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

[Janet Valade]

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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