Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '('

PHP
1

Hello, please advise problem with code. Thanks.

<HTML>
<body bgcolor="#ccfff"><center>
<form name="form" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" method="post">
Select state/rate <SELECT name=point>
advise me 
<OPTION class=highlight value=9>paypal 
<OPTION class=highlight value=10>ebay
<OPTION class=highlight value=32>amazon 
</SELECT><p>
<CENTER><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"><p>
           
    <?php 
    ini_set('display_errors', true);
    error_reporting(E_ALL);
    $dbconnect = mysqli_connect('localhost','root','cookie');
    if($dbconnect == false) {
    throw new Exception("Connect failed: ".mysqli_connect_error());
        }
        if(mysqli_select_db($dbconnect, 'homedb') == false) {
        throw new Exception("Select DB failed: ".mysqli_error($dbconnect));
        }
$point = (isset($_POST['submit'])) ? mysqli_real_escape_string($dbconnect, $_POST['point']) : '';
$id = (isset($_POST['id'])) ? mysqli_real_escape_string($dbconnect, $_POST['id']) : '';
$result = mysqli_query($dbconnect, "SELECT * FROM emailtbl");
   if (!empty($_POST['id']) ($_POST['update_target'])) { [B]// Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '('[/B]
   $sql = "UPDATE emailtbl SET point = '$point' WHERE id ='$id'";
   $update = mysqli_query($dbconnect, $sql);
   if($update == false) {
   throw new Exception("Update query failed: ".mysqli_error($dbconnect).PHP_EOL.$sql);
        }
        echo "submittal set for ".mysqli_affected_rows($dbconnect)." row(s).";
        }
        else { echo "'update_target' was not set, so no update attempted."; }
        ?>
        </form></body></html>
2

Well that line by its self doesn’t make any sense. Did you mean to have

if (!empty($_POST['id']) && !empty($_POST['update_target'])) { // Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '('
3

Thanks Drummin, gotta ease up on the pain pills LOL. Tell me - what’s this mean?
" ‘update_target’ was not set, so no update attempted. "

4

Hello, please advise problem with code. Thanks.
I should have read that more carefully.

Answer? Just about everything.

Where is the record id defined in your form?

Where is update_target defined in your form? What is it used for within the scope of processing?

Where did you grab this sloppy code from? I doubt you wrote it,