Parse error, unexpected T_string in line 101

[hdrotleff]

I changed in the admin area a text ('Other distributors"), in the english.php-file and got a parse error in line 101 :

 

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// manufacturers box text in includes/boxes/manufacturers.php

define('BOX_HEADING_MANUFACTURERS', 'Manufacturers');

 

// whats_new box text in includes/boxes/whats_new.php

line 101: define('BOX_HEADING_WHATS_NEW', 'What's New?');

 

// usa and canada box text in includes/boxes/usa.php

define('BOX_HEADING_USA', 'USA & Canada');

define('BOX_OTHER_DISTRIBUTORS', 'Other distributors');

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Even if I change 'Whats New?' the error disappears in line 101 and appears in line 174!

 

Please help me. I have no experience with php.

 

Many thanks

 

hdrotleff

 

Sorry, I should have posted this in another section.

[julianpuje]

It is seeing the inverted comma as code. You need to add a backslash wherever you have an inverted comma in your text as it will see it as the end of the text. It needs to be like 'What\'s New?'

The way you have it, it is seeing 'What' as the text then s New?' as the code after it and doesn't understand the command.

This will probably be the same for you line 174 aswell.

 

HTH

 

Julian

[hdrotleff]

It is seeing the inverted comma as code. You need to add a backslash wherever you have an inverted comma in your text as it will see it as the end of the text. It needs to be like 'What\'s New?'

The way you have it, it is seeing 'What' as the text then s New?' as the code after it and doesn't understand the command.

This will probably be the same for you line 174 aswell.

 

HTH

 

Julian

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

 

Thanks, Julian.

 

'What\'s New?' looks ok in Weaverslave (editor) but highlighted in PHP CoderPro!. With that modification I get an error in line 173:

 

define('JS_REVIEW_TEXT', '* The 'Review Text' must have at least ' . REVIEW_TEXT_MIN_LENGTH . ' characters.n');

 

I tried also

 

''What's New?' (this was in the initial file)

"What's New?"

'Whats New?'

 

but without positve results.

 

I would appreciate other suggestions. It seems more complicated than I thought (!). A simple change of text in ' ......' and such a problem.

 

Thanks

hdrotleff

[Guest]

Thanks, Julian.

 

'What\'s New?' looks ok in Weaverslave (editor) but highlighted in PHP CoderPro!. With that modification I get an error in line 173:

 

define('JS_REVIEW_TEXT', '* The 'Review Text' must have at least ' . REVIEW_TEXT_MIN_LENGTH . ' characters.n');

 

I tried also

 

''What's New?' (this was in the initial file)

"What's New?"

'Whats New?'

 

but without positve results.

 

I would appreciate other suggestions. It seems more complicated than I thought (!). A simple change of text in ' ......' and such a problem.

 

Thanks

hdrotleff

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

 

anywhere you want to output a single quote ' to the browser you must escape it with a slash \', which you found after changing the 'What\'s New?' but the error moved to the next line

 

define('JS_REVIEW_TEXT', '* The 'Review Text' must have at least ' . REVIEW_TEXT_MIN_LENGTH . ' characters.n');

 

thats because again you have unescaped quotes

 

define('JS_REVIEW_TEXT', '* The \'Review Text\' must have at least ' . REVIEW_TEXT_MIN_LENGTH . ' characters.n');

[hdrotleff]

anywhere you want to output a single quote ' to the browser you must escape it with a slash \', which you found after changing the 'What\'s New?' but the error moved to the next line

 

define('JS_REVIEW_TEXT', '* The 'Review Text' must have at least ' . REVIEW_TEXT_MIN_LENGTH . ' characters.n');

 

thats because again you have unescaped quotes

 

define('JS_REVIEW_TEXT', '* The \'Review Text\' must have at least ' . REVIEW_TEXT_MIN_LENGTH . ' characters.n');

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

 

Many thanks, mikeq.

 

That was the solution for my problem! I am so grateful.

But very strange for me: when I open the file in the admin area I cannot see the \. And everything looks like before ('What's New?')

 

Best regards,

hdrotleff

[Guest]

Dont use the file manager in Admin to open/edit your files. I contains a function (stripslashes) which removes all the \ from the file.

 

So everytime you use it you'll break your files again :(