UNEXPECTED T-STRING error resolved

[NoBob]

V@no,

I've got

magic_quotes_gpc On On
magic_quotes_runtime Off Off
magic_quotes_sybase Off Off

NoBob.

[V@no]

magic_quotes changes anything...just tryed myself..
but if u use default template, do u get same error message? (lets go from here )

[NoBob]

Just tried the default template and everything works okay.

I get these errors when using 4bare.

"Nice's old port" as category name. Error on home page:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/rtwtravel.com/httpdocs/gallery/includes/template.php(133) : eval()'d code on line 208


"Nice's old port" is in the description. When arrive at the category page through clickstream from home page, this is the error:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/rtwtravel.com/httpdocs/gallery/includes/template.php(133) : eval()'d code on line 95

When the apostrphe is in both the category name and the description, the error is:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/rtwtravel.com/httpdocs/gallery/includes/template.php(133) : eval()'d code on line 208

NoBob.

[www.girls-on-bikes.com]

That pretty much proves it right there, a lot of these templates are modified, and as you can see, they don't deal with special characters well.
Kind of a bummer

[NoBob]

There must be a solution.

NoBob.

[www.girls-on-bikes.com]

There is, pinpoint exactly which file is causing the error, and re-write the way that file deals with htmlspecialchars.

It's not easy if you don't know PHP well, but that is the basic solution.

[V@no]

Just tried the default template and everything works okay.

if there is something wrong with the template, then I'd first compare it with default, for {...} tags, and maybe syntaxis.

[NoBob]

Does it matter that there are a mix of single and double quotes in 4bare's categories.html template?

<?php
 $cl = '{clickstream}';
 $uti = "{url_top_images}";
 $lti = "{lang_top_images}";
 $uni = "{url_new_images}";
 $lni = "{lang_new_images}";
 require "{template_url}/incl/click_incl.php";
 ?>
 <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

<?php
$cn = '{cat_name}';
$cd = '{cat_description}';
$ch = '{cat_hits}';
require "{template_url}/incl/cat_incl.php";


NoBob

[V@no]

I think so, because when {...} tags get replaced by its value, its also strip slashes, so in your case u'll get:

Code: [Select]

$cd = 'Nice's old port';and that gives error message.

[NoBob]

I tried replacing the single quotes around {cat_name} and {cat_description} with doubles, but that just generated error messages too. Anyway to re-write it?

NoBob

[V@no]

first off all, this is not a right way to do anything in the templates...
but anyway, then try find something like:

"cat_description" => $some_variable_name

and replace it with:

"cat_description" => htmlspecialchars($some_variable_name)

[NoBob]

Good, good, good, we're halfway there...In categories.php, I made the changes to cat_description and now I can use an apostrophe in the description. But htmlspecialchars has always been there after cat_name, and I still get an error if I use an apostrophe in the category name. How's that work for you JoePCFX? You were having problems with descriptions.

Code now:
"cat_name" => htmlspecialchars($cat_cache[$cat_id]['cat_name']),
  "cat_description" => htmlspecialchars($cat_cache[$cat_id]['cat_description']),

NoBob.

[NoBob]

bump

[JoePCFX]

Nothing works here, using 4_no_rand yet. Maybe Im just appying the code wrong though.

[www.girls-on-bikes.com]

This may be a shot in the dark, but what if you try putting the HTML code version of the apostrophy where you enter in the category name, for example:

Blah Blah Don&#39;t

May be worth a try, but it doesn't solve the underlying problem.