Function Problems

[Quijian]

This is the error I get:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/gardensm/public_html/create.php on line 232

Line 232 is the last line of the page. I know the problem has something to do with the function maincontent($id) because when I remove it, the site works fine.

The evil function:

function maincontent($id){
	switch($id){
		case "0":
			echo 'You do not have creator priveledges. Please contact you adminstrator for more information.';
			break;
		case "1":
			echo <<<DAN
				//HTML Start
				<table width="519" height="300" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
				  <tr> 
					<td width="519" height="52"><div align="center">
						<table width="121" height="52" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
						  <tr> 
							<td width="49" height="52"><img src="old/images/icons/create.jpg" width="49" height="52"></td>
							<td width="72"><font color="9999FF" size="6" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Create</font></td>
						  </tr>
						</table>
						<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font></div></td>
				  </tr>
				  <tr> 
					<td height="220"><div align="center"> 
						<table width="500" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
						  <font color="9999FF" size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><tr> 
							<td width="166" height="100"><div align="center">
								<p><a href="create.php?id=news"><img src="images/icons/news.jpg" width="49" height="52" border="0"></a></p>
								<p><a href="create.php?id=news">News</a></p>
							  </div></td>
							<td width="166" height="100"><div align="center">
								<p><a href="create.php?id=staff"><img src="images/icons/staff.jpg" width="49" height="52" border="0"></a></p>
								<p><a href="create.php?id=staff">Staff</a></p>
							  </div></td>
							<td width="166" height="100"><div align="center">
								<p>&nbsp;</p>
								</div></td>
						  </tr>
						  <tr> 
							<td width="166" height="100"><div align="center"></div></td>
							<td width="166" height="100"><div align="center">
								<p>&nbsp;</p>
								</div></td>
							<td width="166" height="100"><div align="center"></div></td>
						  </tr></font>
						</table>
						<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font></div></td>
				  </tr>
				</table>
				//HTML End
				DAN;
			break;
		case "2":
			echo <<<LAR
				//HTML Start
				<table width="519" height="300" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
				  <tr> 
					<td width="519" height="52"><div align="center">
						<table width="121" height="52" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
						  <tr> 
							<td width="49" height="52"><img src="old/images/icons/create.jpg" width="49" height="52"></td>
							<td width="72"><font color="9999FF" size="6" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Create</font></td>
						  </tr>
						</table>
						<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font></div></td>
				  </tr>
				  <tr> 
					<td height="220"><div align="center"> 
						<table width="500" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
						  <font color="9999FF" size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><tr> 
							<td width="166" height="100"><div align="center">
								<p><a href="create.php?id=news"><img src="images/icons/news.jpg" width="49" height="52" border="0"></a></p>
								<p><a href="create.php?id=news">News</a></p>
							  </div></td>
							<td width="166" height="100"><div align="center">
								<p><a href="create.php?id=staff"><img src="images/icons/staff.jpg" width="49" height="52" border="0"></a></p>
								<p><a href="create.php?id=staff">Staff</a></p>
							  </div></td>
							<td width="166" height="100"><div align="center">
								<p><a href="create.php?id=about"><img src="images/icons/about.jpg" width="49" height="52" border="0"></a></p>
								<p><a href="create.php?id=about">About</a></p>
							  </div></td>
						  </tr>
						  <tr> 
							<td width="166" height="100"><div align="center"></div></td>
							<td width="166" height="100"><div align="center">
								<p><a href="create.php?id=links"><img src="images/icons/links.jpg" width="49" height="52" border="0"></a></p>
								<p><a href="create.php?id=links">Links</a></p>
							  </div></td>
							<td width="166" height="100"><div align="center"></div></td>
						  </tr></font>
						</table>
						<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font></div></td>
				  </tr>
				</table>
				//HTML End
				LAR;
			break;
		default:
			echo 'error in the id variable';
	}//end switch
}//end function

Sorry it is a bit much...Any help will be much appreciated.

 

[Quijian]

I figured it out...my heredoc syntax was messed up

 

[DRJ478]

You are right.
Heredoc requires the END delimiter to be at the beginning of a line - this explanation just for those reading the thread and wondering what was wrong.

[COLOR=red]WRONG[/color]
echo <<<DAN
  <html>
  <blah>....</blah>
  DAN;
[COLOR=green][b]RIGHT[/b][/color]
echo <<<DAN
  <html>
  <blah>....</blah>
[b]DAN;[/b]