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syntax error - Am I missing something

I generate a form with the PHP IDE and it runs. I put a button on that forms and it runs. I attached code to that button to change the Caption when it is clicked and I get the following:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '='
No matter what I do, I get a syntax error The code is below.
NOTE : I have not included all three statements in the code at the same tmie. I include all three here only to show what I have tried. On the other hand if I simply put in Button1.Caption; it does not flag that as an error and the forms is displayed.

What in the world am I missing?

function Button1Click($sender, $params)
               {
               Button1.Color = 5;
               $sender.color = 5;
               Button1->caption = "test";
               }

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ahoffmann

what language is/should be that code?

evault

ASKER

I am trying to program in PHP, but obviously I am not connecting the dots. I even put the PHP tags (<?php ?> around the code and got an error stating unexpetced '<'.

ahoffmann

> Button1.Color = 5;
is no PHP syntax, should probably be
$Button1.Color = 5;

evault

ASKER

Tried that, same error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=' in C:\....
If all else fails, what the java script syntax be?

evault

ASKER

here is the whole thing: This doesn't make sense. I have programmed in PHP before and something just isn't clicking here.

<?php
        //Includes
        require_once("vcl/vcl.inc.php");
        use_unit("comctrls.inc.php");
        use_unit("forms.inc.php");
        use_unit("extctrls.inc.php");
        use_unit("stdctrls.inc.php");
 
        //Class definition
        class Unit1 extends Page
        {
               public $Button1 = null;
               public $Edit3 = null;
               public $Label3 = null;
               public $Edit2 = null;
               public $Label2 = null;
               public $Edit1 = null;
               public $Label1 = null;
               public $PageControl1 = null;
               function Button1Click($sender, $params)
               {
                 echo "this is a test";
                 $sender.Color = 5;
               }
 
 
 
 
         }
 
        global $application;
 
        global $Unit1;
 
        //Creates the form
        $Unit1=new Unit1($application);
 
        //Read from resource file
        $Unit1->loadResource(__FILE__);
 
        //Shows the form
        $Unit1->show();
 
?>

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Joe Wu

Try:

<?php
        //Includes
        require_once("vcl/vcl.inc.php");
        use_unit("comctrls.inc.php");
        use_unit("forms.inc.php");
        use_unit("extctrls.inc.php");
        use_unit("stdctrls.inc.php");
 
        //Class definition
        class Unit1 extends Page
        {
               public $Button1 = null;
               public $Edit3 = null;
               public $Label3 = null;
               public $Edit2 = null;
               public $Label2 = null;
               public $Edit1 = null;
               public $Label1 = null;
               public $PageControl1 = null;
               function Button1Click($sender, $params)
               {
                 echo "this is a test";
                 $sender->Color = 5;
               }
 
 
 
 
         }
 
        global $application;
 
        global $Unit1;
 
        //Creates the form
        $Unit1=new Unit1($application);
 
        //Read from resource file
        $Unit1->loadResource(__FILE__);
 
        //Shows the form
        $Unit1->show();
 
?>

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evault

ASKER

No syntax error, but on the otherhand it didn't really do anything. Here is an obvious question: Can a Button's Caption property actually be changed on the fly in PHP?

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evault

ASKER

I am dumber than a stick. In checking my notes and pouring over some books I realized, as you pointed out, that PHP is used for building forms on the fly, not for interacting with users.