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[tanveer91]

Hi there,

For some reason i keep getting the following error message on my web browser, whenever i try to call a php file by submitting a standerd web form......Any idea what it means, its driving me nuts!!!

Fatal error: input in flex scanner failed in /home/httpd/html/sandalrugby/results on line 1

 

[AnakinPt]

Flex, is the scanner for sintaxe. have you got a stange char in the beggining of the script.

Another thing that can be, is that it requires .php extensions. But i do not think so.
Anikin
Hugo Alexandre Dias
Web-Programmer
anikin_jedi@hotmail.com

 

[tanveer91]

Thanks for the advice 'anakin'.....still can't find any problems with my script..........here's my code on file 'ref.htm':

<?php
include ('top.htm');
$matchdate = '$Match_year$Match_month$Match_day';
$date2 = date(&quot;Ymd&quot;

$fp=fopen(&quot;results/$matchdate&quot;, &quot;w&quot;

$string='<tr>
<td valign=top align=left>
<font size=3 type=arial><b>
$Match_day/$Match_month/$Match_year
</b></td>
<td valign=top align=left>
<font size=3 type=arial><b>
$Comp
</b></td>
<td valign=top align=left>
<font size=3 type=arial><b>
$Venue
</b></td>
<td valign=top align=left>
<font size=3 type=arial><b>
Sandal <i>$Sandal -- $Opps</i> $Verses
</b></td>
</tr>';

fputs($fp, $string);
fclose($fp);

$handle=opendir('results');

while (($file = readdir($handle))!==false) {

if ($file <= $date2) {
include(&quot;results/$file&quot;
}
}
closedir($handle);
// include 'tail.htm';
?>

 

[AnakinPt]

You have too many errors.

First a .htm file? the server is configured to run PHP with .htm files?

Second when you use:
$var= 'balbalabaa $othervar jhfdakf'

it will not replace $othervar with the value of $othervar, instead will copy the string $othervar to the output. To replace the varname by the value, you must use double quotes (&quot instead of single ones (').

other thing, check the result of the opendir command and add another condition to the if just before the include command is_file($file) to include ONLY files, skipping the (.) and (..) entries and other dirs that you can have in there.

other $file <= $date2 are you comparing filenames with dates? or the filenames are dates? if so, you must use yyyy-mm-dd date format. Any one else with produce strange results.


If this will not help, say more about the error.

Anikin
Hugo Alexandre Dias
Web-Programmer
anikin_jedi@hotmail.com