cannot pinpoint parse error 2

[skibascott]

I am getting this error: Parse error: parse error in /export/home0/apache/htdocs/qalert.php(53) : eval()'d code on line 1

when running this code. I am assuming that it is referring to line 53, here is that block of code:

function array_csort() {  
	$args = func_get_args();
	$marray = array_shift($args);

  	$msortline = "return(array_multisort)";
   	foreach ($args as $arg) {
       $i++;
       if (is_string($arg)) {
          foreach ($marray as $row) {
               $sortarr[$i][] = $row[$arg];
           }
       } else {
          $sortarr[$i] = $arg;
      }
       $msortline .= "\$sortarr[".$i."],";
   	}

   	$msortline .= "\$marray));";
   	eval($msortline);
   	return $marray;
}

The research I have done on this error tells me that it some sort of syntax error. I am very new to php, so looking at this code with an untrained eye is not helping.

 

[KarveR]

PHP's parse error on line xxx is normally not indicative of where the actual error lies.
Basically what I'm saying is :
complete code please.

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[skiflyer]

I could be wrong, but I think this ones right there... you're evaling $msortline... so, perhaps you should start by outputing $msortline and realize the very first line is

return(array_multisort)

In which I immediately see two problems, no ending semicolon, and a call to a function with no ()'s and without its required argument list.

I didn't even bother to read the for loops once I noticed all you do is append to $msortline... but it's quite possible you have other problems in there...

Long and short of it... you need a

echo '<pre>'.$msortline.'</pre>';

Before your eval, and you need to make certain that what it outputs is valid php code.

 

[ingresman]

is the error not coming from the eval() function ?. please display the string $msortline

 

[skibascott]

$msortline string is this:
return(array_multisort)$sortarr[1],$sortarr[2],$sortarr[3],$sortarr[4],$sortarr[5],$marray));

I forgot to mention that line 53 is

eval($msortline);

Does this help?

 

[DRJ478]

Yes.

# wrong:
return(array_multisort)....
# right
return(array_multisort[b][COLOR=red]([/color][/b]

 

[skibascott]

Great. That was the problem. Thank you all very much for the replies.