Parse error

socalmom · 02-20-2008, 10:40 AM

The calendar has been working fine, but today, we get the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in /home/donna100/public_html/modules/escal/calendar.php on line 41

I have a support ticket out to my host to find out if they did anything on the server end.

In the meantime, here is what line 41 looks like:

echo "<link href="theme/$currentTheme/esstyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">";

I am not knowledgeable to figure out what is extraneous or missing. Can you help?

Thank you!

.. Donna
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Donna Schwartz Mills
http://www.socalmom.net

**Brian** · 02-20-2008, 10:48 AM

That line should read:

echo "<link href=\"theme/$currentTheme/esstyle.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\">";

socalmom · 02-20-2008, 11:23 AM

I made the change and am now getting a parse error in line 42:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in /home/donna100/public_html/modules/escal/calendar.php on line 42

This is line 42:

echo "<link href="theme/categories/categories.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">";

I tried adding the \ character that was missing in line 41, but got a different error. So then I tried mirroring line 41 more exactly, but that did not work either, so put the script back the way it was.

I'm sorry for being so clueless! I only know enough HTML to be dangerous (and put up easy-to-install scripts like this one).

Thank you again.

.. Donna

**Brian** · 02-20-2008, 11:56 AM

It seems your server may have re-written that file and not properly escaped the quote marks.

The quickest/easiest way to fix this is to up load a new calendar.php file then log into the Setup Manager to fix the paths. Then be sure to secure the file so the server can't re-write the file.

socalmom · 02-20-2008, 02:45 PM

It's working now!

I changed the permissions to 646 -- is that the best one to ensure the server doesn't rewrite it again? (Sorry to be such a nimnull... like I said, a little knowledge is dangerous.)

Thank you again, Brian.

.. Donna

ve9gra · 02-20-2008, 03:23 PM

644 for the permissions.

socalmom · 02-20-2008, 03:44 PM

Hi, Gervais. I tried it at 644 and got an error message telling me to change it to at least 646.

It is a three-year-old version of Easy PHP Calendar (like I said, everything has worked fine for a very long time!)

Thank you!

ve9gra · 02-20-2008, 04:00 PM

Is it a full error, or just a warning? If only a warning, I'd live with it as that way you're sure that nothing will write to the file.

The new version actually gives you a warning if your file is not secure

socalmom · 02-20-2008, 04:09 PM

...if it's a full warning, but I am unable to access the control panels until I change it back to 646.

I am tempted to buy the upgrade except that I put the calendar up for our PTA site when I was their volunteer webmaster, and my daughter doesn't even go to that school any longer! I'm only fixing things because the moms who are left on the PTA are even more clueless than I am.

Thank you again!