Error Line 19 - Main Text Edit

[pbupgrad]

I followed the instructions on the index page for editing the introductory text that exisits on the homepage. But when I did I got an error message for Line 19.

 

"Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\Accounts\pbupgrad\wwwRoot\shopping\includes\languages\english\index.php on line 19"

 

Here's the php from the file: shopping//includes/languages/english/index.php

 

<?php

/*

$Id: index.php,v 1.1 2003/06/11 17:38:00 hpdl Exp $

 

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

 

Copyright © 2003 osCommerce

 

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

 

define('TEXT_MAIN', '');

define('TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS', 'New Products For %s');

define('TABLE_HEADING_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS', 'Upcoming Products');

define('TABLE_HEADING_DATE_EXPECTED', 'Date Expected');

 

if ( ($category_depth == 'products') || (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) ) {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Let's See What We Have Here');

define('TABLE_HEADING_IMAGE', '');

define('TABLE_HEADING_MODEL', 'Model');

define('TABLE_HEADING_PRODUCTS', 'Product Name');

define('TABLE_HEADING_MANUFACTURER', 'Manufacturer');

 

I put in the single quote as instructed but now the file is unhappy.

 

What am I not seeing?

Thanks,

Marianne

[OceanRanch]

Change

 

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Let's See What We Have Here');

 

to

 

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Let\'s See What We Have Here');

 

but DO NOT use the File Manager Editor, it has a bug in it that will strip out the \.

 

HTH

Tom

[pbupgrad]

This is not a good day. :)

 

So I tried your suggestion by copying the file into Dreamweaver and then uploading the file.

 

Now this is my error message

 

Warning: main(includes/languages/english/index.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in C:\Accounts\pbupgrad\wwwRoot\shopping\index.php on line 33

 

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'includes/languages/english/index.php' (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in C:\Accounts\pbupgrad\wwwRoot\shopping\index.php on line 33

 

I went back and undid all the editing I did and it still won't reset.

 

Here's the code in full. I am not versed in php. But I am learning fast that the syntax is very picky.

 

<?php

/*

$Id: index.php,v 1.1 2003/06/11 17:38:00 hpdl Exp $

 

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

 

Copyright © 2003 osCommerce

 

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

 

define('TEXT_MAIN', '');

define('TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS', 'New Products For %s');

define('TABLE_HEADING_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS', 'Upcoming Products');

define('TABLE_HEADING_DATE_EXPECTED', 'Date Expected');

 

if ( ($category_depth == 'products') || (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) ) {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Let's See What We Have Here');

define('TABLE_HEADING_IMAGE', '');

define('TABLE_HEADING_MODEL', 'Model');

define('TABLE_HEADING_PRODUCTS', 'Product Name');

define('TABLE_HEADING_MANUFACTURER', 'Manufacturer');

define('TABLE_HEADING_QUANTITY', 'Quantity');

define('TABLE_HEADING_PRICE', 'Price');

define('TABLE_HEADING_WEIGHT', 'Weight');

define('TABLE_HEADING_BUY_NOW', 'Buy Now');

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS', 'There are no products to list in this category.');

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS2', 'There is no product available from this manufacturer.');

define('TEXT_NUMBER_OF_PRODUCTS', 'Number of Products: ');

define('TEXT_SHOW', '<b>Show:</b>');

define('TEXT_BUY', 'Buy 1 '');

define('TEXT_NOW', '' now');

define('TEXT_ALL_CATEGORIES', 'All Categories');

define('TEXT_ALL_MANUFACTURERS', 'All Manufacturers');

} elseif ($category_depth == 'top') {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'What's New Here?');

} elseif ($category_depth == 'nested') {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Categories');

}

?>

 

Any suggestions? Thank you very much for your help.

 

Marianne

[OceanRanch]

Looks like when you ftp'd the file up the permissions got messed up. Check those first.

 

Then either start over with a new english.php and edit locally then ftp it up or make the following changes that I can see. You must escape single quotes for them to be displayed and not cause a parse error.

 

 

****************************************

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Let's See What We Have Here');

 

make it

 

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Let\'s See What We Have Here');

 

****************************************

define('TEXT_BUY', 'Buy 1 '');

define('TEXT_NOW', '' now');

 

make them

 

define('TEXT_BUY', 'Buy 1 \'');

define('TEXT_NOW', '\' now');

****************************************

 

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'What's New Here?');

 

make it

 

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'What\'s New Here?');

****************************************

 

Starting with a clean english.php would be better.......

 

HTH

Tom

[pbupgrad]

Thanks much. I got it to work again.

 

The \ scrubbing bug scrubs the \'s before I even knew they were there. Thanks for that tip. I have learned my lesson and will not open files with it anymore.

 

Thanks again.

Marianne