I am running the code of Chapter 16. However, the following problem occurs in index.php after entering the login information:

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'mod FROM forum_forum f LEFT JOIN forum_posts p ON f.id = p.forum_id AND ' at line 3


The code of the concerned portion in index.php is:

$sql = <<<EOS
  SELECT f.id as id, f.forum_name as forum,
    f.forum_desc as description,
    count(forum_id) as threads, u.name as mod
  FROM forum_forum f
  LEFT JOIN forum_posts p
  ON f.id = p.forum_id
  AND p.topic_id=0
  LEFT JOIN forum_users u
  ON f.forum_moderator = u.id
  GROUP BY f.id
EOS;

Please help!

I too have the same problem in the same section of code.

There are others also.

Any help would be much apreciated.

Cheers

I have that error too and it is driving me nuts. Has anybody figured it out yet?

Ebony

EUREKA!!!! OK, don't get mad and think about the sleepless nights trying to solve this. Code should read:

$sql = <<<EOS
  SELECT f.id as id, f.forum_name as forum,
    f.forum_desc as description,
    count(forum_id) as threads, u.name as 'mod'
  FROM forum_forum f
  LEFT JOIN forum_posts p
  ON f.id = p.forum_id
  AND p.topic_id=0
  LEFT JOIN forum_users u
  ON f.forum_moderator = u.id
  GROUP BY f.id
EOS;

It should be 'mod' and not mod - something about the latter being a reserved word bla bla bla.

Ebony

When posting a new thread, I get:

You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'ON f.id = p.forum_id JOIN forum_users u ON u.id = p.author_id LEFT JOIN forum_us' at line 1
SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS p.id, p.subject, p.body, p.date_posted, p.date_updated, u.name as author, u.id as author_id, u.signature as sig, c.count as postcount, p.forum_id as forum_id, f.forum_moderator as mod, p.update_id, u2.name as updated_by FROM forum_forum f JOIN forum_posts p ON f.id = p.forum_id JOIN forum_users u ON u.id = p.author_id LEFT JOIN forum_users u2 ON u2.id = p.update_id LEFT JOIN forum_postcount c ON u.id = c.user_id WHERE (p.topic_id = 1 OR p.id = 1) ORDER BY p.topic_id, p.date_posted LIMIT 0,10

Can anyone help?

anyone? btw this is on this forum script NOT this site that I get this message

I finally got this script working. You have to replace all mod with 'mod' Not only in you index.php file, but also in the functions.php file.

Good luck!

Sry for my bad english.. im norwegian :)