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PHP CRUD Operations with PHP Creating Records Adding Tasks

Posted by Elizabeth Banach
Elizabeth Banach
Courses Plus Student 3,453 Points

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';' in /home/treehouse/workspace/task.php on line 14

I have the following parse error displaying while trying to work through the tasks in this lesson:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';' in /home/treehouse/workspace/task.php on line 14

My POST code in task.php is:

<?php
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
     $project_id = trim(filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'project_id', FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT));
     $title = trim(filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'title', FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING));
     $date = trim(filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'date', FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING));
     $time = trim(filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'time', FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT));

     if (empty($project_id) || (empty($title) || (empty($date) || empty($time)) {
         $error_message = 'Please fill in the required fields: Project, Title, Date, Time';
     } else {
         if (add_task($project_id, $title, $date, $time)) {
             header('Location: task_list.php');
             exit;
         } else {
             $error_message = 'Could not add task.';
         }
     }
}

I can't see an unexpected semicolon in my code above. Can anyone else point me in the right direction of what is going wrong with my code?

2 Answers

Ted Dunn
Ted Dunn
43,783 Points

I have not gotten this far in PHP yet, so my insight may be suspect, but I noticed that you have opening parens which are not closed around (empty($title) and (empty($date). Perhaps that could be part of the issue?

Elizabeth Banach
Elizabeth Banach
Courses Plus Student 3,453 Points

That's right! I didn't even notice that! Awesome :)

Edward Del Monico
PLUS
Edward Del Monico
Courses Plus Student 8,777 Points
Edward Del Monico
Edward Del Monico
Courses Plus Student 8,777 Points

For future reference, a good editor can go a long way in helping sort out missing brackets, parens, curly braces, etc. A quick tip when starting out is to always write parens, brackets and curly braces in pairs and then back space into them so you do not forget them when writing long functions or statements. It will definitely save you some wasted time if you develop this habit.