Errors (noobie needs help! :( )

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Dec 4, 2006, 14:08
jcalabro

Errors (noobie needs help! :( )

hi there! i am trying to pass some values through multiple pages here
and i am running into problems with code Clam heelped me with :P

PHP Code:

<?PHP switch ($_GET['navigation']) { case 'one': $file = 'menu1.php'; break; case 'two': $file = 'menu2.php'; break; case 'three': $file = 'menu3.php'; break; case 'four': $file = 'menu4.php'; break; default: $file = 'menu1.php'; } ?>

it's saying something about T_CASE and unexpected "}"
sorry i'm so so new to PHP, and yes! i did buy a couple books

my links are as follows:

<a href="testfile.php?navmenu=one">FIRST CHOICE</a> 
<a href="testfile.php?navmenu=two">SECOND CHOICE</a> 

etc
thanks in advance!
jamie
Dec 4, 2006, 14:21
tmapm

Your error isn't in that code. What line does it say the error occurs? Post your code before, at and and after that line.
Dec 4, 2006, 14:24
jcalabro

the error says Line 11

PHP Code:

<!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=ISO-8859-1" /> <title>Untitled Document</title> </head> <body> <?PHP switch ($_GET['navmenu']) { ****case 'one': ********$file = 'menu1.php'; ********break; ****case 'two': ********$file = 'menu2.php'; ********break; case 'three': ********$file = 'menu3.php'; ********break; case 'four': ********$file = 'menu4.php'; ********break; ****// etc... ****default: ********// in case no match or no value ********$file = 'menu1.php'; } ?> <a href="testfile.php?navmenu=one">FIRST CHOICE</a> <a href="testfile.php?navmenu=two">SECOND CHOICE</a> <a href="testfile.php?navmenu=three">THIRD CHOICE</a> <a href="testfile.php?navmenu=four">FOURRTH CHOICE</a> </body> </html>

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_CASE or T_DEFAULT or '}' in /home/nitionde/public_html/test_php/index.php on line 11

thanks for you quick reply btw! :)
Dec 4, 2006, 14:31
I87

what is the use of the stars in this code?

I believe that's your problem..

try it the standard way

PHP Code:

<!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=ISO-8859-1" /> <title>Untitled Document</title> </head> <body> <?PHP switch ($_GET['navmenu']) { case 'one': $file = 'menu1.php'; break; case 'two': $file = 'menu2.php'; break; case 'three': $file = 'menu3.php'; break; case 'four': $file = 'menu4.php'; break; default: $file = 'menu1.php'; break; } ?> <a href="testfile.php?navmenu=one">FIRST CHOICE</a> <a href="testfile.php?navmenu=two">SECOND CHOICE</a> <a href="testfile.php?navmenu=three">THIRD CHOICE</a> <a href="testfile.php?navmenu=four">FOURRTH CHOICE</a> </body> </html>

you forgot the first dollar sign
you also forgot the last break;

the code above works
Dec 4, 2006, 14:36
jcalabro

oh!
well the stars aren't in there :(
when ever i use the PHP tag thing in here, it adds stars to the spaces
or its possible some weird char's got in the code?
well ill try that!
thanks!
Dec 4, 2006, 14:37
I87

I got the first code wrong

I edited my post, that one works (I tried it on my server) =]
Dec 4, 2006, 14:39
jcalabro

oh !
that was the problem! thank you
of course i have more problems, but at least thats out of the way!
thanks

is there any problem with my links? do i need single quotations or do they need to be in PHP tags?
Dec 4, 2006, 14:41
I87

you're welcome to post the problems in this thread and I'll help you solve them (I'll be on all night, haha)
Dec 4, 2006, 14:45
jcalabro

oh thank you!
you are so kind! :)

well, it seams my links aren't working, the Error, is :

Warning: main(): Failed opening '' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/nitionde/public_html/test_php/testfile.php on line 10

line 10 is

PHP Code:

<?php include("$file"); ?>

even when i remove the quotes i get an error

so

($file)
Dec 4, 2006, 14:47
I87

Well, first thing is the quotes arn't needed.

So

PHP Code:

<?php include($file); ?>

is fine.

And what is $file declared as?
Dec 4, 2006, 14:52
jcalabro

well $file should be what i was passing through the link correct?
so
<a href="testfile.php?navmenu=one">FIRST CHOICE</a>

should be one, which would be "menu1.php"

although, it is saying it's failing to open
Dec 4, 2006, 14:54
I87

it's saying it's failing to open because $file doesn't exist

is $file

$file = '<a href="testfile.php?navmenu=one">FIRST CHOICE</a>';

?

if so, change it to

$file = 'testfile.php?navmenu=one';
Dec 4, 2006, 14:58
jcalabro

well $file should be $file = 'menu1.php';

case 'one':
$file = 'menu1.php';
break;

so i was trying to pass "one" through the link

am i going about this tthe wrrong way?
Dec 4, 2006, 15:02
I87

ah I see

does menu1.php exist on your server?
if not, there's your problem
Dec 4, 2006, 15:04
jcalabro

yep, looks like it
i just re-uploaded, just incase there was a transfer error
still the same :(
Dec 4, 2006, 15:07
I87

are you sure it's in the same directory as the file with

include($file);

wrote in it?

if so, then please post the whole code

if not, then move menu1 and all the other menu# files into the same directory as the file with include($file); wrote in it in
Dec 4, 2006, 15:13
jcalabro

yep, all in the same dir. :(
heres a zip with all the files! not much too them really :P
thanks for everything so far!
link should work

PHPFILES ZIP

if not
it's http://www.smilesleepy.com/php_problem.zip

and if you don't want to download heres all the code for the files

INDEX

PHP Code:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> <title>Untitled Document</title> </head> <body> <?PHP switch ($_GET['navmenu']) { case 'one': $file = 'menu1.php'; break; case 'two': $file = 'menu2.php'; break; case 'three': $file = 'menu3.php'; break; case 'four': $file = 'menu4.php'; break; default: $file = 'menu1.php'; break; } ?> <a href="testfile.php?navmenu=one">FIRST CHOICE</a> <a href="testfile.php?navmenu=two">SECOND CHOICE</a> <a href="testfile.php?navmenu=three">THIRD CHOICE</a> <a href="testfile.php?navmenu=four">FOURRTH CHOICE</a> </body> </html>

TESTFILE

PHP Code:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> <title>Untitled Document</title> </head> <body> <?php include($file); ?> </body> </html>

and the menu#.php files contain simple HTML to test

PHP Code:

one one
Dec 4, 2006, 15:23
tmapm

In test file you aren't defining $file. If you put your menu code above your php include it will work.

PHP Code:

<?PHP switch ($_GET['navmenu']) { case 'one': $file = 'menu1.php'; break; case 'two': $file = 'menu2.php'; break; case 'three': $file = 'menu3.php'; break; case 'four': $file = 'menu4.php'; break; default: $file = 'menu1.php'; break; } ?> <?php include($file); ?>
Dec 4, 2006, 15:23
I87

ah, I see what the problem is

include($file); is on another page from the switch thing.

you need to put the include($file); on the same page as the switch thing, otherwise the PHP parser will not know what to include =]
Dec 4, 2006, 15:29
jcalabro

!!
thank you!
both of you :)
tmapm, thanks for you're help!
I87, thanks for you're help, and sticking with me :)
Dec 4, 2006, 15:30
I87

np, glad to help =]
Dec 13, 2006, 12:15
jcalabro

hi again!
well, i'm running into more problems :(

i'm trying to pass the navigation choice through the entire site.
although, when I go beyond the 2nd page, the nav goes to default.

heres what i got

PHP Code:

<?PHP switch ($_GET['menu']) { case 'emp': $file = 'navigation/emp.php'; $content = 'content/emp_content.php'; $news = 'content/emp_news.php'; break; case 'pcp': $file = 'navigation/pcp.php'; $content = 'content/pcp_content.php'; $news = 'content/pcp_news.php'; break; case 'omp': $file = 'navigation/omp.php'; $content = 'content/omp_content.php'; $news = 'content/omp_news.php'; break; case 'epp': $file = 'navigation/epp.php'; $content = 'content/epp_content.php'; $news = 'content/epp_news.php'; break; default: $file = 'navigation/emp.php'; $content = 'content/emp_content.php'; $news = 'content/emp_news.php'; break; } ?>

and my link contains

PHP Code:

<li> <?PHP Echo "<a class="hide" href=resources.php?menu=". $_GET['menu'] .">Resources and Links</a>"; ?> </li>

susposedly this will retain the value initially selected?
heres my error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in /home/nitionde/public_html/cyanokit_www/navigation/main_nav.php on line 60

(that is line 60)

thanks in advance!
Dec 13, 2006, 12:23
jcalabro

ahhh i see

well, it doesn't seam to like my link CLASS ( "hide")
when i removed it, all was working properly.
any ways around this? thanks
Dec 13, 2006, 13:17
clamcrusher

you need to escape quotes that occur inside of quotes. eg

PHP Code:

echo "escape the \"quotes\" or you get parse errors"; echo 'or just use a different "quote" than what you delimited the string with';

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php