php help

[Andybebad]

I'm trying to make my own shoutbox using php. The two files are
shout.php and shouting.php. Shout is where you make a new message and shouting is what adds your message to shout. But when I try to run it, I get Parse error: parse error in /data/hosted/simpsonsdungeon/shouting.php on line 9. Here are the two codes:

PHP Code:

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="shouting.php">
Your Name<BR><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="name"><br>
Message:<br>
<TEXTAREA NAME="Message">
</TEXTAREA>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Make it real">
</FORM> 


and

PHP Code:

<?php

     
     $path = "shout.php";

     
     fopen("$path", "w+");

     $Data = <?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?>"<br>"<?php echo $_POST["Message"]>;

     $currentdata = fread("$path", "100");

     
     fwrite("$Data");

     
     fclose("$path");

?>
<a href="/shout.php">Go Back</a>

[Carl-cox-]

i dont understand how are you storeing the data then getting it to appear on the page again

Are you only allowing one shout to be shown at a time ?

also whihc line is line 9

[Andybebad]

line 9 is $Data = <?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?>"<br>"<?php echo $_POST["Message"]>;

How would I make it so it shows more than one post

[Carl-cox-]

$Data = '<?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?>"<br>"<?php echo $_POST["Message"]>;'

i think that will work it will treat the whole line as one string then when its inputted into the new page it will work.

to get multiple shouts in the shout box you need to store the shouts in a database you can use a text file tho. basically its teh same but

PHP Code:

<?

$db_filename = "shoutsdb.txt";
$string_to_add = '<b>'.$_POST["name"].':</b><br>'.$_POST["Message"].'\n';

$handle = fopen($db_filename, 'a');
fwrite($handle, $string_to_add);
fclose($handle);
?>

Thats to add it to the database to get the data and get the shouts use another script

PHP Code:


<?
$show_shouts = 10;
$db_filename = "shoutsdb.txt";
$handle = @fopen($db_filename, 'r'); 

 $array = explode("\n", fread($fp, filesize($db_filename))); 
$i = 0;

foreach ($array as $shout){
if (i > $show_shouts){
exit;
}else{
echo $shout;
}
i++;
}
?>

if your feeling more adventuroius you can do a mysql one

http://www.oxyscripts.com/php/tutorials/17/0.php

[Andybebad]

My host dosn't have mysql but thanks for the help!

EDIT: I get parse error on line 15 with
<?
$show_shouts = 10;
$db_filename = "shoutsdb.txt";
$handle = @fopen($db_filename, 'r');

$array = explode("\n", fread($fp, filesize($db_filename)));
$i = 0;

foreach ($array as $shout){
if (i > $show_shouts){
exit;
}else{
echo $shout;
}
i++;
}
?>

Which would be i++;

[Carl-cox-]

mmm subtitute i++ for

i = i + 1;

[marie_selle]

hi let me give it a try....

in line 9: $Data = <?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?>"<br>"<?php echo $_POST["Message"]>;

it is suppose to be like this: ('?' is missing)
$Data = <?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?>"<br>"<?php echo $_POST["Message"]?>;

in line 15:
i++;
try changing it to "i += 1;"