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Jan 24.2004

whenever i try and put a form like

<select name=”blah”>
<option value=”blah”>Blah</option
</select>

whenever i put that in php tags in causes a parse error why and how do i fix it.

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@ConorauthorJan 25.2004 — so someone told me i have to in front of quotes so i have this but im still getting errors

[code=php]<?

include ("common.php");

$output = "<FORM ACTION='/boards/postbox.php' METHOD=POST>

<select name="choice">

<option value="45, 15">Standard</option>

<option value="35, 10">Small</option>

<option value="55, 20">Medium</option>

<option value="65, 30">Large</option>

</select>

<input type="submit" value="submit">

</form>";



$sql = "UPDATE ".TABLE_USERS." SET post_box = '".$_POST['choice']."' WHERE ID = '".$userdata['ID']."' LIMIT 1";

$exe = mysql_query($sql);


$pagecontents = $output;

include("layout.php");

?>[/code]
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@crh3675Jan 25.2004 — What are the errors and what line?

--Craig
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@ConorauthorJan 25.2004 — i figured i t out i was being stupid.
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