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*sigh* can someone explain to me why this wont work?

i copied this out of a magazine (the tutorial im following) and ive already fixed a few errors i found in it, but for some reason, when i load the page, nothing happens, i just get a blank screen, so can someone look at this file and see if they can find any errors in it? thanks.

Removed file, see later post

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Originally posted by lordy16
edit: fixed a few REALLY stupid errors but still doesnt work

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There are still at least 3 stupid errors... keep working...

I assume you didn't type it very carefully when copying from the magazine?

i checked it afterwards, the magazine wasa bit dodgy with thier quotation marks and stuff, can you point out what the errors are?

i re-uploaded the file, with a few corrections

Line 23
VALUES ("
VALUES (''
(Replace double quote with 2 single quotes)

Line 23 Again
$_GET["dvd_actors"]].
$_GET["dvd_actors"].
(Remove extra bracket)

Line 29
$_GET['dvd_id']";
$_GET['dvd_id'];
(Remove extra quote)

Line 115
print(<tr>
print("<tr>
(Quote was missing)

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Originally posted by WDZ
Line 29
$_GET['dvd_id']";
$_GET['dvd_id'];
(Remove extra quote)

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but that has to be there? ive fixed everthing else and still no deal

No, it doesn't have to be there. This is one string...

"SELECT * FROM movies WHERE dvd_id = "

And $_GET['dvd_id'] is simply concatenated on to the end of that.

have a look at this one, it still doesnt work

You didn't remove the extra bracket.

code:

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"','".$_GET["dvd_actors"]]."','"

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See the double brackets ]] there? Remove one. That should make the script free of all syntax errors.

its not in there in the page on my server and it still doesnt do anything, it just pops up with a blank page., i'm stumped

Well, that's strange that it's completely blank. If you view the source of the page, is that blank? Do other PHP scripts work on your server? Do you have the MySQL configuration correct?