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PHP Integrating PHP with Databases Querying the Database with PHP Working with Query Results

nicholasgryczewski
nicholasgryczewski
2,919 Points
Posted by nicholasgryczewski
nicholasgryczewski
2,919 Points

getting an parse error for my var_dump

My error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '->' (T_OBJECT_OPERATOR), expecting ',' or ')' in /home/treehouse/workspace/inc/connection.php on line 16

My Code: <?php try { $db = new PDO("sqlite:".DIR."/database.db"); $db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION); } catch(Exception $e) { echo "unable to connect."; echo $e ->getMessage(); exit;} try{ $results = $db ->query("SELECT title, category, img FROM Media"); echo "Retrieved Results";

} catch (Exception $e) {echo "unable to retrieve results"; exit;}

var_dump(Sresults ->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)); ?>

1 Answer

Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
34,055 Points
Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
34,055 Points

It's likely caused because you have 3 instances where you have a space between a variable and the object operator (->). 

$e ->getMessage
$db ->query
$results ->fetchAll

Try removing the space from those and see what results you get.

nicholasgryczewski
nicholasgryczewski
2,919 Points
nicholasgryczewski
nicholasgryczewski
2,919 Points

oh no i found it. It was the Sresults! I was using a capital s instead of $. XD