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<? echo "<p>Review Text - You can edit this text: <br /><textarea cols=\"40\" rows=\"6\" name=\"reviewtext\" value =\".$rs['reviewtext'];?>.\" /></textarea></p>

I keep getting an error Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING

I know I have an error around the "Value" part but I can't figure out what the problem is. Can anyone help out?

syedasimmeesaq

try this
echo "<p>Review Text - You can edit this text: <br /><textarea cols=\"40\" rows=\"6\" name=\"reviewtext\" value =\".$rs['reviewtext'];?>.\"" /></textarea></p>

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hernst42

other option is to use {.. } for the variablename and not to use string concatenation

<? echo "<p>Review Text - You can edit this text: <br /><textarea cols=\"40\" rows=\"6\" name=\"reviewtext\" value =\"{$rs['reviewtext']}\"";?> /></textarea></p>

Larry Vollmer

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thanks guys

hielo

the value for a textares does NOT go withing a value attribute. It needs to go between <textarea> and </textarea>. This is what you need (copy and paste from here):
<?php echo "<p>Review Text - You can edit this text: <br /><textarea cols=\"40\" rows=\"6\" name=\"reviewtext\">{$rs['reviewtext']}</textarea></p>";

Larry Vollmer

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hielo is right, i was wondering what I was doing wrong. perhaps I can get you some points.

Larry Vollmer

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hielo - i get this error with that line of code:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/venuereview/approve.php on line 194

Larry Vollmer

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never mind, I didn't close the php

Larry Vollmer

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it still says it is closed?