osCommerce Community Support Forums > Discount Coupon Contrib Error

tjmedeiros

Oct 18 2007, 11:04 PM

Just installed the Coupon Contrib and checked all my entries. I am getting the following error when I go into my admin panel to set up the coupons:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ')' in /home/content/v/a/n/vantaggiocomp/html/catalog/admin/includes/boxes/reports.php on line 28

This error shows above the rest of the admin panel and seems to imply there is a ) missing in the code. But I checked it all out and it seems to be right. Has anyone else seen this or have a clue why I'm getting this error.

Thanks,

Tom Medeiros
Vantaggio Design, LLC

tjmedeiros

Oct 18 2007, 11:46 PM

QUOTE (tjmedeiros @ Oct 18 2007, 04:04 PM)

Just installed the Coupon Contrib and checked all my entries. I am getting the following error when I go into my admin panel to set up the coupons:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ')' in /home/content/v/a/n/vantaggiocomp/html/catalog/admin/includes/boxes/reports.php on line 28

This error shows above the rest of the admin panel and seems to imply there is a ) missing in the code. But I checked it all out and it seems to be right. Has anyone else seen this or have a clue why I'm getting this error.

Thanks,

Tom Medeiros
Vantaggio Design, LLC

Solved via another forum:

I was able to figure it out.

In the admin/includes/boxes/catalog.php there is a missing dot at the end of the line:
'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_EXPECTED, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_PRODUCTS_EXPECTED . '</a> '.

In the admin/includes/boxes/reports.php there is a missing dot at the end of the line:
'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_STATS_CUSTOMERS, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_REPORTS_ORDERS_TOTAL . '</a> '.

detailer

Oct 20 2007, 09:49 PM

I too had this problem. However, when I changed what you changed in the first line, I got another error message for the same php:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/detailer/public_html/osCommerce/catalog/admin/includes/boxes/catalog.php on line 43

I looked at the code, and there isn't anything typed in line 43. It's completely blank. Can someone help me out?
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EDIT: OKay, so I deleted that line, 43, and now I get the same error message for line 42. Line 42 does have something typed in it however:



HELP!

detailer

Oct 22 2007, 12:52 PM

OKay, after a little research, I guess that somewhere in that file, there is a $ that shouldn't be there or something.

QUOTE

<?php
/*
$Id: catalog.php,v 1.21 2003/07/09 01:18:53 hpdl Exp $

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
http://www.oscommerce.com

Copyright © 2002 osCommerce

Released under the GNU General Public License
*/
?>

<tr>
<td>
<?php
$heading = array();
$contents = array();

$heading[] = array('text' => BOX_HEADING_CATALOG,
'link' => tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'selected_box=catalog'));

if ($selected_box == 'catalog') {
$contents[] = array('text' => '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_CATEGORIES_PRODUCTS . '</a> ' .
'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_CATEGORIES_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES . '</a> ' .
'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_MANUFACTURERS, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_MANUFACTURERS . '</a> ' .
'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_REVIEWS, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_REVIEWS . '</a> ' .
'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_SPECIALS . '</a> ' .
//kgt - discount coupons
'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_EXPECTED, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_PRODUCTS_EXPECTED . '</a> ' .
'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DISCOUNT_COUPONS, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_DISCOUNT_COUPONS . '</a>' );
/***************
'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_EXPECTED, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_PRODUCTS_EXPECTED . '</a>' );
***************/
//end kgt - discount coupons

$box = new box;
echo $box->menuBox($heading, $contents);
?>
</td>
</tr>

Anybody see one that doens't belong? I couldn't.

And the thing that really sucks about this error message, is that I can't go and restore my cart to the way it used to be. All that comes up on that page in the admin section is the error message.

HELP ME!

minkoilman

Apr 20 2008, 09:37 PM

tjmedeiros - Thank you for posting you solution of adding the "." to the end of those two lines. That fixed it for me!

cfisupply

Apr 23 2008, 01:44 AM

Hi, I can't exactly help you with your problem, but I can offer how I discovered a few errors with woking with scripting.
It was all 'trial and error'. I copied the file into Notepad, my text editor. If you have problems with square boxes instead of line feeds and you have microsoft word, you can copy the text into word, then copy back into notepad. Word should change the boxes into line feeds. After I got a clean copy I would to to the specified problem line, in your case #42, then delete an empty line above that line, save as php and upload to the server, note the error line number again. If it now says line 41, the your problem is below that line. If it still says 42, the it is above this line. I always replaced the empty lines and progressed through the page unitll I found the bad line. Then it was fairly easy to figure out what was wrong. The one main thing I have found with this script, is even though the error shows up on line #42, doesn't mean that (by line counting) that's where it is. The problem may be on line 45 or 50 ect. I know this may take ahile but it worked for me. Hope It Helps.

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