Parse Error - Please help

[Guest]

This is probably a really stupid question, but here goes.

 

I changed the text on my english index page through file manager in the admin panel, and the result was this,

 

Parse error: parse error in /home/httpd/vhosts/imripe.com.au/httpsdocs/shop/includes/languages/english/index.php on line 13

 

I went into the admin panel and checked the German language index page to see where I had gone wrong, I tried a few changes and nothing.

 

With this error message under Welcome Guest!... the onlu text now is

TEXT_MAIN

 

I also have

HEADING_TITLE

where it used to say something like "What do we have here" and further the box underneath with new product images in it is now titles

TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS

 

This is what the code looks like now, if anyone could point out my stupid error it would be much appreciated.

 

<?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', 'This is test text  for the index page in English. <br><br><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="2"><tr><td class="main" valign="top">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'default/1.gif') . '</td><td class="main" valign="top"><b>Error Messages</b><br><br>If there are any error or warning messages shown above, please correct them first before proceeding.<br><br>Error messages are displayed at the very top of the page with a complete <span class="messageStackError">background</span> color.<br><br>Several checks are performed to ensure a healthy setup of your online store - these checks can be disabled by editing the appropriate parameters at the bottom of the includes/application_top.php file.</td></tr><td class="main" valign="top">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'default/2.gif') . '</td><td class="main" valign="top"><b>Editing Page Texts</b><br><br>The text shown here can be modified in the following file, on each language basis:<br><br><nobr class="messageStackSuccess">[path to catalog]/includes/languages/' . $language . '/' . FILENAME_DEFAULT . '</nobr><br><br>That file can be edited manually, or via the Administration Tool with the <nobr class="messageStackSuccess">Languages->' . ucfirst($language) . '->Define</nobr> or <nobr class="messageStackSuccess">Tools->File Manager</nobr> modules.<br><br>The text is set in the following manner:<br><br><nobr>define('TEXT_MAIN', '<span class="messageStackSuccess">This is a default setup of the osCommerce project...</span>');</nobr><br><br>The text highlighted in green may be modified - it is important to keep the define() of the TEXT_MAIN keyword. To remove the text for TEXT_MAIN completely, the following example is used where only two single quote characters exist:<br><br><nobr>define('TEXT_MAIN', '');</nobr><br><br>More information concerning the PHP define() function can be read <a href="http://www.php.net/define" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>.</td></tr><tr><td class="main" valign="top">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'default/3.gif') . '</td><td class="main" valign="top"><b>Securing The Administration Tool</b><br><br>It is important to secure the Administration Tool as there is currently no security implementation available.</td></tr><tr><td class="main" valign="top">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'default/4.gif') . '</td><td class="main" valign="top"><b>Online Documentation</b><br><br>Online documentation can be read at the <a href="http://wiki.oscommerce.com" target="_blank"><u>osCommerce Wiki Documentation Effort</u></a> site.<br><br>Community support is available at the <a href="http://www.oscommerce.com/forums" target="_blank"><u>osCommerce Community Support Forums</u></a> site.</td></tr></table><br>If you wish to download the solution powering this shop, or if you wish to contribute to the osCommerce project, please visit the <a href="http://www.oscommerce.com" target="_blank"><u>support site of osCommerce</u></a>. This shop is running on osCommerce version <font color="#f0000"><b>' . PROJECT_VERSION . '</b></font>.');

 

Thanks in advance

 

Regards,

 

Michael

[Guest]

Edit a fresh copy using a text editor and upload the changed file to your server - the filemanager removes backslashes, causing parse errors.

 

Matti

[Guest]

Thanks Matti,

 

I will give it a try.

 

Regards,

Michael

[Guest]

I have had a look through the equivalent german language index.php page and compared against the english equivalent. I can't see anyhting different oter than the first sentence of text that I have changed. There does not seem to be any backslashes missing at all.

 

It has me stumped.

 

Any ideas, besides uploading a new page to the server. This could be a bit of a problem as I don't think can just d/load a new english index.php page for a start and my host has OS commerce already installed on their servr.

[Guest]

Edit a fresh copy using a text editor and upload the changed file to your server - the filemanager removes backslashes, causing parse errors.

 

Matti

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Hi Michael,

I have a copy of a freeware editor and it works great. Email me at webmaster@akingstreasures.com and I will send you a link to it. Works with HTML, JS, CSS and just about anything you want to do. I will find the link for you in case you want it.

 

Nachoman