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PHP

Posted by Shannon Weaver
Shannon Weaver
973 Points

Error on blank line

Hello all,

I am getting a error message that says"Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in C:\xampp\htdocs\shirts4mike\contact.php on line 73"

<tr> <th> <label for="message">message</label> </th> <td> <textarea name="message" id="message"></textarea

          </td>
          </tr>



          </table>
          <input type="submit" value="Send" />


           </form>


            </div>
            <?php
             include('includes/footer.php');
             <?

I don't have anything on the line it says the error is on. What I am I doing wrong?

Thanks, Shannon

4 Answers

Brandon Beard
Brandon Beard
9,495 Points
Brandon Beard
Brandon Beard
9,495 Points

if your code is <?php include('includes/footer.php'); <? the <? is wrong so try ?>

Shannon Weaver
Shannon Weaver
973 Points
Shannon Weaver
Shannon Weaver
973 Points

Thanks I did fix my <? but It is still giving me the same error message.

Shannon Weaver
Shannon Weaver
973 Points

Okay so now the error message says "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file in C:\xampp\htdocs\shirts4mike\contact.php on line 75" This is after I fixed my tag error.

Brandon Beard
Brandon Beard
9,495 Points
Brandon Beard
Brandon Beard
9,495 Points

can you post the updated code?

Shannon Weaver
Shannon Weaver
973 Points

Good idea here you go.

<tr> <th> <label for="email">Email</label> </th> <td> <input type="text" name="email" id="email"> </td> </tr>

          <tr>
          <th>
          <label for="message">message</label>
          </th>
          <td>
          <textarea name="message" id="message"></textarea

          </td>
          </tr>



          </table>
          <input type="submit" value="Send" />


           </form>


            </div>
            <?php
             include('includes/footer.php');
             ?>
Brandon Beard
Brandon Beard
9,495 Points

only thing i see that wrong is the </textarea isn't closed </textarea>. If that doesn't work id start looking towards the include argument. Is includes the right folder is footer.php the right file and if so is the code that your trying to include correct because that might be where the "invisible" line 75 is coming from.

Richard Duncan
Richard Duncan
5,568 Points
Richard Duncan
Richard Duncan
5,568 Points

If it was an error in the include file that would be reported for example parse error in footer.php and the line in that file would be referenced, without this it would be very difficult to debug large applications.

I would suggest looking higher in your script, if there is nothing on the line the error is reported on that would suggest to me something earlier in the code was incorrect. Happy hunting!