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kolins

Hi, I got this php script that is meant to get feeds from google blog search and send them to an email address:

<?php

$keyword = “keyword”;

$num = 5;

$feed = simplexml_load_file(”http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?hl=en&scoring=d&q=” .urlencode($keyword). “&ie=utf-8&num=10&output=rss”);

foreach ($feed->channel->item as $item) {

if($i < $num){

sleep(10);

$title = $item->title;
$title = str_replace(””, “”, $title);
$subject = str_replace(””, “”, $title);
$link = $item->link;

$description = $item->description;
$description = str_replace(””, “”, $description);
$body = str_replace(””, “”, $description);

$to = “email address”;

$headers = ‘From: mail@whatever.com’;

if(mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers)) {
echo $subject. ” - sent ”;
}
else
{
echo $subject. ” - NOT sent ”;

}
}
$i++;

}

?>

But when I upload and run it through my browser, it outputs an error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ':' on line 10

AshtonSanders

What is on line 10 of the file?

Ashton Sanders

kolins

It's just this whole script. There's no other file. I just got this script from a website.

apostrophe

I take it you copied and pasted this script from a website?

You have some formatting issues, so you need to go through the script deleting and replacing all of the double and single quotes.

kolins

Yes, I've already tried replacing "keyword" with "health" as I want to receive blogs on health issues, and "email address" with "myemail@yahoo.com" with same error result.

apostrophe

You misunderstand.

Replace " and ' everywhere they appear in the script. They are being formatted as blockquotes and apostrophes.

kolins

What should I replace them with? :?:

apostrophe

Plain single quotes and double quotes.

kolins

It works! For a long time I thought plain quotes and block quotes and apostrophes were the same. Thanks a lot. :D

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