Re: [PHP-INSTALL] Error trying to list images in a directory

Scott Hamm wrote:

> While trying to learn Php/MySQL from "Php 5/MySQL Programming for the
> absolute beginner" book, I copied the exact code and yet ran into error
> saying:
>
> "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache2\htdocs\Calendar\Two\test.php on line 41"
>
> Line 41 is a line AFTER </html>
>
> I might be missing something?
>
>
> <?
> 	$dirName = "C:\Program Files\Apache
>  Group\Apache2\htdocs\Calendar\Two\Images
";
> 	$dp = opendir($dirname);
> 	chdir($dirName);
>
> 	while($currFile !== false){
> 	$currFile=readDir($dp);
> 	$thefiles[]=$currentfile;
> 	}
>
> 	$imageFiles=preg_grep("/jpg$|gif$/", $thefiles);
>
> 	$output = "";
> 	foreach($imagefiles as $currentFile){
> 	$output .= <<<HERE
> 	<a href=$currentfile><img src="$currentfile"></a>
> 	HERE;
> 	}
>
> 	$fp = fopen("imageindex.html","w");
> 	fputs ($fp, $output);
> 	fclose($fp);
> 	print "<a href=$dirname/imageindex.html></a>\n";
>
> ?>
>

If you mean that line 41 is a line number after your program ends, this
usually means that something is not closed. That is, a missing } or ) or
perhaps an opening " with no closing ". Sometimes it's using a } when it
should be a ) or a ) that should be a }.

Check out your heredoc. The first HERE must have nothing after it on the
line, not even a blank space. The second HERE must begin at the very
beginning of the line, with nothing before it, not even a blank space.

Janet


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