Simple Question - Simple Answer???

mjjk91 · - Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Posts: 75 Location: Australia

G'Day All,

This could well be the easiest question ever, but it is giving me no end of problems, as i have tried SOOOOOOO many combinations. This code is straightout of a textbook, and everytime i try to run it, im getting an Error 200 message, which i know is because of a syntax error in my code. Im having problems closing the IF statement. As you can see, i need to close the IF statement at the end, but am not sure how. It shows:

<?
}

But this has proven to be incorrect. I would have thought it was:

<?php
}
?>

But when i try this, it is also incorrect. I know the rest of the code works, so how do i close the IF statement at the end? Here is the entire script:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<?php
if($_SESSION['admin_access'] == true){
?>
<table width="160" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr bgcolor="#000066">
<td width="5" height="10"> </td>
<td width="150"><div align="center">Admin
Links</div></td>
<td width="5"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="5"> </td>
<td align="left" valign="top">

<a href="/admin/newscategory.php">Create News Article
Categories</a>
 <a
href="/admin/mod_news_category.php">Modify/Delete
News Article Categories</a>
<a
href="/admin/news_insert.php">Add
News Article</a>
<a
href="/admin/mod_news_article.php">Modify/Delete
News Article</a>
 
</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<hr size="1">
<?
}

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cheers Everyone.

Mick Koch

eznetlinks · - Joined: 27 Sep 2003 Posts: 144

The closing php tag cannot be used before the if statement is executed . Therefore the html must be between { and }.
example:
<?
if(statement)
{
echo '<html>';
}
?>

<?php
if($_SESSION['admin_access'] == true){
echo'<table width="160" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr bgcolor="#000066">
<td width="5" height="10"> </td>
<td width="150"><div align="center">Admin
Links</div></td>
<td width="5"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="5"> </td>
<td align="left" valign="top">

<a href="/admin/newscategory.php">Create News Article
Categories</a>
 <a
href="/admin/mod_news_category.php">Modify/Delete
News Article Categories</a>
<a
href="/admin/news_insert.php">Add
News Article</a>
<a
href="/admin/mod_news_article.php">Modify/Delete
News Article</a>
 
</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<hr size="1">';
}
?>

Motionmaster · - Joined: 21 Mar 2003 Posts: 5

Well, it is possible.

<? if(() == true) { ?>
<html>
<? } ?>

Must work.