Parse syntax error with url output template

I had another look at this early this morning, and it occurs to me that there is a ">" missing in:

echo JHtml:: link('http://' . $value[0]['url'], "<img src='".JURI::root()."images/library/bandn.png'", $options ) ;

Surely I must "close" the <img src ??

I have tried adding this in various places. I have also tried removing the < altogether but with no response.

My latest foray into the php syntax checker indicates:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in [...][...] on line 1 even with the single < removed???

If anyone has just a few moments to look at this I will totally grovel in appreciation.

Thanks,

Jude

In the code you show everything looks ok. Please attach file.

Thank you. File attached. I confess I cannot find an error :D

I do not know what you used but There is no formating. It looks obfuscating. I cannot work with files like this. It should be properly formated with new lines and indentations.

I used notepad which is what I always use, but I have noticed that with the new version of Filezilla it tends to do that when opening for edit. I will see what I can do.

I have established that this loss of formatting occurs when I save a file in notepad. Very odd. I have never experienced this before.

In the meantime, I've opened it in a trial php editor and it seems to have saved fine from there once I used the default file to replace all the lines and indentations.

I hope this will prove satisfactory. I am sorry for the previous file, I will try to find out why it's doing that.

I cannot find any error in this script.

It's bizarre :D I went ahead and deleted the file. Then I recreated one and pasted in the exact code once again. That seems to have resolved the error as that particular message is not appearing.

I am now getting:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/classicr/public_html/components/com_cobalt/views/record/tmpl/default_record_library.php on line 1

So I'm off to look at that one. Maybe I'll just do the same thing (delete and recreate) and then see.

Thank you for taking the time to assist me.

Maybe it is time for you to switch to a "better" editor to support your programming ambitions... :D

Something like Notepad++ or Sublime Text

They can help you with syntax highlighting etc ..

I will look at sublime text - notepad is what created Sergey's indignation :D

Actually i was referring to Notepad++ .. check the link above.

You can find an extensive tutorial for Sublime Text here

Oops. ._. my bad. Too many issues and too little time, I'm afraid. I'll look at them, thank you.

(Giving notepad++ a whirl, thank you). In the meantime I've traced this error to the table I'm using to define the layout, so it's my bad. No doubt I'll resolve this before I die of old age :D I'll keep working on it.

Hmmm.... I just cannot seem to make this work. I have traced the error to line 695 which is where my table starts, but no matter what I do it doesn't remove the error code:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/classicr/public_html/components/com_cobalt/views/record/tmpl/default_record_library.php on line 695

I've attached the txt file (saved from notepad++, so hopefully it should be in order). I have put off asking for help, was so sure I could resolve it myself with just a little time, but I'm getting nowhere. I hate to bother you, but pretty please, could someone take pity on me...

Thanks so much

Jude

Please don't worry about this - I found, on going through line by line, that I had duplicated a section of code when copying into notepad++. It appears to be resolved now. thank you