Parse Error - Help

[Guest]

Hi all,

I finally got a banner up, was deleting and changing the wording on my opening page, came to the last paragraph and must have taken something out i dont know what it is

When i load my site i get

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/adawn/public_html/catalogjfs/includes/languages/english/index.php on line 14

I dont even know what a Parse error is.. Can someone help me get it back please

Kind regards Dawn

[♥FWR Media]

Hi all,

I finally got a banner up, was deleting and changing the wording on my opening page, came to the last paragraph and must have taken something out i dont know what it is

When i load my site i get

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/adawn/public_html/catalogjfs/includes/languages/english/index.php on line 14

I dont even know what a Parse error is.. Can someone help me get it back please

Kind regards Dawn

 

Given that the parse error is in a language file I'll take an educated guess that you have an unescaped ' (single quote)

 

Language defines are written like ..

 

define( 'THIS_DEFINE', 'I am some text' );

 

The quotes surrounding the I am some text are very important as they dictate where the php function ends and the text begins/ends.

 

If you have a single quote also in the text .. like ..

 

define( 'THIS_DEFINE', 'I'm am some text' );

 

PHP will reject it with a parse error as it cannot read it. To enable PHP to parse it correctly you have to escape the single quote with a slash like \'.

 

So the following would be fine ..

 

define( 'THIS_DEFINE', 'I\'m am some text' );

[Guest]

Hi thankyou for your answer, im sorry but im very green at this, unfortunately after playing around with it for a few hours I still cant get it right, Im not sure where to put the line that you have kindly given me. Each time i keep getting an error, I have cut and pasted below the stuff i have been working with and the error showing now, maybe you would be kind enough to tell me where to put in the define.

 

 

define('TEXT_MAIN', 'Welcome to Jewelry For Sale <b>Here we offer many different types of Jewelery made from all metals.</b>. Included are all carats of Gold, Sterling Silver and White Gold.<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>We also offer for sale a wonderful range of Electroplate, Gold Layered and Plated Jewelry. <br>define( 'THIS_DEFINE', 'I\'m am some text' ); <br>This shop is running on osCommerce Online Merchant v2.2 RC2a}

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/adawn/public_html/catalogjfs/includes/languages/english/index.php on line 13

 

I appreciate your help, thank you so much...

Kindest regards Dawn

[Bryce F]

He was just giving you an example, not telling you what to put in your code.

 

That said, try changing that jumble of code to say:

 

define('TEXT_MAIN', 'Welcome to Jewelry For Sale <b>Here we offer many different types of Jewelery made from all metals.</b> Included are all carats of Gold, Sterling Silver and White Gold.<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>We also offer for sale a wonderful range of Electroplate, Gold Layered and Plated Jewelry. <br><br>This shop is running on osCommerce Online Merchant v2.2 RC2a');

 

It may do you good to look further into HTML and even basic PHP in the future. It's fun once you get past the learning curve. :rolleyes:

[MrPhil]

Even with @Byrce's fix, your site is going to be messed up. Your code starts a table, puts one row with two cells in it, and then leaves it unfinished. Try this instead, and add more text back in as you get accustomed to it:

define('TEXT_MAIN', 'Welcome to Jewelry For Sale <b>Here we offer many different types of Jewelery made from all metals.</b>. 
Included are all carats of Gold, Sterling Silver and White Gold.<br>
<b>We also offer for sale a wonderful range of Electroplate, Gold Layered and Plated Jewelry.</b> <br><br>
This shop is running on osCommerce Online Merchant v2.2 RC2a');

[Guest]

He was just giving you an example, not telling you what to put in your code.

 

That said, try changing that jumble of code to say:

 

 

 

It may do you good to look further into HTML and even basic PHP in the future. It's fun once you get past the learning curve. :rolleyes:

 

To everyone concerned with helping me on these above issues, I do appreciate the help, and Bryce that looks a whole lot better, I HAVE been studying HTML on and off, first at a college and now at home. I live in the country (isolated)and the only way to study it is on the net now, so yes I am bumbling through a fair bit. I do enjoy it, and Ill try to work it out without troubling people on here more.

 

Thankyou to all once again...

Kindest regards Dawn

[Guest]

Even with @Byrce's fix, your site is going to be messed up. Your code starts a table, puts one row with two cells in it, and then leaves it unfinished. Try this instead, and add more text back in as you get accustomed to it:

define('TEXT_MAIN', 'Welcome to Jewelry For Sale <b>Here we offer many different types of Jewelery made from all metals.</b>. 
Included are all carats of Gold, Sterling Silver and White Gold.<br>
<b>We also offer for sale a wonderful range of Electroplate, Gold Layered and Plated Jewelry.</b> <br><br>
This shop is running on osCommerce Online Merchant v2.2 RC2a');

 

EXCELLANT you have been very kind thankyou very very much !!!

Ill keep at it , its looking better and better...