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PHP

Posted by Shari Staten
Shari Staten
11,540 Points

Stuck on this challenge...please help.

I keep getting the error: Bummer: syntax error, unexpected '$SESSION' (T_VARIABLE) in story.php on line 9Check. What am I doing wrong?

Here's the question:

Check that each of the required session variables are not set before attempting to write the story. If the session variables are not set, redirect to play.php with the p parameter set to the first missing session variable.e question: 

<?php
session_start();
if(empty(_$SESSION['word'][4])) {
  header('Loction: play.php');
}
if (isset($_SESSION['word'][1] { $word1 = htmlspecialchars($_SESSION['word'][1]);}
if (isset($_SESSION['word'][2] { $word2 = htmlspecialchars($_SESSION['word'][2]);}
if (isset($_SESSION['word'][3] { $word3 = htmlspecialchars($_SESSION['word'][3]);}
if (isset($_SESSION['word'][4] { $word4 = htmlspecialchars($_SESSION['word'][4]);}
if (isset($_SESSION['word'][5] { $word5 = htmlspecialchars($_SESSION['word'][5]);}

include 'inc/header.php';

echo '<h1>My Treehouse Story</h1>';

echo '<p>There once was a(n) ' . $word1;
echo ' programmer named ' . $word2; 
echo '. </p>';
echo '<p>This ' .  $word3; 
echo ' programmer used Treehouse to learn to ' . $word4;
echo ' the ' . $word5 . '.</p>';

echo ' <a class="btn btn-default btn-lg" href="#" role="button">Save Story</a>';
echo ' <a class="btn btn-default btn-lg" href="play.php" role="button">Play Again</a>';
echo ' <a class="btn btn-default btn-lg" href="index.php" role="button">Other Stories</a>';


include 'inc/footer.php';

1 Answer

mohamedyousfi
mohamedyousfi
416 Points
mohamedyousfi
mohamedyousfi
416 Points 
if (empty($_SESSION['word'])){
  header('Location: play.php');
}

if (empty( $word1 = htmlspecialchars($_SESSION['word'][1]))){
   header('Location: play.php?p=1');
}


if (empty( $word2 = htmlspecialchars($_SESSION['word'][2]))){
   header('Location: play.php?p=2');
}

if (empty( $word3 = htmlspecialchars($_SESSION['word'][3]))){
   header('Location: play.php?p=3');
}

if (empty( $word4 = htmlspecialchars($_SESSION['word'][4]))){
   header('Location: play.php?p=4');
}

if (empty( $word5 = htmlspecialchars($_SESSION['word'][5]))){
   header('Location: play.php?p=5');
}