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I too hit a brick wall with a parse error, but it was over a search engine php, so a ton of code to un ravel, being in php by only 4 days, i figured i'd take it to an expert heres the code:

Code:

<?php



$submit = $_POST["submit"];



$keywords = $_POST["keywords"];



if(isset($submit) || isset($keywords))



{



doSearch($keywords);



}



else



{



getKeywords();



}



function getKeywords()



{



?>



<html>



<head>



<title> Enter Search Keywords </title>



</head>



<body bgcolor="#000000">



<form name="frmKW" action="srh.php" method="post">





<input type="text" name="keywords" maxlength="100" border="#ff6600">

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Search" bgcolor="#222222" border="#ff6600">



</form>



</body>



</html>



<?php



}



{



}



function doSearch($search_keywords)



{

$arrWords = explode(" ", $search_keywords);



if(sizeof($arrWords) == 0 || $search_keywords == "")



{



echo "search for blank engaged<br>";



echo "<a href='searchdocs.php'>Go Back</a>";



}



else



{



// Connect to the database



$dServer = "localhost";



$dDb = "content";



$dUser = "admin";



$dPass = "password";



$s = @mysql_connect($dServer, $dUser, $dPass)



or die("Couldn't connect to database server");



@mysql_select_db($dDb, $s)



or die("Couldn't connect to database");





for($i = 0; $i < sizeof($arrWords); $i++)



{



$query = "select articleIds from searchWords where word = '{$arrWords[$i]}'";



$result = mysql_query($query);



if(mysql_num_rows($result) > 0)



{



// Get the id's of the articles



$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);



$arrIds = explode(",", $row[0]);



$arrWhere = implode(" OR articleId = ", $arrIds);



$aQuery = "select articleId, title, left(content, 100) as summary from articles where articleId = " . $arrWhere;



$aResult = mysql_query($aQuery);



$count = 0;



$articles = array();



if(mysql_num_rows($aResult) > 0)



{



while($aRow = mysql_fetch_array($aResult))



{



$articles[$count] = array (



"articleId" => $aRow["articleId"],



"title" => $aRow["title"],



"summary" => $aRow["summary"]



);



$count++;



}



}



if(isset($articles))



{



$articles = array_unique($articles);







echo "<h1>" . sizeof($articles);



echo (sizeof($articles) == 1 ? " article" : " articles");



echo " found:</h1>";







foreach($articles as $a => $value)



{



?>



<a href="article.php?articleId=<?php echo $articles[$a]["articleId"]; ?>">



<b><u><?php echo $articles[$a]["title"]; ?></u></b>



</a>



<br><?php echo $articles[$a]["summary"] . "..."; ?>



<br>



<a href="article.php?articleId=<?php echo $articles[$a]; ?>">



http://www.mysite.com/article.php?articleId=<?php echo $articles[$a]["articleId"]; ?>



</a>



<br><br>



<?php



}



}



else



{



echo "No results found for '$search_keywords'<br>";



echo "<a href='searchdocs.php'>Go Back</a>";



}







}



}



}



?>

Please post your code between [code] and [/code] tags. It makes it far easier to read as it will maintain indentations.

Below my attempt to get YOUR indentations right; I might have made a mistake.

Code:

<?php



$submit = $_POST["submit"];

$keywords = $_POST["keywords"];

if(isset($submit) || isset($keywords))

{

    doSearch($keywords);

}

else

{

    getKeywords();

}



function getKeywords()

{

?>

    <html>

    <head>

    <title> Enter Search Keywords </title>

    </head>

    <body bgcolor="#000000">

    <form name="frmKW" action="srh.php" method="post">

    <input type="text" name="keywords" maxlength="100" border="#ff6600">

    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Search" bgcolor="#222222" border="#ff6600">

    </form>

    </body>

    </html>

<?php

}



{



}



function doSearch($search_keywords)

{

    $arrWords = explode(" ", $search_keywords);

    if(sizeof($arrWords) == 0 || $search_keywords == "")

    {

        echo "search for blank engaged<br>";

        echo "<a href='searchdocs.php'>Go Back</a>";

    }

    else

    {

        // Connect to the database

        $dServer = "localhost";

        $dDb = "content";

        $dUser = "admin";

        $dPass = "password";

        $s = @mysql_connect($dServer, $dUser, $dPass) or die("Couldn't connect to database server");

        @mysql_select_db($dDb, $s) or die("Couldn't connect to database");



        for($i = 0; $i < sizeof($arrWords); $i++)

        {

            $query = "select articleIds from searchWords where word = '{$arrWords[$i]}'";

            $result = mysql_query($query);

            if(mysql_num_rows($result) > 0)

            {

                // Get the id's of the articles

                $row = mysql_fetch_array($result);

                $arrIds = explode(",", $row[0]);

                $arrWhere = implode(" OR articleId = ", $arrIds);

                $aQuery = "select articleId, title, left(content, 100) as summary from articles where articleId = " . $arrWhere;

                $aResult = mysql_query($aQuery);

                $count = 0;

                $articles = array();

                if(mysql_num_rows($aResult) > 0)

                {

                    while($aRow = mysql_fetch_array($aResult))

                    {

                        $articles[$count] = array (

                        "articleId" => $aRow["articleId"],

                        "title" => $aRow["title"],

                        "summary" => $aRow["summary"]

                        );

                        $count++;

                    }

                }



                if(isset($articles))

                {

                    $articles = array_unique($articles);

                    echo "<h1>" . sizeof($articles);

                    echo (sizeof($articles) == 1 ? " article" : " articles");

                    echo " found:</h1>";

                    foreach($articles as $a => $value)

                    {

?>

                        <a href="article.php?articleId=<?php echo $articles[$a]["articleId"]; ?>">

                        <b><u><?php echo $articles[$a]["title"]; ?></u></b>

                        </a>

                        <br><?php echo $articles[$a]["summary"] . "..."; ?>

                        <br>

                        <a href="article.php?articleId=<?php echo $articles[$a]; ?>">

                        http://www.mysite.com/article.php?articleId=<?php echo $articles[$a]["articleId"]; ?>

                        </a>

                        <br><br>

<?php

                    }

                }

                else

                {

                    echo "No results found for '$search_keywords'<br>";

                    echo "<a href='searchdocs.php'>Go Back</a>";

                }



            }

        }

    }



?>

From what I see now, you're missing a curly

wow.. thanks much!

hrmm,
did you add it?

the semantics are wonderous! but im still receiving a error on the final line.. could it also be because most of my pages are .htm's and the article it requests is article.php?

aside, im sorry if i in any way imlied this is MY code or that i constructed it, obvious enough see :D it was a public doc tutorial, and i'd just about given up on searchbars lol

again, much thanks for the assitence, i grok your talent!!

No, I did not add it; should be before the last '?>' to close the function doSearch

No, it's not because of php versus htm as you get a parse error indicating that PHP processes it

No, I did not say it was your code although it is the code that you posted and therefore the reference to YOUR ;) Else it gets to difficult to explain :)

If you use an editor with syntax highlighting, you might see it.

PS
There is a dedicated programming section at LQ

PPS
If your problem is solved, please mark it as such using the thread tools just above the first post.

THANKS MUCH!!

lol, the document reads perfectly, now i have a couldnt connect to database server, dont stress, i can google and check the programming link, thaks again sir!