Syntax error for unexpected '$_SESSION'

Question

I am trying to create a posting app but found

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$_SESSION' (T_VARIABLE) on line 5

Here is the part of code which give Parse error on line 5:

<?php

require "init.php"

$_SESSION["post"] = $_POST["data"];
$_SESSION["privacy"] = $_POST["privacy"];


//transfering to linkedin for authorization
header("location:",
"https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/authorization?response_type=code&client_id=".CLIENTID."&redirect_uri=".REDIRECTURI."&state=".CSRF."&scope=".SCOPES);


?>

Kindly have a look on it and guide me what mistake I did. Thanks

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '17 at 08:16

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you are missing the ';' in line 3

<?php

require "init.php";
//                ^ notice this is missed in your code

answered Jul 10 '17 at 08:16

hassan

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Thanks for pointing my little but most important mistake! Its works now. :) – Amina Malik Jul 10 '17 at 08:21
feel free to remove the question as it is a small typo error :) – hassan Jul 10 '17 at 08:23
Thanks hassan! Can I share some other pages to you to check what i have missed by using [codeshare.io](http://codeshare.io) – Amina Malik Jul 10 '17 at 08:27
I will be glad to help – hassan Jul 10 '17 at 08:38
thanks for the reply. i placed my code here [callback.php](https://codeshare.io/5DPrkr). it shows syntax error on line 42. Kindly have a look on it and let me know what mistake, i am doing. Thanks – Amina Malik Jul 10 '17 at 13:21
let me know if you get access to the code and trying to find mistake? – Amina Malik Jul 10 '17 at 13:49
$post=>updateUrl needs to be $post->updateUrl , checkout the arrow meaning in php oop – hassan Jul 10 '17 at 17:01
Thanks for the help, I update '=>' to '->' on the whole page and error has been removed. But doing this changes the whole code do nothing. – Amina Malik Jul 10 '17 at 17:24
Can you share your email address so i'll send you whole source code. Why is it not working. or is there alternative method to show you all of pages? Thanks – Amina Malik Jul 10 '17 at 17:26
you can DM me in twitter. – hassan Jul 11 '17 at 09:00
I am sorry i did not find you on twitter. – Amina Malik Jul 11 '17 at 22:18
you will got it in my SO profile – hassan Jul 11 '17 at 22:46
Thank you very much but i have solved the issue. now I am facing another problem of connecting same page with the database. kindly have a look on this [question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45088484/linkedin-login-database-connection) and try to solve it. thanks – Amina Malik Jul 13 '17 at 18:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 10 '17 at 08:15

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use session_start(); at the start of your code

<?php
session_start();
require "init.php"

$_SESSION["post"] = $_POST["data"];
$_SESSION["privacy"] = $_POST["privacy"];


//transfering to linkedin for authorization
header("location:",
"https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/authorization?response_type=code&client_id=".CLIENTID."&redirect_uri=".REDIRECTURI."&state=".CSRF."&scope=".SCOPES);


?>

answered Jul 10 '17 at 08:15

RAUSHAN KUMAR

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I also tried it but same error. – Amina Malik Jul 10 '17 at 08:18

Syntax error for unexpected '$_SESSION'

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