n00b is trying to make his first ever .php script...
 

So being the sad geek I am, I decided to spend this Saturday evening making a start on learning some PHP for fun. Never written any before, only installed vb/mods and modified temples. So picked up some basic ideas of what is possible with that, but wanted to start from the begining anyway.

So, I googled for some tutorials and found some here. I read parts one and two of that, then thought I would try something out based on some of what that has shown me so far.

So here's what I did.

PHP Code:








Doesn't work of course, I get a "
Parse error: parse error in C:\wamp\www\bob.php on line 21" from my local WAMP server when viewing it. (Which leads to related question, when apache gives a error like this, does it count blank/commented out lines? Is there anything it doesn't count?)

Line 21 just contains the closing bracket for the else statement, so not sure what is wrong there. I guess I'm just making some kind of syntax mistake, but after re-reading the examples on the linked to page, I just can't seem to see it.

Can anyone offer any advice?

Thanks.