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peterspliid
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Parse error: syntax error

Post by peterspliid »

Well first of all, first post :D Joined because I have a PHP error I simply have no idea how to solve. The script is for an application form for my forum, where people can apply to join us. Here is the whole php script.

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<?php
/**
* @package application.php
* @copyright (c) JimA http://beta-garden.com 2009
* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
*
*/
 
define('IN_PHPBB', true);
$phpbb_root_path = (defined('PHPBB_ROOT_PATH')) ? PHPBB_ROOT_PATH : './';
$phpEx = substr(strrchr(__FILE__, '.'), 1);
include($phpbb_root_path . 'common.' . $phpEx);
 
// Start session management
$user->session_begin();
$auth->acl($user->data);
$user->setup('mods/application');
 
// You need to login before being able to send out an application
if ($user->data['user_id'] == ANONYMOUS)
{
    login_box('', $user->lang['LOGIN_APPLICATION_FORM']);
}
 
include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions_posting.' . $phpEx);
 
// Let's set the configuration, this is the ID of the forum where the post goes to
$forumid_send = 2;
 
$submit = (isset($_POST['submit'])) ? true : false;
 
    if ($submit)
    {
 
// Setting the variables we need to submit the post to the forum where all the applications come in
$apply_subject  = sprintf($user->lang['APPLICATION_SUBJECT'], $user->data['username']);
$apply_post     = sprintf($user->lang['APPLICATION_MESSAGE'], $user->data['username'], utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('name', '', true)), $user->data['user_email'], request_var('postion', '', true), utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('why', '', true))), request_var('name', '', true), request_var('class', '', true), request_var('race', '', true), request_var('mainspec', '', true), request_var('offspec', '', true), request_var('equipment', '', true), request_var('progress', '', true), request_var('howoften', '', true), request_var('prevguilds', '', true), request_var('vent', '', true), request_var('charhis', '', true), request_var('seek', '', true), request_var('benifit', '', true), request_var('recommend', '', true), request_var('rules', '', true), request_var('question', '', true), request_var('raidtimes', '', true), request_var('dwarves', '', true), request_var('realname', '', true), request_var('age', '', true), request_var('location', '', true), request_var('occupation', '', true), request_var('describe', '', true);
 
// variables to hold the parameters for submit_post
$poll = $uid = $bitfield = $options = ''; 
 
generate_text_for_storage($apply_post, $uid, $bitfield, $options, true, true, true);
 
$data = array( 
    'forum_id'      => $forumid_send,
    'icon_id'       => false,
 
    'enable_bbcode'     => true,
    'enable_smilies'    => true,
    'enable_urls'       => true,
    'enable_sig'        => true,
 
    'message'       => $apply_post,
    'message_md5'   => md5($apply_post),
                
    'bbcode_bitfield'   => $bitfield,
    'bbcode_uid'        => $uid,
 
    'post_edit_locked'  => 0,
    'topic_title'       => $apply_subject,
    'notify_set'        => false,
    'notify'            => false,
    'post_time'         => 0,
    'forum_name'        => '',
    'enable_indexing'   => true,
);
 
// Sending the post to the forum set in configuration above
submit_post('post', $apply_subject, '', POST_NORMAL, $poll, $data);
 
$message = $user->lang['APPLICATION_SEND'];
$message = $message . '<br /><br />' . sprintf($user->lang['RETURN_INDEX'], '<a href="' . append_sid("{$phpbb_root_path}index.$phpEx") . '">', '</a>');
trigger_error($message);
}
 
page_header($user->lang['APPLICATION_PAGETITLE']);
 
$template->assign_vars(array(
    'PROCESS_APPFORM'   => append_sid("{$phpbb_root_path}application.$phpEx"),
    ));
    
$template->set_filenames(array(
    'body' => 'appform_body.html',
));
 
page_footer();
 
?>
The error is in line 37, which is this:

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$apply_post     = sprintf($user->lang['APPLICATION_MESSAGE'], $user->data['username'], utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('name', '', true)), $user->data['user_email'], request_var('postion', '', true), utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('why', '', true))), request_var('name', '', true), request_var('class', '', true), request_var('race', '', true), request_var('mainspec', '', true), request_var('offspec', '', true), request_var('equipment', '', true), request_var('progress', '', true), request_var('howoften', '', true), request_var('prevguilds', '', true), request_var('vent', '', true), request_var('charhis', '', true), request_var('seek', '', true), request_var('benifit', '', true), request_var('recommend', '', true), request_var('rules', '', true), request_var('question', '', true), request_var('raidtimes', '', true), request_var('dwarves', '', true), request_var('realname', '', true), request_var('age', '', true), request_var('location', '', true), request_var('occupation', '', true), request_var('describe', '', true);
I would be very happy if someone could solve it :)

EDIT: The error is "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ',' in */application.php on line 37"
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iankent
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Re: Parse error: syntax error

Post by iankent »

this bit I think has an extra )
utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('why', '', true)))
should be
utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('why', '', true))

the extra bracket means php is expecting a ; or operator (+ . - etc) rather than a comma

hth

p.s. it'd be much easier to spot problems like this if you break it down a bit rather than putting everything on one line :) doesn't affect the code but does make it more human-readable

p.p.s - forgot to say, welcome to the forum :)
peterspliid
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Re: Parse error: syntax error

Post by peterspliid »

Thank you, didn't notice. Now it seems to give me a new error, very similar to the first:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';' in */application.php on line 37

Note it changed from ',' to ';'

The line now looks like this:

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$apply_post     = sprintf($user->lang['APPLICATION_MESSAGE'], $user->data['username'], utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('name', '', true)), $user->data['user_email'], request_var('postion', '', true), utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('why', '', true)), request_var('name', '', true), request_var('class', '', true), request_var('race', '', true), request_var('mainspec', '', true), request_var('offspec', '', true), request_var('equipment', '', true), request_var('progress', '', true), request_var('howoften', '', true), request_var('prevguilds', '', true), request_var('vent', '', true), request_var('charhis', '', true), request_var('seek', '', true), request_var('benifit', '', true), request_var('recommend', '', true), request_var('rules', '', true), request_var('question', '', true), request_var('raidtimes', '', true), request_var('dwarves', '', true), request_var('realname', '', true), request_var('age', '', true), request_var('location', '', true), request_var('occupation', '', true), request_var('describe', '', true);
And sorry for the messed bunch of code. Might clean it while waiting ;)

Really appreciated.
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iankent
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Re: Parse error: syntax error

Post by iankent »

You're missing a ) at the end :)

i.e., the last bit should be )); not );
peterspliid
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Re: Parse error: syntax error

Post by peterspliid »

Works again! Thank you so much :drunk:
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