Parse error?

[qpurser]

Every time I try to add a block to my sidebar using the php/html block option with code in it I get the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/tcmasorg/public_html/forums/includes/block/html.php(95) : eval()'d code on line 1

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/tcmasorg/public_html/forums/includes/block/html.php(95) : eval()'d code on line 1

On line 1 of the html.php I have this:

<?php
/*================================================= =====================*\
|| ################################################## ################## ||
|| # vBulletin 4.1.5 - Licence Number VBSCF44252
|| # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # ||
|| # Copyright ?2000-2011 vBulletin Solutions Inc. All Rights Reserved. ||
|| # This file may not be redistributed in whole or significant part. # ||
|| # ---------------- VBULLETIN IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE ---------------- # ||
|| # http://www.vbulletin.com | http://www.vbulletin.com/license.html # ||
|| ################################################## ################## ||
\*================================================ ======================*/


Any help what could be wrong?
Thanks
Michael

[Lynne]

It is actually line 95 of the html.php file you want to look at. It's going to be a hook or reference something else and it's line 1 of whatever it is referencing that is causing the issue.

What is the exact code you are adding to the block and the exact settings you have set in the configuration for the block. Please use code tags for the code.

[qpurser]

This is the code from the html.php. I have put the code from line 95 in BOLD:

public function getData()
{
if ($this->config['html_type'] == 'html')
{
$content = $this->config['html_content'];
}
elseif ($this->config['html_type'] == 'php')
{
if (is_demo_mode())
{
$content = 'PHP Execution not allowed in Demo Mode!';
}
else
{
$content = eval($this->config['html_content']);

if ((!isset($content) OR empty($content)) AND isset($output) AND !empty($output))
{
$content = $output;
}
}
}
elseif ($this->config['html_type'] == 'text')
{
$content = nl2br(htmlspecialchars_uni($this->config['html_content']));
}

return $content;
}


For example I am trying to use the code I found in style manager --> templates --> block templates --> new posts

<li>
<div class="block smaller">
<div class="blocksubhead">
<a class="collapse" id="collapse_block_newposts_{vb:raw blockinfo.blockid}" href="{vb:raw relpath}#top"><img alt="" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/collapse_40b.png" id="collapseimg_newposts_{vb:raw blockinfo.blockid}"/></a>
<img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_cms}/widget-comment.png" alt="" />
<span class="blocktitle">{vb:raw blockinfo.title}</span>
</div>
<div class="widget_content blockbody floatcontainer">
<ul id="block_newposts_{vb:raw blockinfo.blockid}" class="blockrow">
<vb:each from="posts" key="postid" value="post">
<li class="<vb:if condition="!$vboptions['avatarenabled']">no</vb:if>avatarcontent floatcontainer widget_post_bit">
<div class="widget_post_userinfo">
<vb:if condition="$vboptions['avatarenabled']">
<div class="cms_widget_post_useravatar widget_post_useravatar">
<a class="smallavatar comments_member_avatar_link" href="{vb:link member, {vb:raw post}}">
<vb:if condition="$post['showavatar']">
<img width="30" title="" src="{vb:raw post.avatarurl}" alt=""/>
<vb:else />
<img width="30" title="" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_misc}/unknown.gif" alt=""/>
</vb:if>
</a>
</div>
</vb:if>
</div>
<div class="smallavatartext widget_post_comment<vb:if condition="!$vboptions['avatarenabled']">_noavatar</vb:if>">
<p class="widget_post_content">{vb:raw post.message}</p>
<h5 class="widget_post_header"><a href="{vb:raw post.url}" class="title">{vb:raw post.title}</a></h5>
<div class="meta">
{vb:raw post.date}<vb:if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">, <span class="time">{vb:raw post.time}</span></vb:if>
<br/>
</div>
</div>
</li>
</vb:each>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="underblock"></div>
</li>

[Lynne]

You are adding some template code into your html block? You should just be adding the html you want in the block to the Content area. And if you add that code above that has all those variables in there, then you also need to add code to define the variables.

[qpurser]

Thanks Lynne.
Obvious it is my wrong coding is causing the error and not the html.php itself