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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