Hi I keep getting a fatal error in Apache 2.2.14 when trying to load this page index.php - Whilst working though one of Sitrepoints tutorial books
Im new to PHP and cant seem to get around this error, please help
<?php
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc())
{
function stripslashes_deep($value)
{
$value = is_array($value) ?
array_map(‘stripslashes_deep’, $value) :
stripslashes($value);
return $value;
}
$_POST = array_map(‘stripslashes_deep’, $_POST);
$_GET = array_map(‘stripslashes_deep’, $_GET);
$_COOKIE = array_map(‘stripslashes_deep’, $_COOKIE);
$_REQUEST = array_map(‘stripslashes_deep’, $_REQUEST);
}
if (isset($_GET[‘addjoke’]))
{
include ‘form.html.php’;
exit();
}
$link = mysqli_connect(‘localhost’, ‘root’, ‘evie’);
if (!$link)
{
$error = ‘Unable to connect to the database server.’;
include ‘error.html.php’;
exit();
}
if (!mysqli_set_charset($link, ‘utf8’))
{
$output = ‘Unable to set database connection encoding.’;
include ‘output.html.php’;
exit();
}
if (!mysqli_select_db($link, ‘ijdb’))
{
$error = ‘Unable to locate the joke database.’;
include ‘error.html.php’;
exit();
}
if (isset($_POST[‘joketext’]))
{
$joketext = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_POST[‘joketext’]);
$sql = ‘INSERT INTO joke SET
joketext="’ . $joketext . ‘",
jokedate=CURDATE()’;
if (!mysqli_query($link, $sql))
{
$error = 'Error adding submitted joke: ’ . mysqli_error($link);
include ‘error.html.php’;
exit();
}
header(‘Location: .’);
exit();
}
if (isset($_GET[‘deletejoke’]))
{
$id = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_POST[‘id’]);
$sql = “DELETE FROM joke WHERE id=‘$id’”;
if (!mysqli_query($link, $sql))
{
$error = 'Error deleting joke: ’ . mysqli_error($link);
include ‘error.html.php’;
exit();
}
header(‘Location: .’);
exit();
}
$result = mysqli_query($link, ‘SELECT id, joketext FROM joke’);
if (!$result)
{
$error = 'Error fetching jokes: ’ . mysqli_error($link);
include ‘error.html.php’;
exit();
}
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
$jokes = array(‘id’ => $row[‘id’], ‘text’ => $row[‘joketext’]);
}
include ‘jokes.html.php’;
?>
Error signature reads :
szAppName : httpd.exe szAppVer : 2.2.14.0 szModName : php_mysqli.dll
szModVer : 5.2.11.11 offset : 00002b5b
Please help -