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  1. #1
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    php script error help?

    Iv been following through a tutorial on making a news system with php and sql, after alof of noncing around iv managed to get most of the system to work except this error.

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting ']' in /home/welshywoo/www/read_more.php on line 5

    Can anyone help me out with the syntax for this script?

    <?php
    include("config.php");

    $newsid = $_GET['newsid];

    $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM news WHERE newsid='$newsid' ",$connect);
    while($myrow = mysql_Fetch_assoc($result))
    {
    echo "<b>";
    echo $myrow['title'];
    echo "</b><br>On: <i>";
    echo $myrow['dtime'];
    echo "</i><hr>";
    echo $myrow['text1'];
    echo " ";
    echo $myrow['text2];
    echo "<br><br><a href=\"javascript:Self.history.back();\"><--Go Back</a>";
    }
    ?>
    cheers,

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    Hi

    line 5 ?

    What about these?
    Code:
    $newsid = $_GET['newsid];
    echo $myrow['text2];
    You may add a '

    Code:
    $newsid = $_GET['newsid'];
    echo $myrow['text2'];
    The structure of the query looks fine to me. I assume config.php is well defined?

    Cheers
    If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
    (Abraham Maslow, Psychologist, 1908-70)

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    Code:
    <?php
    include("config.php");
    
    $newsid = $_GET[newsid];
    
    $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM news WHERE newsid='".$newsid."'",$connect);
    
    while($myrow = mysql_Fetch_assoc($result))
    {
    echo "<b>";
    echo $myrow[title];
    echo "</b><br>On: <i>";
    echo $myrow[dtime];
    echo "</i><hr>";
    echo $myrow[text1];
    echo " ";
    echo $myrow[text2];
    echo "<br><br><a href=\"javascript:Self.history.back();\"><--Go Back</a>";
    }
    ?>
    or

    Code:
    <?php
    include("config.php");
    
    $newsid = $_GET[newsid];
    
    $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM news WHERE newsid='".$newsid."'",$connect);
    
    while($myrow = mysql_Fetch_assoc($result))
    {
    echo "<b>".$myrow[title]."</b><br>On: <i>".$myrow[dtime]."</i><hr>".$myrow[text1]." ".$myrow[text2]."<br><br><a href=\"javascript:Self.history.back();\"><--Go Back</a>";
    }
    ?>

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    Are you going to make this accessable from the Internet?

    If so, you might want to plug that SQL-Injection hole...
    Oliver's Law:
    Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

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    got it working now, shoudlve checked my syntax better...
    cheers everyone,

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    Senior Member WolfeTone's Avatar
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    I'd say this is just a book he is following to learn php, not an actual script to be implemented.

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    how about downloading php news system and from then on u may edit the system with your own style?

    or perhaps look at how the system flow.

    http://newsphp.sourceforge.net/downloads.php <---try this one.
    .sig na ture.

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