[prog] php & mysql

[Dan Richter]

> it seems that @can not be used for error checking ( if that's 
> what it was intended for)
> and even with commenting that out, I still receiving an error of parsing 
> error on line 14.

The "@" operator is used to suppress runtime error messages (because 
runtime errors, such as machines being down, cannot always be avoided). 
It doesn't suppress syntax/parsing errors (because those errors are 
always wrong, and so should be corrected).

The following example of "@" comes from the open-source online forum 
system miniBB:
    @mysql_connect($DBhost, $DBusr, $DBpwd) or die
           ('<b>Database/configuration error.</b>');

Without the "@", a failed mysql_connect would display an error message. 
The "@" causes the error message to be suppressed. Instead, 
mysql_connect returns false and the "or die" part comes in, allowing the 
programmer to substitute a more meaningful error message.

Your PHP code looks correct to me, except for this one line:

 > $grid[ $i ][ $day ][ $room ] ] = $res_array[ 'title' ] .
 >        "<br>" . $res_array[ 'l_name' ];

Notice the extra closing bracket: [ $room ] ]

Could that be your parsing error?

Hope this helps.   :-)

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