Problem with categories page

[andyshep]

hi all,

 

i have a promblem with the categories page in oscommerce.

 

when you view the page i get a series of "n" s going down the page.

 

i think i can see the code that is causing the prob:

 

from index.php,

// we've found the deepest category the customer is in
	}
  }
} else {
  $categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.categories_image, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");
}

$number_of_categories = tep_db_num_rows($categories_query);

$rows = 0;
while ($categories = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) {
  $rows++;
  $cPath_new = tep_get_path($categories['categories_id']);
  $width = (int)(100 / MAX_DISPLAY_CATEGORIES_PER_ROW) . '%';
  echo '				<td align="center" class="smallText" width="' . $width . '" valign="top"><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $categories['categories_image'], $categories['categories_name'], SUBCATEGORY_IMAGE_WIDTH, SUBCATEGORY_IMAGE_HEIGHT) . '<br>' . $categories['categories_name'] . '</a></td>' . "n";
  if ((($rows / MAX_DISPLAY_CATEGORIES_PER_ROW) == floor($rows / MAX_DISPLAY_CATEGORIES_PER_ROW)) && ($rows != $number_of_categories)) {
	echo '			  </tr>' . "n";
	echo '			  <tr>' . "n";
  }
}

// needed for the new products module shown below

 

can anyone explain to me why im getting these n's displayed?

 

cheers in advance

[vasttech]

Sounds like you are using the osCommerce File Manager to edit your files. It is very buggy and I would highly recommend using a PHP/HTML editor to make changes to your pages then uploading them to your site. You can search the forums for some good, free editors that are out there. I would also recommend getting one that displays the line numbers (it makes editing and adding contributions much easier). Lastly, get yourself a decent FTP program for uploading files to the site.

[andyshep]

Sounds like you are using the osCommerce File Manager to edit your files. It is very buggy and I would highly recommend using a PHP/HTML editor to make changes to your pages then uploading them to your site. You can search the forums for some good, free editors that are out there. I would also recommend getting one that displays the line numbers (it makes editing and adding contributions much easier). Lastly, get yourself a decent FTP program for uploading files to the site.

 

im using dreamweaver 8 to edit the files...

still, anyone got an explaination of the code i posted or why im getting the n's in the page?

[Guest]

looks like your CRs arent escaped.

 

Should be:

 

echo ' </tr>' . "\n";

[andyshep]

looks like your CRs arent escaped.

 

Should be:

 

echo ' </tr>' . "\n";

 

seems to have solved the problem.

unsure why they wasnt escaped. it was a fresh installation.

 

Cheers