Email from web page - syntax error

mondeoman · Mar 8, 2012

I am trying to develop a questionnaire on a web page that returns an email from the respondent back to me. I have a basic structure that seems ok but when I load it via ftp onto my site I get this error message:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/eachfrie/public_html/EmailQues2.php on line 133

I have tried to see where I have gone wrong but can't see it - probably because the error is on top of me!.

Here is my code so far:

_________________________________________________________________

<?php
// mail ( $to , $subject , $message, $additional_headers )

$to = 'bernardkane@btinternet.com';
$subject = 'Associate Members Response to Questionnaire';

$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$Question1 = $_POST['Question1'];
$Question2 = $_POST['Question2'];
$Question3 = $_POST['Question3'];
$Question4 = $_POST['Question4'];
$Question5 = $_POST['Question5'];
$Question6 = $_POST['Question6'];
$Comment = $_POST['Comment'];

$message = <<<email

This is from $name
$message
from $name
email: $email

EMAIL;
$header = '$email'

if($_POST){
mail($to, $subject, $message, $header)
$feedback = 'Thank you for completing this questionnaire';
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Associate Members Preference Questionnaire</title>
</head>

<body>
<p id='feedback'><?php echo $feedback; ?></p>

<form action="?" method="post">
<table width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">

<tr>
<td width="65%"><label for="name">Name:</label></td>
<td width="65%">
<label for="name"></label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="65%"><label for="email">Email:</label></td>
<td width="65%">
<label for="email"></label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="65%"><label for="Question1">Question 1: Do you think Associate Members would like an EACH welcome pack on joining?</label></td>
<td width="65%">

<label for="Question1"></label>
<select id='Question1'>
<option value="Yes" selected=selected>Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
<option value="Not Sure">Not Sure</option>
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="65%"><label for="Question2">Question 2: Would you like to visit one of the children's hospices?</label></td>
<td width="65%">
<select id='Question2'>
<option value="Yes" selected=selected>Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
<option value="Not Sure">Not Sure</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="Question3">Question 3: Would you like to attend a Members social event each year?</label></td>
<td><select id='Question3'>
<option value="Yes" selected=selected>Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
<option value="Not Sure">Not Sure</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="Question4">Question 4: What type of event do you prefer helping with?</label></td>
<td><select id='Question4'>
<option value="Supermarkets" selected=selected>Supermarkets</option>
<option value="Events">Events</option>
<option value="Talks">Talks</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="Question5">Question 5: Do you prefer to help during the week or at weekends?</label></td>
<td><select id='Question5'>
<option value="Weekdays" selected=selected>Weekdays</option>
<option value="Weekends">Weekends</option>
<option value="No Preference">No Preference</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="Question6">Question 6: For supermarket collections what time suits you best?</label></td>
<td><select id='Question6'>
<option value="0900 - 1100" selected=selected>0900 - 1100</option>
<option value="1100 - 1300">1100 - 1300</option>
<option value="1300 - 1500">1300 - 1500</option>
<option value="1500 - 1700">1500 - 1700</option>
<option value="Anytime">Anytime</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Please feel free to provide any feedback to our committee for ideas to improve the way we communicate with our Associate members:</td>
<td><textarea id="Comment" name="Comment" cols="42" rows="9"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="65%"><label for="Question4"></label><label for="Question3"> </label></td>

<td width="65%"></td>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
<input type="reset" name="reset" value="Reset">
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>

_________________________________________________________________
Can anyone see where I am going wrong please?

tarn · Mar 8, 2012

Hi ...

The problem appears to be here ....

Code:

$message = <<<email

This is from $name
$message
from $name
email: $email

EMAIL;

Comment that section out and test again it works for me in theory ...
Also I assume this should be
<<<EMAIL
bla
bla
bla
EMAIL

Like a HEAR <<EOF ~~~~ EOF document ?

Laurie.

vacunita · Mar 8, 2012

You are missing several semicolons, however the more egregious mistake and the reason for the error is the mismatch in the heredoc identifiers.

Code:

$message = <<<[red]email[/red]

This is from $name
$message
from $name
email: $email

[red]EMAIL;[/red]

The identifiers must be identical so must be matching in case.

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jpadie · Mar 8, 2012

for the heardoc syntax the identifiers need to be equivalent on a strict basis. pay attention to the case.

Code:

$header = '$email'

lines in php must be terminated.
also research the use of single quotes. variables are NOT expanded within single quotes.

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