I think i know where the problem is now! there should not have any space BEFORE "QEW;" >_< i just want it looks better Qiuli <div>On 12/22/06, Qiuli Han <<a href="mailto:ivyharry@gmail.com">ivyharry@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Thanks John Actually I just did what u said before I get your reply the reason why did that was because i thought it is easier to debug and on the other hand i used to work with Perl which i used print qq~ everywhere to print about a website so i assumed that it will work the same way as =<<< I guess i cant really do it in php then Thanks! Qiuli<div> <div> On 12/22/06, John Dangler <<a href="mailto:jdangler@atlantic.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">jdangler@atlantic.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> It appears as if those marks indicate a transaction block of some sort, although I can't find any reference to it anywhere on <a href="http://php.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">php.net</a> And, never having seen them used in php before, I would say that the error is truly a "syntax error" ... but why not something like this - if ($del == "Yes") { ?> User <? echo $fname . ' ' . $lname ?> with user name $uname has been deleted <a href="./userlist.php">Back to User List</a> <? echo $yes; } On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 21:13 -0500, Qiuli Han wrote: > Hi php, sorry, ubuntu: > i know this is not right place to ask, but i am running LAMP on an > ubuntu 6.01 > so i have some code here in php gives me problem: > > Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end > in /srv/www/htdocs/php/store/userdelGO.php on line 68 > > well > from experience i know it must be =<<< caused the problem > since if i comment out those 2 =<<< in my if statements it wont have > any problem > > then i try to fix that =<<< problem > but no matter what i do it just.....u know....same error > > here is my stupid code > open.php is the file i use to open the mysql connection > > please help > > thanks > > <?php > > $id=$_REQUEST['id']; > $del=$_REQUEST['del']; > echo $id; > include "open.php"; > > $query="select user_name, fname, lname from user where id=$id"; > > $run=mysql_query($query) or die (mysql_error()); > > $row = mysql_fetch_array($run,MYSQL_ASSOC); > > $uname=$row['user_name']; > $fname=$row['fname']; > $lname=$row['lname']; > > > > > if ($del == "Yes") { > //echo "yes"; > //mysql_query(delete from user where id=$id); > > $yes=<<<QEW > <html> > <title>Confirmation</title> > <body> > User $fname $lname with user name $uname has been > deleted > > > <a href="./userlist.php">Back to User List</a> > </body> > </html> > QEW; > > > echo $yes; > > } > > > > if ($del == "No") { > echo "no"; > /* > $no=<<<EOD > <html> > <title>Confirmation</title> > <body> > You cancelled deleting user $fname $lname with > User name $uname > > User $fname stays in the database > > <a href="./userlist.php">Back to User List</a> > </body> > </html> > EOD; > echo $no; > */ > } > > mysql_close(); > > ?> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com </a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> </blockquote></div> </div></blockquote></div>