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syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182811] Mon, 16 September 2013 13:20 Go to next message
richard is currently offline  richard   
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All is well with matching divisions in notepad++ until I enter this code:

echo "<div class='bcol2'>";
echo "* ".$number." *<br />";
echo '<a
href="http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year='.$year.'&amp;nid='.$number.'">';
echo $vid[0];
echo "</a>";
echo "<br />";
echo $vid[1];
echo "<br />";
echo $vid[3];
echo" </div>\n";

$number++;

Notepad++ matches the opening division with the very last closing division
tag.
Not the closing tag it is supposed to pair with.
Without this code, the pairs match.

So where's the syntax issue at?

I made sure all tags matched properly before including the code.
Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182813 is a reply to message #182811] Mon, 16 September 2013 14:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:20:03 -0400, richard wrote:

> So where's the syntax issue at?

Possibly in the code you haven't shown us.

> I made sure all tags matched properly before including the code.

Is this div contained within an inline element? eg a span?

Is notepad just confused?

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Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182814 is a reply to message #182811] Mon, 16 September 2013 14:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:20:03 -0400, richard wrote:

> So where's the syntax issue at?

What happens when you feed the resulting output into the validator?

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Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182815 is a reply to message #182811] Mon, 16 September 2013 14:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:20:03 -0400, richard <noreply(at)example(dot)com> wrote:

> All is well with matching divisions in notepad++ until I enter this code:
>
> echo "<div class='bcol2'>";
> echo "* ".$number." *<br />";
> echo '<a
> href="http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year='.$year.'&amp;nid='.$number.'">';

You have single quotes in the URL that are closing the cho statement.



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Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182816 is a reply to message #182815] Mon, 16 September 2013 14:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:12:44 +0100, Paul Herber wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:20:03 -0400, richard <noreply(at)example(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> All is well with matching divisions in notepad++ until I enter this code:
>>
>> echo "<div class='bcol2'>";
>> echo "* ".$number." *<br />";
>> echo '<a
>> href="http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year='.$year.'&amp;nid='.$number.'">';
>
> You have single quotes in the URL that are closing the cho statement.

I removed the ? and everything after, it still won't pair up properly.
I reversed the single and dounle quotes, no change.
used the \" method, no change.
Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182817 is a reply to message #182815] Mon, 16 September 2013 15:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jerry Stuckle is currently offline  Jerry Stuckle
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On 9/16/2013 10:12 AM, Paul Herber wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:20:03 -0400, richard <noreply(at)example(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> All is well with matching divisions in notepad++ until I enter this code:
>>
>> echo "<div class='bcol2'>";
>> echo "* ".$number." *<br />";
>> echo '<a
>> href="http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year='.$year.'&amp;nid='.$number.'">';
>
> You have single quotes in the URL that are closing the cho statement.
>
>
>

Which is perfectly valid...

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Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182818 is a reply to message #182811] Mon, 16 September 2013 15:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jerry Stuckle is currently offline  Jerry Stuckle
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On 9/16/2013 9:20 AM, richard wrote:
> All is well with matching divisions in notepad++ until I enter this code:
>
> echo "<div class='bcol2'>";
> echo "* ".$number." *<br />";
> echo '<a
> href="http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year='.$year.'&amp;nid='.$number.'">';
> echo $vid[0];
> echo "</a>";
> echo "<br />";
> echo $vid[1];
> echo "<br />";
> echo $vid[3];
> echo" </div>\n";
>
> $number++;
>
> Notepad++ matches the opening division with the very last closing division
> tag.
> Not the closing tag it is supposed to pair with.
> Without this code, the pairs match.
>
> So where's the syntax issue at?
>
> I made sure all tags matched properly before including the code.
>

There's a limit as to how much editors can interpret the code. For
instance, they can't properly parse something like:

<?php if ($i == 3)
echo "<div class='foo'\n";
?>

because $i is only meaningful during the execution of the page.

They also don't handle things like:

echo "<";
echo "div ";
echo "class='foo'";
echo ">\n";

Even though this generates perfectly valid HTML (I know you wouldn't
write it like this, but it's an example).

As a result, when you mix things like regular html and html generated by
php (or any other language), editors are bound to get confused at some
point in time. It's just a limit of what editors can do.

The best way is to run the generated page through the HTML validator, as
Denis suggested.


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Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182819 is a reply to message #182811] Mon, 16 September 2013 15:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:20:03 -0400, richard wrote:

> All is well with matching divisions in notepad++ until I enter this code:
>
> echo "<div class='bcol2'>";
> echo "* ".$number." *<br />";
> echo '<a
> href="http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year='.$year.'&amp;nid='.$number.'">';
> echo $vid[0];
> echo "</a>";
> echo "<br />";
> echo $vid[1];
> echo "<br />";
> echo $vid[3];
> echo" </div>\n";
>
> $number++;
>
> Notepad++ matches the opening division with the very last closing division
> tag.
> Not the closing tag it is supposed to pair with.
> Without this code, the pairs match.
>
> So where's the syntax issue at?
>
> I made sure all tags matched properly before including the code.

followup

apparently, notepad++ doesn't like tags in echo.

echo "<div>" is not ok.
while echo "div" is.
otherwise, the code by itself is kosher.

so I guess I'm gonna have to use the &amp version for the tag brackets.
Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182820 is a reply to message #182819] Mon, 16 September 2013 15:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Christoph Michael Bec is currently offline  Christoph Michael Bec
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richard wrote:

> so I guess I'm gonna have to use the &amp version for the tag brackets.

You may consider using PHP's "template" syntax instead:

<div class="bcol2">
* <?php echo $number;?> *<br />
<a href="http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year='<?php echo
$year;?>&amp;nid='<?php echo $number;?>">
<?php echo $vid[0];?>
</a>
<br />
<?php echo $vid[1];?>
<br />
<?php echo $vid[3];?>
</div>

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Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182821 is a reply to message #182815] Mon, 16 September 2013 15:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Thomas 'PointedEars'  is currently offline  Thomas 'PointedEars'
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Paul Herber wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:20:03 -0400, richard <noreply(at)example(dot)com> wrote:
>> All is well with matching divisions in notepad++ until I enter this code:
>>
>> echo "<div class='bcol2'>";
>> echo "* ".$number." *<br />";
>> echo '<a
^------------------------------------------------------------------
>> href="http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year='.$year.'&amp;nid='.
--------------------------------------------^ ^---------^
>> $number.'">';
^--^
>
> You have single quotes in the URL that are closing the cho statement.

Nonsense.


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Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182822 is a reply to message #182817] Mon, 16 September 2013 16:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:05:19 -0400, Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote:

> On 9/16/2013 10:12 AM, Paul Herber wrote:
>> On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:20:03 -0400, richard <noreply(at)example(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>> All is well with matching divisions in notepad++ until I enter this code:
>>>
>>> echo "<div class='bcol2'>";
>>> echo "* ".$number." *<br />";
>>> echo '<a
>>> href="http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year='.$year.'&amp;nid='.$number.'">';
>>
>> You have single quotes in the URL that are closing the cho statement.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Which is perfectly valid...

Oops, my mistook, I didn't notice the . concatenating the strings!


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Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182823 is a reply to message #182818] Mon, 16 September 2013 17:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:12:22 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:

> On 9/16/2013 9:20 AM, richard wrote:
>> All is well with matching divisions in notepad++ until I enter this code:
>>
>> echo "<div class='bcol2'>";
>> echo "* ".$number." *<br />";
>> echo '<a
>> href="http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year='.$year.'&amp;nid='.$number.'">';
>> echo $vid[0];
>> echo "</a>";
>> echo "<br />";
>> echo $vid[1];
>> echo "<br />";
>> echo $vid[3];
>> echo" </div>\n";
>>
>> $number++;
>>
>> Notepad++ matches the opening division with the very last closing division
>> tag.
>> Not the closing tag it is supposed to pair with.
>> Without this code, the pairs match.
>>
>> So where's the syntax issue at?
>>
>> I made sure all tags matched properly before including the code.
>>
>
> There's a limit as to how much editors can interpret the code. For
> instance, they can't properly parse something like:
>
> <?php if ($i == 3)
> echo "<div class='foo'\n";
> ?>
>
> because $i is only meaningful during the execution of the page.
>
> They also don't handle things like:
>
> echo "<";
> echo "div ";
> echo "class='foo'";
> echo ">\n";
>
> Even though this generates perfectly valid HTML (I know you wouldn't
> write it like this, but it's an example).
>

Actually, notepad++ does accept all you listed except the < and > signs.


> As a result, when you mix things like regular html and html generated by
> php (or any other language), editors are bound to get confused at some
> point in time. It's just a limit of what editors can do.
>
> The best way is to run the generated page through the HTML validator, as
> Denis suggested.

I did and it did not find anyhting out of whack.
Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182824 is a reply to message #182823] Mon, 16 September 2013 17:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 9/16/2013 1:14 PM, richard wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:12:22 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>> On 9/16/2013 9:20 AM, richard wrote:
>>> All is well with matching divisions in notepad++ until I enter this code:
>>>
>>> echo "<div class='bcol2'>";
>>> echo "* ".$number." *<br />";
>>> echo '<a
>>> href="http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year='.$year.'&amp;nid='.$number.'">';
>>> echo $vid[0];
>>> echo "</a>";
>>> echo "<br />";
>>> echo $vid[1];
>>> echo "<br />";
>>> echo $vid[3];
>>> echo" </div>\n";
>>>
>>> $number++;
>>>
>>> Notepad++ matches the opening division with the very last closing division
>>> tag.
>>> Not the closing tag it is supposed to pair with.
>>> Without this code, the pairs match.
>>>
>>> So where's the syntax issue at?
>>>
>>> I made sure all tags matched properly before including the code.
>>>
>>
>> There's a limit as to how much editors can interpret the code. For
>> instance, they can't properly parse something like:
>>
>> <?php if ($i == 3)
>> echo "<div class='foo'\n";
>> ?>
>>
>> because $i is only meaningful during the execution of the page.
>>
>> They also don't handle things like:
>>
>> echo "<";
>> echo "div ";
>> echo "class='foo'";
>> echo ">\n";
>>
>> Even though this generates perfectly valid HTML (I know you wouldn't
>> write it like this, but it's an example).
>>
>
> Actually, notepad++ does accept all you listed except the < and > signs.
>

Sure, it will *ACCEPT* it - but it will not *PROCESS* it properly.

>
>> As a result, when you mix things like regular html and html generated by
>> php (or any other language), editors are bound to get confused at some
>> point in time. It's just a limit of what editors can do.
>>
>> The best way is to run the generated page through the HTML validator, as
>> Denis suggested.
>
> I did and it did not find anyhting out of whack.
>

Then your code is fine.

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Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182825 is a reply to message #182820] Mon, 16 September 2013 17:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 9/16/2013 11:35 AM, Christoph Michael Becker wrote:
> richard wrote:
>
>> so I guess I'm gonna have to use the &amp version for the tag brackets.
>
> You may consider using PHP's "template" syntax instead:
>
> <div class="bcol2">
> * <?php echo $number;?> *<br />
> <a href="http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year='<?php echo
> $year;?>&amp;nid='<?php echo $number;?>">
> <?php echo $vid[0];?>
> </a>
> <br />
> <?php echo $vid[1];?>
> <br />
> <?php echo $vid[3];?>
> </div>
>

What a mess!


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Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182826 is a reply to message #182811] Mon, 16 September 2013 18:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 16/09/13 15:20, richard wrote:
> All is well with matching divisions in notepad++ until I enter this code:
>
> echo "<div class='bcol2'>";
> echo "* ".$number." *<br />";
> echo '<a
> href="http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year='.$year.'&amp;nid='.$number.'">';
> echo $vid[0];
> echo "</a>";
> echo "<br />";
> echo $vid[1];
> echo "<br />";
> echo $vid[3];
> echo" </div>\n";

Gosh, this is really unreadable code, I think you should make it more
readable , it's far easier to see HTML errors if you don't use that many
echo's.


tried:

$output = <<< EOF
<div class='bcol2'>
* {$nbumber} *<br />
<a
href='http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year={$year}&amp;nid={$number}'>{$vid[0]}</a>
<br />
{$vid[1]}
<br />
{$vid[3]}
</div>
EOF;

sure your notepad++ would become a lot happier too.

To make a good code, you separate PHP functions and HTML generation as
much as possible, you don't need to echo, just end the PHP parsing with
a endtag and start it again with a starttag when you need, that is less
stressing for the system than using echo.

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Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182827 is a reply to message #182820] Tue, 17 September 2013 01:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 09/16/2013 11:35 AM, Christoph Michael Becker wrote:
> richard wrote:
>
>> so I guess I'm gonna have to use the &amp version for the tag brackets.
>
> You may consider using PHP's "template" syntax instead:
>
> <div class="bcol2">
> * <?php echo $number;?> *<br />
> <a href="http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year='<?php echo
> $year;?>&amp;nid='<?php echo $number;?>">
> <?php echo $vid[0];?>
> </a>
> <br />
> <?php echo $vid[1];?>
> <br />
> <?php echo $vid[3];?>
> </div>
>

My eyes! My eyes! Please - someone stop the pain!!!!

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Re: syntax error or notepad++ error? [message #182828 is a reply to message #182827] Tue, 17 September 2013 16:48 Go to previous message
Thomas 'PointedEars'  is currently offline  Thomas 'PointedEars'
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Norman Peelman wrote:

> On 09/16/2013 11:35 AM, Christoph Michael Becker wrote:
>> richard wrote:
>>> so I guess I'm gonna have to use the &amp version for the tag brackets.
>>
>> You may consider using PHP's "template" syntax instead:
>>
>> <div class="bcol2">
>> * <?php echo $number;?> *<br />
>> <a href="http://mroldies.net/index2.php?year='<?php echo
>> $year;?>&amp;nid='<?php echo $number;?>">
>> <?php echo $vid[0];?>
>> </a>
>> <br />
>> <?php echo $vid[1];?>
>> <br />
>> <?php echo $vid[3];?>
>> </div>
>
> My eyes! My eyes! Please - someone stop the pain!!!!

:)

Are you referring to the tag soup? If yes, to be fair, Christoph just
rewrote with “‘template’ syntax” what was in the OP.


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