Noob: Trouble using Models, Parse Errors & The like occur :(

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Noob: Trouble using Models, Parse Errors & The like occur :( - El Forum - 06-20-2007

[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
I must start off by saying I\'m usually the type to just get really stubborn and figure it out on my own but this time I must admit I really need some help Tongue

Okay so lets get into it. I decided to use CI to code my website because I wanted to create a lean, very simple content managing system. Right now I\'m trying to pull text out of a database and display it on a page. I keep getting PHP Parse errors however, having messed around with it and getting different error messages Tongue

Here\'s what I have now:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STATIC, expecting T_STRING in [...]/system/application/models/static.php on line 2

Here\'s the code for my Model (it exists in the models folder as static.php):

Code:
&lt;?php

class Static extends Model {

var $content    = \'\';

    function Static()

    {

        parent::Model();

    }

    function show_about_block()

    {

    $sql = \"SELECT content FROM static LIMIT 1\";

$this->db->query($sql);

    return $this;

    }

    }

    ?&gt;

I\'m guessing you\'ll need the
controller and the View too so here goes:
Controller (exists in controllers folder as
home.php):

Code:
&lt;?php

class Home extends Controller {

    function Home()

    {

parent::Controller();    

    }

    function index()

    {

$this->load->model(\'static\');

                $data[\'about\'] = 

$this->static->show_about_block();

        $this->load->view(\'home_page\', $data);

}

}

?&gt;

And Finally View (exists in views folder as
home_page.php):

Code:
&lt;html&gt;

&lt;head&gt;

&lt;title&gt;DeadRinger&lt;/title&gt;

&lt;!-- 

(REMOVED CSS TO SAVE SPACE IN THIS POST) ->

&lt;/head&gt;

&lt;body&gt;

<h1>DeadRinger Media - 

COMING SOON</h1>

<p>Test:</p>

<p>&lt;?php echo $about 

?&gt;</p>

&lt;/body&gt;

&lt;/html&gt;

Let me know if you\'ll want information about my
Database too! Thanks so much in advance! I\'ll see if perhaps I can return the favor somehow.

Thanks
again,
Sean"

"Noob: Trouble using Models, Parse Errors & The like occur :(" - El Forum - 06-20-2007

[eluser]woopsicle[/eluser]
static is a reserved word in PHP
try changing your model name to something else.

edit: FYI - http://au2.php.net/manual/en/reserved.php

"Noob: Trouble using Models, Parse Errors & The like occur :(" - El Forum - 06-21-2007

[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Ahh! Big thanks. It\'s always the simple stuff isn\'t it?

Edit: Still having some errors but nothing I can\'t work out so my code isn\'t as it was when I posted anymore, I\'ve wrinkled out a lot of kinks.