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PHP Integrating PHP with Databases Using Relational Tables Fetching Many Relationships

Posted by Michael Whalen
Michael Whalen
4,282 Points

syntax error, unexpected ';' in index.php on line 12

Tried removing ";" and got a different error.

Perhaps I am missing something that needs to be done before or after the while loop.

Do not know what to do next.

index.php 
<?php

include "helper.php";

/*
 * helper contains the following variables:
 * $item is an array that contains details about the library item
 * $results is a PDOstatement object with our genre results.
 */

 while($row = $results->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC) {
    $item[$genres["genre_id"]][] = $genres["genre"];
 }
Michael Whalen
Michael Whalen
4,282 Points

The problem was a missing right parenthesis at the end of the while

3 Answers

Adam Fajder
Adam Fajder
5,182 Points
Adam Fajder
Adam Fajder
5,182 Points

Hi there,

You forgot the closing php tag ?> at the end of the code.

Michael Whalen
Michael Whalen
4,282 Points
Michael Whalen
Michael Whalen
4,282 Points

Added ?> to the end of the file and still get the unexpected ";" error.

Removed the ";" and get the error Bummer: syntax error, unexpected '?>' in index.php on line 15.

Something else must be wrong.

Could there be something wrong with the supplied helper.php file?

Michael Whalen
Michael Whalen
4,282 Points
Michael Whalen
Michael Whalen
4,282 Points

Is it possible I am not using an expected form of a variable name?