Parse Error, unexpected $

Not sure what I sould be looking for!

[Spook]

Hi All.

I am getting the following error message:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /blah/blah/blah/blah/error.php on line 40

and the code is:

<?php
include ("includes/check_fields.php");
include ("includes/door_functions.php");

check_fields($style, $colour, $panelType, $height, $width); // Check and validate fields

if ($message!="")
{
echo "$message";
}
else
{
echo's Quantity, Colour, Width, Height, Type,
}
get_best_price($height, $width);//Get best "base price" from Dbase

get_range ($style);//Check which price range to use

calculate_price($range, $best_price);//Calcs actual price

echo $price;
echo $message;

exit;
?>
THIS IS LINE 40
I haven't a clue what I'm looking for, a stray $ character? A string? or something else maybe?

Never the less, I still can't find the problem!

Can someone point me in the right direction, I've tried out most of the error codes in the past, but this is a new one on me!

Thanks in advance.

Spook

[ergophobe]

I believe it's reaching the end of file unexpectedly.

Make sure all quotes are closed, braces matched, etc etc.

Tom

[jatar_k]

shouldn't this line

echo's Quantity, Colour, Width, Height, Type,

be commented out?

//echo's Quantity, Colour, Width, Height, Type,

when i run a script for the first time and it is a couple hundred lines long and I get an error on the last line.

I usually bang my head on the keyboard a couple times and go for a coffee. You always have to go through the whole file, last changes first and keep going back until you find it.

fun

[Spook]

Thanks for such a quick response [as always].

I didn't make it very clear, the line "echo's Quantity, Colour, Width, Height, Type," is where I deleted a chunk of code to keep the code post as short as possible - sorry.

I've spent most of the day going throught the code but can't spot anything, but its strange how your own mistakes are more difficult to see.

Think I will pass on the coffee and open a bottle of wine instead. Take another look tomorrow.

Thanks

Graham

[Spook]

Found it!

You were right it was a missing } but it took some finding.

Ironically, in the code I posted above, I spotted the missing brace and replaced it, thinking I had deleted it by mistake whilst "reducing" the code for purpose of the forum.

But why did the error message not say "parse error: missing "}"?

Anyway, panic over, that wine obviously did the trick!

Spook

[vincevincevince]

Try using something with good syntax highlighting, and quote/brace matching.

For *nix I recommend Kate (part of kde).
For win32 I recommend EditPlus 2.

[dreamcatcher]

jEdit also has really good brace matching.

[ergophobe]

hehe. Yeah I'm always swearing at my editor (HAPEdit) saying "That stupid thing! The brace highlighting isn't working!" Fortunately, it's too polite to swear back!

Tom

[Spook]

I've been trying Crimson Editor but I will have a look at the others you have suggested.

What I could really do with is one that sounds a Klaxon when I make a mistake! :lol:
Spook

[bamz]

Hi everyone,
I just wanted to say thankyou so much. I was having the exact same problem with an unexpected $ creating a parse error and couldn't find any $ which would be doing it. In the end it turned out that I had 3 (not one, not two, but three mind you - how did I miss those?) missing } - I suppose thats what you get when you cut and paste your code.
Thanks again, without this post I would never have fixed my problem.
Bamz

[coopster]

Awesome. Glad to have you aboard, bamz! Welcome to WebmasterWorld :)