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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";
Thanks in advance for your assistance!

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

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!

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

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!!