Question

I’m getting this error when I run this code.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'users_kudos_to_posts' (T_STRING)

The code.

if ($number > 0) {

$arr=explode(",",`$upvoted);
//If I comment out everything below I still get the error. But if I comment out
//the above code, then the error goes away.
if (in_array($primary_id, $arr)) {          
array_push($arr, $primary_id);  
$new_string = implode(",", $arr);
//the line below is where the parse error is pointing too.
   if ($stmt2 = $mysqli->prepare("UPDATE `users_kudos_to_posts` SET `upvoted` = ? 
       WHERE `user_id` = ?")) {
       $stmt2->bind_param('si', $new_string, $session_user_id);
       $stmt2->execute();
       $stmt2->close(); 
   }
}
    }

What’s crazy is that I have other multiple prepared statements in the same page of code with the same sql statement except for a change in columns and they work yet this doesn’t.

Also, I ran the sql statement in phpmyAdmin and it works.

Answer 1

Problem is this line:

$arr=explode(",",`$upvoted);

You have an extra backtick that doesn’t belong there. It should be:

$arr=explode(",",$upvoted);