Question

how can I make this not return an error of:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING

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$day[$i++] = "<tr><?php if(isset($schedule['00:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['00:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['02:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['02:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['03:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['03:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['04:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['04:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['05:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['05:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['06:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['06:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['07:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['07:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['08:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['08:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['09:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['09:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['10:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['10:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['11:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['11:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['12:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['12:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['13:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['13:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['14:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['14:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['15:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['15:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['16:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['16:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['17:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['18:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['19:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['19:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['20:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['20:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['21:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['21:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['22:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['22:00'] ?></td><?php } if(isset($schedule['23:00'])) { ?><td style=\"width:32px\"><?php echo $schedule['23:00'] ?></td><?php } ?></tr>"

Answer 1

You’ve done it wrong twice:

1. You’re trying to use PHP code as a data. While you should use code result instead
2. Your PHP code is far from being optimal.

Here you go:

$str = '';
for ($h=0;$h<24;$h++) {
  $sched = "&nbsp;";
  $hour  = str_pad($h, 2, 0, STR_PAD_LEFT);
  if (isset($schedule["$hour:00"])) $sched = $schedule["$hour:00"]; 
  $str  .= "<td style=\"width:32px\">$sched</td>";
}
$day[$i++] = $str;

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