PJ wrote:
> Shawn McKenzie wrote:
>> PJ wrote:
>>
>>> Caner Bulut wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi PJ,
>>>>
>>>> You can use the structure following
>>>>
>>>> $bid = htmlentities($_GET['id']);
>>>>
>>>>
>>> the code below
>>>
>>>> if(empty($bid) {
>>>> $bid=0;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>> produces an empty screen with no error messages...
>>> I have been having some trouble understanding "empty()" -- it doesn't
>>> seem to want to work for me in any situation
>>>
>> YOU, always need to have error_reporting on and display errors on, and
>> also be logging errors so that you can see parse errors in the log.
>> Always check the log after a "empty screen". I've seen many posts from
>> you where you get a blank, empty, white screen. This is most always a
>> parse error!. Get an editor that will show you bad syntax like the
>> above. It is a freaking parse error because you don't have matched
>> parentheses!
>>
>>
> Shawn, I always have error_reporting on and display errors on.
> Ok, I didn't see the error above; but in my defense (no defense really),
> I should have thought about it) i just copied the code I was given.
> Dumb, dumb, dumb. Thanks for pointing it out.
> And yes, I do have a lot of problems with curly braces & parentheses.
> I eventually do find them... but...
> I have been thinking about what editor would show me bad syntax...
> I've been using HOMESITE+ for no other reason than that it allows me to
> switch between files quickly ... I do have Netbeans, but it screwed me
> once when I accidentally closed it and I lost the whole file and had to
> redo it all, so I'm a bit wary...
> And I'm not too keen on getting into some IDE... tried them and found
> them cumbersome to set up & learn.
> Any suggestions?
>
If you are on Winbloze, I thing the free notepad++ has syntax
highlighting for PHP.
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Thanks!
-Shawn
http://www.spidean.com
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