Help Needed With HiddenFrameGetExample

EvetsM · November 26th, 2009, 11:00 PM

Hi

Wrox -- thanks for providing this online resource.

I tried using the HiddenFrameGetExample as explained in chapter 2, "Ajax Basics."

I've installed Apache HTTP server, PHP, and MySql. I created the Customers table and populated it with data shown in the book. Apache and MySql are both running.

I enter 1 in the field and click the button, but no data gets displayed on the html page. My Apache error log shows the following:

Code:

[Thu Nov 26 19:31:56 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Parse error:  parse error in D:\\D_ProgramFiles\\Apache\\http_server_2.2\\htdocs\\GetCustomerData.php on line 12, referer: http://localhost/HiddenFrameGetExample.htm

Line 12 contains the following:

Code:

if (is_numeric($sID) {

As part of debugging, I modified the frameset definition so the hidden frame is visible. The "hidden" frame displays the HTTP 500 error "The page cannot be displayed."

I've tested my Apache installation with a simple
"hello world" PHP script, which works so Apache is aware of PHP.

My php.ini file includes the following:

Code:

extension_dir="D:\D_ProgramFiles\php\ext"
[PHP_MYSQL]
extension=php_mysql.dll

My path env variable starts with the following:

Code:

D:\D_ProgramFiles\php\;

Does anyone have any ideas how to go about resolving this issue?

Thanks,
Steve

jmcpeak · November 27th, 2009, 01:16 AM

Howdy, EvestM!

It looks like the error is caused by the lack of a closing parenthesis in the if statement's condition. It should be:

Code:

if (is_numeric($sID)) {

EvetsM · November 27th, 2009, 10:57 AM

Jeremy,

Thanks -- I made the change and the query works fine.

Now I can get on with using your great book and learning Ajax.

Just wondering -- I downloaded the code from Nicholas Zakas's web site. Do you know the best way of notifying Nicholas that the code contains an error?

Regards,
Steve