FALSE) { if ($file!="."&&$file!="..") echo ""; } } ?>

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OK, I lied, there is also an opening brace missing, the correct
‘untested’ code is as follows:

<?php

$dir = "./otherbrochures";
//open dir
if ($opendir = opendir($dir)) {
//read dir
while (($file = readdir($opendir)) !==FALSE) {
if ($file!="."&&$file!="..") {
echo "<img src="$dir/$file" alt="">";
}
}
}
?>

On Jun 23, 2010, at 7:53 PM, Mike B wrote:

I surmise you are trying to ask a question with this post and it’s
why the code you posted has a parse error? if you where then it is
probably because you are missing a closing curly brace so if you add
a } before the ?> that should stop the error.

The brace has been added to the code below between the tildes.

HTH

<?php

$dir = "./otherbrochures";
//open dir
if ($opendir = opendir($dir))
{
//read dir
while (($file = readdir($opendir)) !==FALSE)
{
if ($file!="."&&$file!="..")
echo "<img src="$dir/$file" alt="">";
}
}
}
?>

On Jun 23, 2010, at 7:05 PM, Jordan Bradley wrote:

<?php $dir = "./otherbrochures"; //open dir if ($opendir = opendir($dir)) { //read dir while (($file = readdir($opendir)) !==FALSE) { if ($file!="."&&$file!="..") echo ""; } } ?>

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We are getting there, I just noticed that the string that you are
echoing out is not written correctly either, where you have:

echo "<img src="$dir/$file" alt="">";

is written with double quotes in the string you are trying to produce
a string from, there are various ways of writing this correctly, one
of them would be:

echo "<img src="$dir/$file" alt="">";

another could be:

echo '<img src="' . $dir . '/' . $file . '" alt="">"';

which would now make the following code betwenn the tildes to be error
free:

<?php

$dir = "./otherbrochures";
//open dir
if ($opendir = opendir($dir)) {
//read dir
while (($file = readdir($opendir)) !==FALSE) {
if ($file!="." && $file!="..") {
echo "<img src="$dir/$file" alt="">";
// Could also be: echo '<img src="' . $dir . '/' . $file . '" alt="">'";
}
}
}
?>

hopefully not spoken too soon again :slight_smile:

HTH

On Jun 23, 2010, at 7:57 PM, Mike B wrote:

OK, I lied, there is also an opening brace missing, the correct
‘untested’ code is as follows:

<?php

$dir = "./otherbrochures";
//open dir
if ($opendir = opendir($dir)) {
//read dir
while (($file = readdir($opendir)) !==FALSE) {
if ($file!="."&&$file!="..") {
echo "<img src="$dir/$file" alt="">";
}
}
}
?>

On Jun 23, 2010, at 7:53 PM, Mike B wrote:

I surmise you are trying to ask a question with this post and it’s
why the code you posted has a parse error? if you where then it is
probably because you are missing a closing curly brace so if you
add a } before the ?> that should stop the error.

The brace has been added to the code below between the tildes.

HTH

<?php

$dir = "./otherbrochures";
//open dir
if ($opendir = opendir($dir))
{
//read dir
while (($file = readdir($opendir)) !==FALSE)
{
if ($file!="."&&$file!="..")
echo "<img src="$dir/$file" alt="">";
}
}
}
?>

On Jun 23, 2010, at 7:05 PM, Jordan Bradley wrote:

<?php $dir = "./otherbrochures"; //open dir if ($opendir = opendir($dir)) { //read dir while (($file = readdir($opendir)) !==FALSE) { if ($file!="."&&$file!="..") echo ""; } } ?>

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Take a look at the last line. You need to escape the double quotes inside your echo statement.

Make it like this:

echo "src="$foo"";

Walter

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Thanks ALOT! It works now. =D
On Jun 23, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Mike B wrote:

We are getting there, I just noticed that the string that you are
echoing out is not written correctly either, where you have:

echo "<img src="$dir/$file" alt="">";

is written with double quotes in the string you are trying to
produce a string from, there are various ways of writing this
correctly, one of them would be:

echo "<img src="$dir/$file" alt="">";

another could be:

echo '<img src="' . $dir . '/' . $file . '" alt="">"';

which would now make the following code betwenn the tildes to be
error free:

<?php

$dir = "./otherbrochures";
//open dir
if ($opendir = opendir($dir)) {
//read dir
while (($file = readdir($opendir)) !==FALSE) {
if ($file!="." && $file!="..") {
echo "<img src="$dir/$file" alt="">";
// Could also be: echo '<img src="' . $dir . '/' . $file . '"  
alt="">'";
}
}
}
?>

hopefully not spoken too soon again :slight_smile:

HTH

On Jun 23, 2010, at 7:57 PM, Mike B wrote:

OK, I lied, there is also an opening brace missing, the correct
‘untested’ code is as follows:

<?php

$dir = "./otherbrochures";
//open dir
if ($opendir = opendir($dir)) {
//read dir
while (($file = readdir($opendir)) !==FALSE) {
if ($file!="."&&$file!="..") {
echo "<img src="$dir/$file" alt="">";
}
}
}
?>

On Jun 23, 2010, at 7:53 PM, Mike B wrote:

I surmise you are trying to ask a question with this post and it’s
why the code you posted has a parse error? if you where then it is
probably because you are missing a closing curly brace so if you
add a } before the ?> that should stop the error.

The brace has been added to the code below between the tildes.

HTH

<?php

$dir = "./otherbrochures";
//open dir
if ($opendir = opendir($dir))
{
//read dir
while (($file = readdir($opendir)) !==FALSE)
{
if ($file!="."&&$file!="..")
echo "<img src="$dir/$file" alt="">";
}
}
}
?>

On Jun 23, 2010, at 7:05 PM, Jordan Bradley wrote:

<?php $dir = "./otherbrochures"; //open dir if ($opendir = opendir($dir)) { //read dir while (($file = readdir($opendir)) !==FALSE) { if ($file!="."&&$file!="..") echo ""; } } ?>

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At 19:57 +0200 23/6/10, Mike B wrote:

OK, I lied, there is also an opening brace missing, the correct
‘untested’ code is as follows:

<?php

$dir = "./otherbrochures";
//open dir
if ($opendir = opendir($dir)) {
//read dir
while (($file = readdir($opendir)) !==FALSE) {
if ($file!="."&&$file!="..") {
echo "<img src="$dir/$file" alt="">";
}
}
}
?>

if ($file!=“.”&&$file!=“…”) echo “”;

is valid. The braces are only needed if there are more than one
statement after the ‘if’.

David

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HP-UX specialist of hpUG technical user group (www.hpug.org.uk)
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