using html tables in php scripts..

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2002 12:28 pm (11 years, 4 months ago)

im using a php mailing list script, and I want to make it look like the rest of my site, which makes use of tables. below is a sample of code i have added:

echo "<table border=1 bgcolor="#FEDEB8" cellpadding=5 cellspacing=3 width=80% align=center valign=top height="240">";
echo "<tr>";

however it generates an error on the echo "<tr>";

and its not because of the <tr>, as i had two other lines above the code i pasted here and it coughed on <center>

what am I doing wrong? I know very little about php

thanks for any help

oh.. the error message i get is:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `','' or `';'' in /webdir/username/worldwide/phpscript/themailer/path/rgnmailer.php on line 80

in this case, echo "<tr>"; being the the 80th line...

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2002 12:51 pm (11 years, 4 months ago)

Warp wrote:

echo "<table border=1 bgcolor="#FEDEB8" cellpadding=5 cellspacing=3 width=80% align=center valign=top height="240">";
echo "<tr>";

Code:

echo "<table border=1 bgcolor=\"#FEDEB8\" cellpadding=5 cellspacing=3 width=80% align=center valign=top height=\"240\">";
echo "<tr>";

aren't u supposed to use the backslash in your code??

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2002 12:55 pm (11 years, 4 months ago)

Yes, you are, however,

Code:

echo "<tr>";

shouldn't produce an error.

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2002 1:15 pm (11 years, 4 months ago)

ok... thanks.. got that bit worked out.. however now... it just generates a blank screen Sad

any ideas? would i better off using the "print" command/function? or single quotes?

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2002 1:24 pm (11 years, 4 months ago)

Could you please give us a URL? And did you look @ the source of the "blank page"?

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2002 1:57 pm (11 years, 4 months ago)

the url http://selpaw.com/scripts/mailer/recipes/rgnmailer.php?=subscribe

im trying to configure the subscribe page first...

view the page code of that is.. <html> <body> </body> </html>

click here to view the souce

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2002 2:06 pm (11 years, 4 months ago)

What have you modified since it last worked?

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2002 2:18 pm (11 years, 4 months ago)

since adding:

echo "<table border=1 bgcolor=\"#FEDEB8\" cellpadding=5 cellspacing=3 width=80% align=center valign=top height=\"240\">";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td colspan=2 bgcolor=\"#FFFE7\"> <FONT FACE=\"MS Sans Serif, arial,helvetica\" size=1 COLOR=\"navy\">";
echo " <b>Kaye\'s Recipe\'s: Welcome</b></font></td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td height=\"278\">";
echo "<p>";
echo "<center>";

echo "</center>";
echo "<br>";
echo "<p>  </p>";
echo "<p><font face=\"verdana,arial,helvetica\" size=\"1\"><b> </b></font>";
echo " </td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "</table>";

echo "</center>";

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2002 2:20 pm (11 years, 4 months ago)

This is what's wrong:

Code:

Kaye\'s Recipe\'s

You shouldn't escape the ' when you're using " for your variables.

Also, your HTML isn't really valid, but that doesn't matter.

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2002 2:36 pm (11 years, 4 months ago)

the html code is pretty much straight copy from Gossamer-Threads DBMan.....

ill make the mentioned changes and see what happens.....

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still a blank page......

edit:

looking for another mailing list... one that maybe a bit more secure as well....

Junior WebHelper Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Posts: 2

here is an example from my site at f2s
------------------------------------------------
<?
//Initialize database settings.

$link = mysql_connect("db.terkuhl.f2s.com:3306", "terkuhl", "*******");
$dbname = "terkuhl";
$tablename = "members";
//Initialize each table cloumn.

$query = "SELECT * from $tablename ORDER BY Sort";

$result = mysql_db_query ($dbname, $query, $link);

//create a table
print ("<table border=0 width=\"100%\" cellspacing=1 cellpadding=1 align=center>\n");
print ("<tr align=center>\n");
print ("<td align=center><b><u><h2>Rank</b></u></h2></td>\n");
print ("<td align=center><b><u><h2>Name</b></u></h2></td>\n");
print ("<td align=center><b><u><h2>Account</b></u></h2></td>\n");
print ("<td align=center><b><u><h2>Class</b></u></h2></td>\n");
print ("<td align=center><b><u><h2>Level</u>*</b></h2></td>\n");
print ("<td align=center><b><u><h2>XP</b></u></h2></td>\n");
print ("<td align=center><b><u><h2>E-Mail</b></u></h2></td>\n");
print ("</tr>\n");

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array ($result)) {
print ("<tr align=center valign=top>\n");
print ("<td align center valign=top>$row[Rank]</td>\n");
print ("<td align center valign=top>$row[Char_Name]</td>\n");
print ("<td align center valign=top>$row[Accnt_Name]</td>\n");
print ("<td align center valign=top>$row[Char_Type]</td>\n");
print ("<td align center valign=top>$row[Level]</td>\n");
print ("<td align center valign=top>$row[xp]</td>\n");
print ("<td align center valign=top><a href=mailto:$row[Email]>$row[Email]</a></td>\n");
print ("</tr>\n");
}

mysql_close ($link);
print ("</table>\n");

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2002 12:48 pm (11 years, 3 months ago)

Andrew wrote:

Try this

Code:

echo "1st line of what you want to print to browser" .
"2nd line" .
"3rd Line" .
"lastline";

thanks for your help... i have given that script a miss a now... found one that works.. and has more features etc... thanks tho!