unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING

Question

Am using CakePHP running on XAMPP Server with PHP 5.3.5 i keep getting the error message syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING Line 38

Line 38 is \'P

Answer 1

Try and make it a bit more readable:

$isPublished = ($post['Post']['published'] == 1) ? true : false;

echo $html->link(
  ife($isPublished, 'Published','Unpublished'),
  '/posts/' . ife($isPublished, 'disabled', 'enable') . '/' . $post['Post']['id']
);

Answer 2

 $post['Post']['published'] == '1', 

Answer 3

Change it from

 <?php echo $html->link(ife(
'$post['Post']['published'] == 1', 
'Published',
'Unpublished'),
'/posts/'.ife('$post'['Post']['published'] == 1',
'disabled','enable').'/'.$post['Post']['id']
);
?>

to

<?php echo $html->link(ife(
$post['Post']['published'] == 1', 
'Published',
'Unpublished),
'/posts/'.ife($post['Post']['published'] == 1',
'disabled','enable).'/'.$post['Post']['id']
);
?>

You just needed to remove the single quote right before $post

Answer 4

This works for me... You had an old style php tag and had single quotes in the wrong spots.

I'm not sure what "ife" is, most likely an if statement gone wrong ?

<div id="center_content">
<h2>Post Listings</h2>
<p>Here is a list of existing posts</p>
<div>
</div>
<?php
if (isset($posts) && is_array($posts))
{
?>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<b>ID</b>
</td>
<td>
<b>title</b>
</td>
<td>
<b>content</b>
</td>
<td>
<b>Last Modified</b>
</td>
<td>
<b>published<b>
</td>
<td colspan="2"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Action</b></td>
</tr>
<?php foreach ($posts as $post): ?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $post['Post']['id'];?></td>
<td><?php echo $post['Post']['title'];?></td>
<td><?php echo $post['Post']['content'];?></td>
<td><?php echo $post['Post']['modified'];?></td>
<td>
<?php echo $html->link(
    ($post['Post']['published'] == 1 ? 'Published' : 'Unpublished'),
    '/posts/' . 
    ($post['Post']['published'] == 1 ? 'disabled' : 'enabled') .
    '/' . $post['Post']['id'] 
    );
?>
</td>
<td>
<?php echo $html->link(
'Edit',
'/posts/edit'.$post['Post']['id']);?>
</td>
<td>
<?php echo $html->link(
'Delete',
'/posts/delete/'.$post['Post']['id']);?>
</td>
</tr>

<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php
if (sizeof($posts) == 0) {
?>
<tr style= "background-color:#cccccc;">
<td colspan="6">
<span style="font-size: 17px;">
No post found.
</span>
</td>
</tr>
<?php
}
?>
</table>
<br/>
<?php
}
?>
</div>