Errors (noobie needs help! :( )

**jcalabro** · Dec 4, 2006 14:08

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

etc
thanks in advance!
jamie

**tmapm** · Dec 4, 2006 14:21

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.

**jcalabro** · Dec 4, 2006 14:24

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> <br />

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

<a href="testfile.php?navmenu=three">THIRD CHOICE</a> <br />

<a href="testfile.php?navmenu=four">FOURRTH CHOICE</a> <br />



</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!

**I87** · Dec 4, 2006 14:31

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> <br />

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

<a href="testfile.php?navmenu=three">THIRD CHOICE</a> <br />

<a href="testfile.php?navmenu=four">FOURRTH CHOICE</a> <br />



</body>

</html>

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

the code above works

**jcalabro** · Dec 4, 2006 14:36

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!

**I87** · Dec 4, 2006 14:37

I got the first code wrong

I edited my post, that one works (I tried it on my server) =]

**jcalabro** · Dec 4, 2006 14:39

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?

**I87** · Dec 4, 2006 14:41

you're welcome to post the problems in this thread and I'll help you solve them (I'll be on all night, haha)

**jcalabro** · Dec 4, 2006 14:45

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)

**I87** · Dec 4, 2006 14:47

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

So

PHP Code:




<?php include($file); ?>

is fine.

And what is $file declared as?

**jcalabro** · Dec 4, 2006 14:52

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

**I87** · Dec 4, 2006 14:54

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';

**jcalabro** · Dec 4, 2006 14:58

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?

**I87** · Dec 4, 2006 15:02

ah I see

does menu1.php exist on your server?
if not, there's your problem

**jcalabro** · Dec 4, 2006 15:04

yep, looks like it
i just re-uploaded, just incase there was a transfer error
still the same

**I87** · Dec 4, 2006 15:07

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

**jcalabro** · Dec 4, 2006 15:13

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> <br />

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

<a href="testfile.php?navmenu=three">THIRD CHOICE</a> <br />

<a href="testfile.php?navmenu=four">FOURRTH CHOICE</a> <br />



</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 <br /> one

**tmapm** · Dec 4, 2006 15:23

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); ?>

**I87** · Dec 4, 2006 15:23

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 =]

**jcalabro** · Dec 4, 2006 15:29

!!
thank you!
both of you

tmapm, thanks for you're help!
I87, thanks for you're help, and sticking with me

**I87** · Dec 4, 2006 15:30

np, glad to help =]

**jcalabro** · Dec 13, 2006 12:15

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!

**jcalabro** · Dec 13, 2006 12:23

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

**clamcrusher** · Dec 13, 2006 13:17

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

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