PHP Question:?

Question

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ECHO in /home/content/p/f/e/pfeiffee/html/PAGES/java.php on line 4

I can't find the error here, and what does unexpected T_ECHO even mean?
$section = $_GET['section'];

echo '

Sections

';
$dir_handle = @opendir('./') or die("Error ID 1: Folder does not exist.");
while($file = readdir($dir_handle)){
$ext = strpos($file, '.');
if($ext == false){$type = "folder";}else{$type = "file";}
if($file == "." || $file == ".." || $file == "index.php" || $file == "Thumbs.db" || $file == "thumbs")continue;
if($type == "folder"){echo "
• $file
";}
}
closedir($dir_handle);
echo '

';
[[ there is more code beyond here but commenting it out yields the same error ]]

Answer 1

I have encounted confusing errors like this before that seem to not have a soloution. Try changing the ' s to " s on the echo.

Answer 2

This message basically means that something is wrong somewhere BEFORE the echo statement on line 4, so look for syntax errors on lines 1-3.



I see two possibilities -



1. If your server isn't configured to allow short open tags, you will need to use


2. You're not checking to see if $_GET['section'] is set. Try this -

if (isset($_GET['section'])) {

$section = $_GET['section'];

}

Answer 3

Does php work on your server?



Also

$dir_handle = @opendir('./') or die("Error ID 1: Folder does not exist.");





Try two backslashes



$dir_handle = @opendir('.\\') or die("Error ID 1: Folder does not exist.");