Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' in C:\\HostingSpaces\\

PHP
1

Hi,

I am sending an email using php…and flagging up with the error

Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING’ in C:\HostingSpaces\domain\mydomain.com\wwwroot\ est\plaincart\plaincart\controllers\contact_controller.class.php on line 4

Please see the code below and let me know where I mistook.


include("../library/config.php");
include("contact_controller.php");
class contact extends function 
{ 
	function add($post)
	{
	 $from = "Customer Care <info@mydomain.com>";
	 $to = "Admin <me@gmail.com>";
	 $subject = "Message from Customer";
	 $body = "Dear Admin,
	 
	 A customer ".$post['inpperson'].", has asked a quote, detials are:
	 Email: ".$post['inpemail']."Phone: ".$post['inphone']." Mobile: ".$post['inpmob']."State: ".$post['inpstate']."City: ".$post['txtothercity']."
	 
	 Message
	 
	 ".$post['message']."";
	 
	 $host = "mail.mydomain.com";
	 $username = "info@mydomain.com";
	 $password = "135446";
	 
	 $headers = array ('From' => $from,
	   'To' => $to,
	   'Subject' => $subject);
	 $smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
	   array ('host' => $host,
		 'auth' => true,
		 'username' => $username,
		 'password' => $password));
	 
	 $mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);
	 $headers.="Content-type: text/html". "charset=iso-8859-1\\r\
";
	 
	 if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
	   echo("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");
	  return false;
	  } else {
	   	return true;
	  }	
	}
	function getcity($state)
	{
		$sql="select * from tblcity where st_id =$state";
		$result = dbQuery($sql);
		return $result;
	}
}

Your help would be appreciated.

2 

class contact extends function  
{

Where you have the word “function”, you need to instead place the name of the class that is being extended.

For example:


class contact extends AppModel
{

Or whichever class is more appropriate than “AppModel” to extend.

3

THanks pmw57,

I am newbie for php…

I’ve made class contact

and this is how I am calling it…


$contact = new contact; 

 $result = $contact->add($_POST);

Please let me know if there is still something wrong.

4

What is the code library that you are trying to extend?

5

Ok…I copied this code from somewhere…

There is no library for functions…

now what to do with this…

how can I identify a class…and how to call it…

Thanks so much for your help.

6

Ahh, well that explains it.

The code you copied is guaranteed to NOT work without the rest of the stuff.

Consider it this way. The code that you copied is a custom knob for a gear-change lever, and you have an automatic car.

7

OK…that means…its not useful…

Well, thanks for your help…its much appreciated.

Thanks

8 
$contact = new contact(); 

 $result = $contact->add($_POST);

You were missing the () in the first line quoted above, inbetween the brackets would go any variables and/or objects that you intend to give that class via it’s constructor.