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PHP

Posted by Stevie Schafer
Stevie Schafer
Courses Plus Student 1,817 Points

Build a Simple PHP Application - Getting an Error on Working with Get Variables

Hi guys!

I'm getting this error on both Firefox and IE during the Working with Get Variables section of the tutorials. It seems to be in the conditional statement, but I can't work out what's wrong.

"Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in C:\xampp\htdocs\contact.php on line 28"

Help would be much appreciated! Here's the PHP code for lines 28, 29 & 30...

<?php  if (isset($_GET["status"]) AND ($_GET["status"] == "thanks") { ?>
            <p>Thanks for the email! I'll be in touch shortly.</p>
        <?php } else { ?>
Elizabeth Tenorio
Elizabeth Tenorio
382 Points

You have an extra ) in line 28. it should 

AND $_GET["status"] == "thanks")

i.e. :

<?php  if (isset($_GET["status"]) AND $_GET["status"] == "thanks") { ?>
<p>Thanks for the email! I'll be in touch shortly.</p>
<?php } else { ?>
Stevie Schafer
Stevie Schafer
Courses Plus Student 1,817 Points

Thanks a million, Elizabeth! I clearly need to revise conditionals. Thanks so much for your help :)

1 Answer

Graham Davidson
PLUS
Graham Davidson
Courses Plus Student 14,966 Points
Graham Davidson
Graham Davidson
Courses Plus Student 14,966 Points

I would be something along the lines of 

<?php  if (isset($_GET["status"]) AND ($_GET["status"] === "thanks")) 
    {
    echo "<p>Thanks for the email! I'll be in touch shortly.</p>";
    }
    else {} ?>

Although it is the missing ) causing the main problem.

G