Join David Powers for an in-depth discussion in this video What on earth is T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE?, part of PHP for Web Designers.
…This is one of the most enigmatic…error messages you're likely to encounter in PHP.…Fortunately, it's easy to deal with.…Don't worry about this expecting identifier…T_string or variable and all that.…All you need to take notice of is this T…in caps and white space and the line where it occurs.…It's on line 19 so let's go to the editing program and look at it.…And the problem is that this is a double…quoted string and inside it is an associative array element.…
You can't do it just like that.…You need to wrap the associative array element in a…pair of curly braces, so curly brace before the dollar sign.…Add a curly brace after the closing square bracket.…Save the page.…Go back to the browser.…And the problem is sorted.…The associative element is now displayed correctly.…Just one little thing about that. Don't try to make your code look a little…bit tidier by putting a space after that curly brace and a space at the end here.…
Let's just see what happens. Save the page.…Reload the browser. We get T encapsed and whitespace again.…
Author
David Powers
Released
12/9/2013Note: This course was recorded with Adobe Dreamweaver, but you can use the code editor of your choice to follow along.
- How to use PHP in a webpage
- Storing and displaying text and numbers in variables
- Using functions
- Adding comments to your PHP scripts
- Moving common page elements to include files
- Displaying different content on a page
- Working with multiple values in arrays and loops
- Getting form input sent by the POST method
- Using PHP sessions to preserve data
- Storing data in session variables
- Connecting to and querying a database
- Handling errors
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 30s
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Using the exercise files5m 13s
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1. Introduction to PHP
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How to use PHP in a web page6m 43s
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2. Using Server-Side Includes for Common Page Elements
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3. Using Conditions to Change Page Output
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How PHP makes decisions3m 30s
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4. Working with Multiple Values in Arrays and Loops
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Labeling array elements7m 21s
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5. Getting User Input from a Form
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Calculating the order total6m 34s
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6. Displaying Content from a Database
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Loading data into MySQL5m 37s
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Connecting to the database7m 47s
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Querying the database6m 15s
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Linking to a details page2m 40s
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7. Handling Errors
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Dealing with PHP errors4m 15s
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Tracking down parse errors4m 32s
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Conclusion
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What's next?2m 26s
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