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PHP PHP User Authentication Building the Library Deleting Books

Posted by tinashegondokondo
tinashegondokondo
Courses Plus Student 13,579 Points

deleteBook Function Can anyone please assist.

After typing my code I am getting the following:

Bummer! syntax error, unexpected end of file in index.php on line 14

index.php 
<?php
require __DIR__ . '/inc/bootstrap.php';

//add function here
function deleteBook($bookId) {
    global $db;
    try {
       $stmt = $db->prepare("DELETE from books where id=?);
       $stmt->bindParam(1, $bookId);
       $stmt->execute();
       return true();
    } catch (\Exception $e) {
        return false;
    }
 }

1 Answer

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points

Hi Tina,

You haven't closed out your string where you make your delete query, so PHP is seeing one big string of characters. Try the following code and it should work.

<?php
require __DIR__ . '/inc/bootstrap.php';

//add function here
function deleteBook($bookId) {
    global $db;
    try {
       $stmt = $db->prepare("DELETE from books where id=?");
       $stmt->bindParam(1, $bookId);
       $stmt->execute();
       return true();
    } catch (\Exception $e) {
        return false;
    }
 }
tinashegondokondo
tinashegondokondo
Courses Plus Student 13,579 Points

Thanks Jon.