having trouble with php code giving a Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '>'

ashevillan · 03-13-2013, 03:29 PM

full error message:Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '>' in F:\CIS_115\Webserver\xampplite\htdocs\Webtech\coursework\Exam1\convertTemp.php on line 20
lines 19-22:
print ("<h1>$fahrenheit degrees F converts to $celsius degrees Celsius</h1>);
print ("<p> <a href=\"convertTemp.html"Convert another?</a> <a href=\"weather.html"\Todays Weather</a></p>");

?>
looked over it a million times and i cant find a extra > anywhere

yancek · 03-13-2013, 04:21 PM

I don't know if this is it but, you don't have a closing double-quote in this line:

Code:

print ("<h1>$fahrenheit degrees F converts to $celsius degrees Celsius</h1>);

Typo here?

michaelk · 03-13-2013, 04:46 PM

Go look up the correct syntax for href statements plus check your quotes.

Quote:

print ("<p> <a href=\"convertTemp.html"Convert another?</a> <a href=\"weather.html"\Todays Weather</a></p>");

grail · 03-13-2013, 07:02 PM

Ditto ... check both lines for quotes as there are several missing. Also check where you have placed backslashes, one in particular will give a completely different look to the data.

ashevillan · 03-13-2013, 09:27 PM

thanks guys i see the quotes i missed and ditched the back slashes

print ("<h1>$fahrenheit degrees F converts to $celsius degrees Celsius</h1>");
print ("<p> <a href="convertTemp.html"Convert another? </a><a href="weather.html"Todays Weather</a></p>");

i am now getting an unexpected T_string error on line 20, the second of the two above^

michaelk · 03-13-2013, 11:27 PM

You still did not fix the syntax errors nor quotes in the second line.

grail · 03-14-2013, 10:37 AM

Code:

 <a href="convertTemp.html"Convert another? </a>

maybe first take a look at the above and see if you can work out why this would be an invalid anchor? (hint: Why some of it in quotes and the other bit not?)