Parse/Syntax error

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Script URL: http://www.phpjunkyard.com/php-guestbook-script.php
Version of script: most recent
Hosting company: altervista
URL of phpinfo.php: http://wilmingtonpets.altervista.org/gbook/phpinfo.zip
URL of session_test.php: http://wilmingtonpets.altervista.org/gb ... n_test.zip
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parse error
syntax error
unexpected t_string expecting ' '

Hiya, I'm trying to set up the GBook and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
I am receiving the following error message:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ']' in /membri/wilmingtonpets/gbook/settings.php on line 10

I did not change anything in the code besides the specified text. I've checked single and double quotes, semi-colons, and if there is any difference (that I can discern) in the line with the error in comparison to the other lines. However, I am not familiar with PHP at all, so I may just be blind/stupidly missing what is wrong.

Below, I have provided lines 6-13, line 10 being: $settings['website_title']="Wilmington Pets";

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/* Password for admin area */
$settings['apass’]=‘********’;

/* Website title */
$settings['website_title’]=“Wilmington Pets”;

/* Website URL */
$settings['website_url']='http://www.wilmingtonpets.altervista.org/';

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

[Klemen]

What editor are you using to modify the settings file?

It could be a problem because of incorrect double quote character used (left double quotation mark versus the standard double quotes char). PHP is very picky about this.

Try this:
1. open the original, unmodified settings file in a simple text editor such as Notepad, not a "rich" text editor such as Word
2. edit only text between quotes, do not edit/change any of the quotes characters used

[highchessgame]

Hi Klemen, thank you for your prompt response.

I am on a MacBook Pro, so I've been using TextEdit to edit the file settings file. Not sure of another text editor appropriate for PHP for a Mac, but am willing to download any necessary software.

I did not change any of the text besides what was inside of quotes. Thanks again!

[Henrie]

From the setting syou have provided, the quotes in red are wrong single quotes and the qoutes in green are now double but should be single quotes.

/* Password for admin area */
$settings['apass’]=‘********’;

/* Website title */
$settings['website_title’]=“Wilmington Pets”;

/* Website URL */
$settings['website_url']='http://www.wilmingtonpets.altervista.org/';

Unfortunately I do not have a Mac so I can not give you advice on a good text editor.
But a quick google showed me 3 possible good plain text editors: Brackets, Textmate 2, Textwrangler . But as mentioned, I was not able to test them myself.

Greetings,
Henrie

[highchessgame]

Henrie, thank you for your help! I had tried fixing the single quotes before, but didn't realize the double quotes weren't right. I now have GBook up, running, and customized. Thank you, again!!