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T_VARIABLE error

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trufla

trufla

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Aug 9, 2004
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Hello, can any help?

I have this piece of code

$_POST['form_products']));

and it keeps returning the error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE.

I have looked at php.net but It doesn't really explain what T_VARIABLE is, so I am confused about what action to take.


 
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you need to post more than that, just looking at that line shows two superflous ))'s
 
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And, if that's all there is, then you are only stating a variable name. PHP is expecting something to be done with it, like:

$x = $_POST['form_products'];

PHP doesn't expect just a variable name, hence the "unexpected T_VARIABLE" message.
 
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<?php
session_start();
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "<html xmlns="<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>choose multiple products</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
if (isset($_POST['form_products'])){
if(!empty($_SESSION['products'])){
$products = array_unique(
array_merge(unserialize($_SESSION['products'])
$_POST['form_products']));
}
$_SESSION['products'] = serialize($products);
print "</p> Your products have been registered!</p>";
}
?>


<form method="POST" action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>">
<P> Select some products: <br>
<select name="form_products[]" multiple size=3>
<option>sonic screwdriver</option>
<option>Hal 2000</option>
<option>Tradis</option>
<option>Orac</option>
<option>Transporter bracelet</option>
</select>
</form>
<br><br>
<a href="listing16.5.php">content page</a>
</body>
</html>
 
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yep, the line just don't make sence, you have to set it to something e.g. $_POST['fred']=45 or read it e.g $age=$_POST['fred']
 
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sorry take it back, it's the line where you use array_merge. You need a comma (,) before the $_POST
Code: 
array_merge(unserialize($_SESSION['products']),
$_POST['form_products']));
 
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yeah, I've found that an error saying anything like t_variable, or t_function is something where you've left out a comma, a quote, a semicolon, or some other piece of syntax. A T_whatever (as I understand it) is a user-defined whatever. I have no idea how to use\make them, but that seems to be what PHP calls whatever it doesn't understand. look for open braces, extra quotes, syntax errors, etc.
 
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