Mike and all, guess I still have something wrong as I am getting this error: *Parse error*: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in * /hsphere/local/home/bruceg/inspired-evolution.com/Contact_Form.php<http://evolution.com/Contact_Form.php> * on line *52* line 52 is: <input class="<?PHP if ($error_msg) {echo "error"} else {echo "normal"} ?>" id="firstname" name="firstname" type="text" value="<?php echo $_POST['firstname'] ?>"> how would I fix this error? On 10/18/05, Ford, Mike <M.Ford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 18 October 2005 15:50, Bruce Gilbert wrote: > > > I think so Minuk. Here is the *entire* form code below. Maybe > > someone can > > also point out why the email regex validation code isn't working? TIA > > /****************************begin PHP form > > code*************************************/ > > > > <?php > > $form_block=<<<END_FORM > > Here starteth a heredoc ;) > > > <form method="post" action="{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}" > > class="info_request" > <fieldset class="left"> > > <legend title="About You">About You</legend> > > > > <p><label for="firstname"><span class="red">*</span> First > > Name: </label><br > > /> > > > > <input class="<?PHP if ($error_msg){echo "input.error";}else{echo " > > Here you try to start a block of PHP code within the heredoc. You can't do > that. > > Because you didn't show us the heredoc, most of the responses assumed you > had broken out of PHP completely into HTML, which is why many of the > solutions produced parse errors. > > > input.normal";}?>" id="firstname" name="firstname" > > type="text" value="<?PHP > > echo $_POST['firstname'];?>"> > > Again, you're trying to use PHP code inside a heredoc -- this one's > solvable, though: as you just want the value of the variable, you can use > {$_POST['firstname']} (which I notice you do elsewhere!). > > Actually, since you use the heredoc's value once almost immediately after > assigning it, I think you probably would be better breaking out into PHP for > most of this, thusly: > > if ($_POST['op']!='ds') { > > ?> > <form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" > class="info_request" > > <fieldset class="left"> > <legend title="About You">About You</legend> > > <p><label for="firstname"><span class="red">*</span> First Name: > </label><br /> > > <input class="<?PHP > if ($error_msg) {echo "error"} > else {echo "normal"} > ?>" id="firstname" name="firstname" type="text" value="<?php > echo $_POST['firstname'] ?>"> > > ... etc. ... > > <?php > } else if ($_POST["op"] == "ds") { > > Hope this helps. > > Cheers! > > Mike > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, > Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, > JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, > Headingley Campus, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom > Email: m.ford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 > > > To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to > http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm > -- ::Bruce::
