syntax error, unexpected T_STRING

[OneEyedWillie]

Hi, I am trying to use a tutorial to create a login/register script. I got the register working great and it writes to the db. My problem is with logging in. I get this error:

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\ROOT\wamp\www\IsleWar\login.php on line 19

 

This is line 19:

 

$query = “select * from users where username=’$username’ and password=’$password’”;

 

Full login.php:

 

<?php

//Database Information

$dbhost = "localhost";
$dbname = "islewar";
$dbuser = "islewar";
$dbpass = "<censored password>";

//Connect to database

mysql_connect ( $dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass)or die("Could not connect: ".mysql_error());
mysql_select_db($dbname) or die(mysql_error());

session_start();
$username = $_POST[‘username’];
$password = md5($_POST[‘password’]);

$query = “select * from users where username=’$username’ and password=’$password’”;

$result = mysql_query($query);

if (mysql_num_rows($result) != 1) {
$error = “Bad Login”;
    include “login.html”;

} else {
    $_SESSION[‘username’] = “$username”;
    include “memberspage.php”;
}

?>

 

Anything anybody can do to help me would be great!

[gizmola]

You have some weird utf-8 characters in there rather than the " and ' that php expects.  What editor are you using for your code?

[OneEyedWillie]

You have some weird utf-8 characters in there rather than the " and ' that php expects.  What editor are you using for your code?

 

I use CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor

[gizmola]

Use a text editor like notepad++ for your php code, or configure CofeeCup to only use ascii for your .php files.

[OneEyedWillie]

I used Notepad++ and cPanel and got the same error. In Notepad++ and CoffeeCup I don't see an option for ascii formatting. In cPanel I can choose ascii but when I save, it formats it back to utf-8. Is it possible it is doing that because of me just copying/pasting from the tutorial? If I typed it would it stop the errors?

[gizmola]

Well, rather than fighting this, just find the "  and ' characters and replace them with the ones on your keyboard.  Yes it is because you cut and pasted from an article that erroneously converted them to different characters.

[OneEyedWillie]

Weird, there must be something wrong with either php or MySQL on my friends server. I was trying to use this on his server and was getting that error.. So I tried putting it on my server and it works great now.

 

I'll have to let him know. Thanks for all your help!