php parse error of '=' in empty textboxes

Question

i am new to php and i'm facing the following error in most of the codes. instead of output, parse error ( ! ) Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=' on line 12 is shown. this error is shown in every code.

<html>
<head>
<title>Check For Blank Text Boxes</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php 
$first ="";
$second = "";

function display_error_message($user_text) {

if ($user_text = = "") {
print "One or more blank text boxes detected";
} 
else {
print "Text boxes OK";
}
}

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = = 'POST'){

$first = trim($_POST['first']);
$second = trim($_POST['second']);

display_error_message($first);
display_error_message($second);
}

?>
</body>

<FORM Method = "POST" action ="formFunction.php">

First Name: <INPUT TYPE = "text" name = "first" value ="<?=$first?>">
Surnmae: <INPUT TYPE = "text" name = "second" value ="<?=$second?>">

<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</FORM>
</html>

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '17 at 06:05

1

try with this,

if ($user_text == "") { 

}

Problem is space between '=' signs

answered Jun 25 '17 at 06:05

Thili77

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 25 '17 at 06:12

0

To compare value in php used == not = =.

answered Jun 25 '17 at 06:12

Onkar

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php parse error of '=' in empty textboxes

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