Parse error with php MySQL

TunaSaladBB

Hi all,

I am creating a php page on my site to allow users to edit their accounts. I'm receiving the following error:

Parse error: parse error in C:\wamp\www\MyWebsite\editmyaccount.php on line 130

Here is the code:

<tr valign="top">
<td class="formlabel">Age:</td>
<td><span id="age">
<select name="Age">
<option value="">Please select your age category</option>
<option value="1" <?php if (!(strcmp("1", <?php echo htmlentities($row_Users, ENT_COMPAT, 'utf-8'); ?>))) {echo "SELECTED";} ?>>0-15</option>
<option value="2" <?php if (!(strcmp("2", <?php echo htmlentities($row_Users, ENT_COMPAT, 'utf-8'); ?>))) {echo "SELECTED";} ?>>16-19</option>
<option value="3" <?php if (!(strcmp("3", <?php echo htmlentities($row_Users, ENT_COMPAT, 'utf-8'); ?>))) {echo "SELECTED";} ?>>20-29</option>
<option value="4" <?php if (!(strcmp("4", <?php echo htmlentities($row_Users, ENT_COMPAT, 'utf-8'); ?>))) {echo "SELECTED";} ?>>30-39</option>
<option value="5" <?php if (!(strcmp("5", <?php echo htmlentities($row_Users, ENT_COMPAT, 'utf-8'); ?>))) {echo "SELECTED";} ?>>40-49</option>
<option value="6" <?php if (!(strcmp("6", <?php echo htmlentities($row_Users, ENT_COMPAT, 'utf-8'); ?>))) {echo "SELECTED";} ?>>50+</option>
</select>
<span class="selectRequiredMsg">Required</span></span>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- Initialize the Validation Select widget object-->
<script type="text/javascript">
<!-- If no JavaScript
var age = new Spry.Widget.ValidationSelect("age");
//-->
</script>


I'd really appreciate if anybody would point me in the right direction. Thanks very much in advance.

Liam Byrne

You've got PHP tags within PHP tags

<?php if (!(strcmp("1", <?php echo

Not only that, but the echo at the end is a command, when in actual fact PHP is looking for the next parameter for strcmp.

Have you done programming before ?

I would guess

<option value="1" <?php if (!(strcmp("1",htmlentities($row_Users, ENT_COMPAT, 'utf-8')))) echo "SELECTED"; ?>>0-15</option>

Would be closer to what you want.

I would also set a temporary variable to the result of the htmlentities function, and use that for all the comparisons, instead of unnecessarily calling the function multiple times.

TunaSaladBB

Thanks a million, that worked perfectly. I haven't done much programming before. Dreamweaver generated most of that and I've been trying to edit it to do what I want it do. Thanks again for your help.