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I've been trying to figure out this PHP error for almost a day. Sigh. I'm really new to coding but I thought I had this figured out. When I run this code, I get an error
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'body' (T_STRING), expecting ')' in /Users/baronjon/Sites/squaredb/functions.php on line 20
and here is the code:
<?php
function add_post($userid, $body) {
$sql = "insert into posts (user_id, body, stamp)
values ($userid, '". mysql_real_escape_string($body)."', now())";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
}
function show_posts($userid) {
$posts = array();
$sql = "select body, stamp from posts
where user_id ='$userid' order by stamp desc";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
while($data = mysql_fetch_object($result)) {
$posts[] = array( 'stamp' => $data->stamp,
'userid => $userid
'body' => $data->body //**This is line 20.**
);
}
return $posts;
}
?>
Being new to php (and coding in general) I realize that this could be really simple. But I don't see the parenthesis that it's telling me to look for.
I looked in the php manual to make sure I had the syntax correct and it seem pretty straightforward.
Can anyone point me in the right direction.

Answer 1

In your $posts array you are missing a trailing ' quote, and a comma.
$posts array should look like:
$posts[] = array(
'stamp' => $data->stamp,
'userid' => $userid,
'body' => $data->body //**This is line 20.**
);
Many times in PHP, when it says line 20, you should be looking at line 19.
As a commenter above mentioned I would really recommend using a code editor with syntax highlighting like vim, emacs, Sublime Text, Notepad++ or something similar. Saves my butt every day :).

Answer 2

You're missing an end quote on line 19 around 'userid => $userid and a comma. It should be 'userid' => $userid,.