Parse error

[tmlfever]

Can anyonr tell me why I'm getting a parse error with this code. Thanks in advance for help.

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<span class='st_facebook' displayText='Facebook'></span>
<span class='st_twitter' displayText='Tweet'></span>
<span class='st_linkedin' displayText='LinkedIn'></span>
<span class='st_googleplus' displayText='Google +'></span>
<span class='st_pinterest' displayText='Pinterest'></span>
<span class='st_blogger' displayText='Blogger'></span>
<span class='st_sharethis' displayText='ShareThis'></span>
<span class='st_email' displayText='Email'></span>


[Livaco]

Could you show the error??

[Kindred]

What are you doing with that code?


If you are just pasting that into your template file, then you have a definite issue, since that is HTML and would need to be parsed into a php echo statement, including escaped single quotes....

[tmlfever]

Thanks for the input.

[S_EEk_ER]

Could you show the error??

We are trying to add the ShareThis button as a link on our page.  It's a two part process, we have to copy some Javascript into the header - done and no parse errors.

The second instructions they gave us are "Copy the span tags and place them where you want your buttons to appear in the code.
(This style is the most adaptable to any type of page design. We strongly recommend that you place them towards top of the page.)"


This is the error...

Template Parse Error!
There was a problem loading the /Themes/blu/index.template.php template or language file. Please check the syntax and try again - remember, single quotes (') often have to be escaped with a slash (\). To see more specific error information from PHP, try accessing the file directly.

You may want to try to refresh this page or use the default theme.
syntax error, unexpected '/' (T_NS_SEPARATOR), expecting ',' or ';'

[Kindred]

If you are just pasting that into your template file, then you have a definite issue, since that is HTML and would need to be parsed into a php echo statement, including escaped single quotes....

[S_EEk_ER]

Actually, let me clarify because I don't think the Javascript piece is working.  This is what we have to do, along with the only instructions we were given.


Copy the span tags and place them where you want your buttons to appear in the code.
(This style is the most adaptable to any type of page design. We strongly recommend that you place them towards top of the page.)

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<span class='st_twitter' displayText='Tweet'></span>
<span class='st_reddit' displayText='Reddit'></span>
<span class='st_pinterest' displayText='Pinterest'></span>
<span class='st_facebook' displayText='Facebook'></span>
<span class='st_googleplus' displayText='Google +'></span>
<span class='st_flipboard' displayText='Flipboard'></span>
<span class='st_delicious' displayText='Delicious'></span>
<span class='st_digg' displayText='Digg'></span>
<span class='st_tumblr' displayText='Tumblr'></span>
<span class='st_blogger' displayText='Blogger'></span>
<span class='st_wordpress' displayText='WordPress'></span>
<span class='st_myspace' displayText='MySpace'></span>
<span class='st_stumbleupon' displayText='StumbleUpon'></span>
<span class='st_pocket' displayText='Pocket'></span>
<span class='st_whatsapp' displayText='WhatsApp'></span>
<span class='st_evernote' displayText='Evernote'></span>
<span class='st_email' displayText='Email'></span>
<span class='st_sharethis' displayText='ShareThis'></span>



Copy the script tags and place them inside and at the end of your "head" tag.

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<script type="text/javascript">var switchTo5x=true;</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher: "4fd4d8a2-8234-49ee-b645-b1a4207df4b7", doNotHash: false, doNotCopy: false, hashAddressBar: false});</script>

[S_EEk_ER]

If you are just pasting that into your template file, then you have a definite issue, since that is HTML and would need to be parsed into a php echo statement, including escaped single quotes....

If I understand you correctly, every single quote has to be \' instead, correct?  I tried this code, same parse error.

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<span class='\st_twitter'\ displayText='\Tweet'\></span>
<span class='\st_reddit'\ displayText='\Reddit'\></span>
<span class='\st_pinterest'\ displayText='\Pinterest'\></span>
<span class='\st_facebook'\ displayText='\Facebook'\></span>
<span class='\st_googleplus'\ displayText='\Google +'\></span>
<span class='\st_flipboard'\ displayText='\Flipboard'\></span>
<span class='\st_delicious'\ displayText='\Delicious'\></span>
<span class='\st_digg'\ displayText='\Digg'\></span>
<span class='\st_tumblr'\ displayText='\Tumblr'\></span>
<span class='\st_blogger'\ displayText='\Blogger'\></span>
<span class='\st_wordpress'\ displayText='\WordPress'\></span>
<span class='\st_myspace'\ displayText='\MySpace'\></span>
<span class='\st_stumbleupon'\ displayText='\StumbleUpon'\></span>
<span class='\st_pocket'\ displayText='\Pocket'\></span>
<span class='\st_whatsapp'\ displayText='\WhatsApp'\></span>
<span class='\st_evernote'\ displayText='\Evernote'\></span>
<span class='\st_email'\ displayText='\Email'\></span>
<span class='\st_sharethis'\ displayText='\ShareThis'\></span>

[Kindred]

I repeat, yet again....

If you are just pasting that into your template file, then you have a definite issue, since that is HTML and would need to be parsed into a php echo statement, including escaped single quotes....

not only do they have to be escaped, but the code MUST be inside an echo statement.

You can not just put code randomly into the template.

[S_EEk_ER]

I repeat, yet again....

If you are just pasting that into your template file, then you have a definite issue, since that is HTML and would need to be parsed into a php echo statement, including escaped single quotes....

not only do they have to be escaped, but the code MUST be inside an echo statement.

You can not just put code randomly into the template.

Okay, I will see if I can figure out how to do that.  I don't know how to code in PHP at all, so I'll see what I can find based on what you said.  Thank-you.

[Kindred]

oh... and I just noticed.... you have the / in the wrong location.   escaping a character means that / must come BEFORE the character

[JBlaze]

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<span class="st_twitter" displayText="Tweet"></span>
<span class="st_reddit" displayText="Reddit"></span>
<span class="st_pinterest" displayText="Pinterest"></span>
<span class="st_facebook" displayText="Facebook"></span>
<span class="st_googleplus" displayText="Google +"></span>
<span class="st_flipboard" displayText="Flipboard"></span>
<span class="st_delicious" displayText="Delicious"></span>
<span class="st_digg" displayText="Digg"></span>
<span class="st_tumblr" displayText="Tumblr"></span>
<span class="st_blogger" displayText="Blogger"></span>
<span class="st_wordpress" displayText="WordPress"></span>
<span class="st_myspace" displayText="MySpace"></span>
<span class="st_stumbleupon" displayText="StumbleUpon"></span>
<span class="st_pocket" displayText="Pocket"></span>
<span class="st_whatsapp" displayText="WhatsApp"></span>
<span class="st_evernote" displayText="Evernote"></span>
<span class="st_email" displayText="Email"></span>
<span class="st_sharethis" displayText="ShareThis"></span>

Hopefully, you're adding this to an already existing echo statement. If not, create one.

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<?php
echo '<span class="st_twitter" displayText="Tweet"></span>
<span class="st_reddit" displayText="Reddit"></span>
<span class="st_pinterest" displayText="Pinterest"></span>
<span class="st_facebook" displayText="Facebook"></span>
<span class="st_googleplus" displayText="Google +"></span>
<span class="st_flipboard" displayText="Flipboard"></span>
<span class="st_delicious" displayText="Delicious"></span>
<span class="st_digg" displayText="Digg"></span>
<span class="st_tumblr" displayText="Tumblr"></span>
<span class="st_blogger" displayText="Blogger"></span>
<span class="st_wordpress" displayText="WordPress"></span>
<span class="st_myspace" displayText="MySpace"></span>
<span class="st_stumbleupon" displayText="StumbleUpon"></span>
<span class="st_pocket" displayText="Pocket"></span>
<span class="st_whatsapp" displayText="WhatsApp"></span>
<span class="st_evernote" displayText="Evernote"></span>
<span class="st_email" displayText="Email"></span>
<span class="st_sharethis" displayText="ShareThis"></span>';

Also, you can use double quotes in this instance since you're still using HTML.

[S_EEk_ER]

zilladotexe, we used the double quotes code using HTML and got it to work.  Really appreciate it, thank-you.

I'm trying to wrap my head around PHP because unlike other languages, it seems like you can code in PHP, HTML and perhaps other languages as well.  So I'm often trying to figure out what language I should write my code in when in a PHP page.  Is there a preferred or recommended language when you have the choice?

Regarding the echo ' code you'll see throughout PHP script, I was under the impression this was just a print statement.  And I didn't realize there was also a single closing ' at the end of the statement.

Do I have this right in saying a echo ' is the beginning of a wrapper for code to be placed within it which you develop, then that script gets executed on the database at the server level?  This might be a light-bulb moment for me an explains why PHP is considered a server-side scripting language...

[JBlaze]

To better understand PHP functions, you should read the PHP manual.

http://php.net/echo

[S_EEk_ER]

To better understand PHP functions, you should read the PHP manual.

http://php.net/echo

Manual page bookmarked and saved.  Good reference, thanks!