syntax error, unexpected T_ELSE in /home/allummfa/public_html/auth.php on line 10

[goodguyjam]

Hi I'm trying to apply user authentication with HTTP on my site but i get the above error. Can anyone say whats wrong?? I cant figure it out. Here's my code below:

<?php
/* Program: Auth.php
* Desc: Program that prompts for a user name and
* password from the user using HTTP authentication.
* The program then tests whether the user
* name and password match a user name and password
* pair stored in a MySQL database.
*/
//Testing whether the user has been prompted for a user nameif(!isset($ _SERVER[‘PHP_AUTH_USER’])){header(‘WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=”secret section”’);head er(‘HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized’); exit(“This page requires authentication! ”);}
// Testing the user name and password entered by the user
else{
include(“Vars.i nc”);
$user_name = trim($_SERVER[‘PHP_AUTH_USER’]);
$user_password = trim($_SERVER[‘PHP_AUTH_PW’]);
$connection = mysql_connect($ host,$user,$pas sword)or die (“Couldn’t connect to server.”);$db = mysql_select_db ($database,$con nection)or die (“Couldn’t select database.”);$sq l = “SELECT user_name FROM Valid_User WHERE user_name = ‘$user_name’AND password = md5(‘$user_pass word’)”;$result = mysql_query($sq l)or die(“Couldn’t execute query.”);$num = mysql_num_rows( $result);if ($num < 1) // user name/password not found
{
exit(“The User Name or Password you entered is not valid.<br>”);

}
}
//web page content.
include(“imageg allery.inc”);
?>

[helraizer1]

In your code, your if statement is part of the comment. That is why it does not work.

Sam

[goodguyjam]

In your code, your if statement is part of the comment. That is why it does not work.

Sam

thanks helraizer1, i'l give this a go...i should have spotted this :(

[goodguyjam]

In your code, your if statement is part of the comment. That is why it does not work.

Sam

Hi
Thanks for this.
I decided to remove most comments and re-arrange the line with the "if" script so that it all flows properly now.
But now I get the error "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ':' in /home/allummfa/public_html/auth.php on line 12".

The only line in my code that uses the ":" is this line - header(‘WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=”Image gallery”’);
I did some research in google and found that this line is correctly written, including the ":". So this is confusing as I consistently get this error. All I want to do is get the first part of my coding to work which is to display the pop up window that prompts a user to enter their username and password and then i'l worry about the rest of the coding afterwards. I call the php script Auth.php and I have directed a link in my HTML code to this page, so that once a user clicks on the link, Auth.php should execute and the login prompt should display, at least thats how I believe it should work.
Maybe if you test my php script here and see if it works for you......help.
The re-arranged code is below:

<?php
/* Program: Auth.php
* Desc: Program that prompts for a user name and
* password from the user using HTTP authentication.
* The program then tests whether the user
* name and password match a user name and password
* pair stored in a MySQL database.
*/

if(!isset($_SER VER[‘PHP_AUTH_USER’]))
{
header(‘WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=”Image gallery”’);
header(‘HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized’);
exit(“This page requires authentication! ”);}

else{
include(“Vars.i nc”);
$user_name = trim($_SERVER[‘PHP_AUTH_USER’]);
$user_password = trim($_SERVER[‘PHP_AUTH_PW’]);
$connection = mysql_connect($ host,$user,$pas sword)or die (“Couldn’t connect to server.”);
$db = mysql_select_db ($database,$con nection)or die (“Couldn’t select database.”);
$sql = “SELECT user_name FROM Valid_User WHERE user_name = ‘$user_name’AND password = md5(‘$user_pass word’)”;
$result = mysql_query($sq l)or die(“Couldn’t execute query.”);
$num = mysql_num_rows( $result);
if ($num < 1)
{
exit(“The User Name or Password you entered is not valid.<br>”);

}
}
include(“imageg allery.inc”);
?>

[helraizer1]

Hi
Thanks for this.
I decided to remove most comments and re-arrange the line with the "if" script so that it all flows properly now.
But now I get the error "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ':' in /home/allummfa/public_html/auth.php on line 12".

The only line in my code that uses the ":" is this line - header(‘WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=”Image gallery”’);
I did some research in google and found that this line is correctly written, including the ":". So this is confusing as I consistently get this error. All I want to do is get the first part of my coding to work which is to display the pop up window that prompts a user to enter their username and password and then i'l worry about the rest of the coding afterwards. I call the php script Auth.php and I have directed a link in my HTML code to this page, so that once a user clicks on the link, Auth.php should execute and the login prompt should display, at least thats how I believe it should work.
Maybe if you test my php script here and see if it works for you......help.
The re-arranged code is below:

[code=php]<?php
/* Program: Auth.php
* Desc: Program that prompts for a user name and
* password from the user using HTTP authentication.
* The program then tests whether the user
* name and password match a user name and password
* pair stored in a MySQL database.
*/

if(!isset($_SER VER[‘PHP_AUTH_USER’]))
{
header(‘WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=”Image gallery”’);
header(‘HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized’);
exit(“This page requires authentication! ”);}

else{
include(“Vars.i nc”);
$user_name = trim($_SERVER[‘PHP_AUTH_USER’]);
$user_password = trim($_SERVER[‘PHP_AUTH_PW’]);
$connection = mysql_connect($ host,$user,$pas sword)or die (“Couldn’t connect to server.”);
$db = mysql_select_db ($database,$con nection)or die (“Couldn’t select database.”);
$sql = “SELECT user_name FROM Valid_User WHERE user_name = ‘$user_name’AND password = md5(‘$user_pass word’)”;
$result = mysql_query($sq l)or die(“Couldn’t execute query.”);
$num = mysql_num_rows( $result);
if ($num < 1)
{
exit(“The User Name or Password you entered is not valid.<br>”);

}
}
include(“imageg allery.inc”);
?>[/code]

Hi Goodguyjam,

I'm not sure how/why but you're using a different type of " and ' (double quotes and quotes). So it's technically not a string.

use this:

[code=php]
<?php
/* Program: Auth.php
* Desc: Program that prompts for a user name and
* password from the user using HTTP authentication.
* The program then tests whether the user
* name and password match a user name and password
* pair stored in a MySQL database.
*/

if(!isset($_SER VER[‘PHP_AUTH_USER’]))
{
header("WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=”Image gallery”");
header("HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized");
exit("This page requires authentication! ");}

else{
include(“Vars.i nc”);
$user_name = trim($_SERVER[‘PHP_AUTH_USER’]);
$user_password = trim($_SERVER[‘PHP_AUTH_PW’]);
$connection = mysql_connect($ host,$user,$pas sword)or die ("Couldn’t connect to server.");
$db = mysql_select_db ($database,$con nection)or die ("Couldn’t select database.");
$sql = "SELECT user_name FROM Valid_User WHERE user_name = ‘$user_name’AND password = md5(‘$user_pass word’)";
$result = mysql_query($sq l)or die("Couldn’t execute query.");
$num = mysql_num_rows( $result);
if ($num < 1)
{
exit("The User Name or Password you entered is not valid.<br>");

}
}
include("imageg allery.inc");
?>[/code]

Sam

[goodguyjam]

Hi Goodguyjam,

I'm not sure how/why but you're using a different type of " and ' (double quotes and quotes). So it's technically not a string.

use this:

[code=php]
<?php
/* Program: Auth.php
* Desc: Program that prompts for a user name and
* password from the user using HTTP authentication.
* The program then tests whether the user
* name and password match a user name and password
* pair stored in a MySQL database.
*/

if(!isset($_SER VER[‘PHP_AUTH_USER’]))
{
header("WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=”Image gallery”");
header("HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized");
exit("This page requires authentication! ");}

else{
include(“Vars.i nc”);
$user_name = trim($_SERVER[‘PHP_AUTH_USER’]);
$user_password = trim($_SERVER[‘PHP_AUTH_PW’]);
$connection = mysql_connect($ host,$user,$pas sword)or die ("Couldn’t connect to server.");
$db = mysql_select_db ($database,$con nection)or die ("Couldn’t select database.");
$sql = "SELECT user_name FROM Valid_User WHERE user_name = ‘$user_name’AND password = md5(‘$user_pass word’)";
$result = mysql_query($sq l)or die("Couldn’t execute query.");
$num = mysql_num_rows( $result);
if ($num < 1)
{
exit("The User Name or Password you entered is not valid.<br>");

}
}
include("imageg allery.inc");
?>[/code]

Sam

Hi and thanks for your response. I actually got this working already from advice from another member. I basically re-entered the quotation marks as I had copied the code from a php book i'm learning from and it appears that what was copied was not been read properly on the server. But stand by I may have more questions :)