blank_sidebox mod define, how to put in HTML??

I am working with the current version of the blank_sidebox mod, and I have in the *defines.php the following:

<?php /** * blank sidebox definitions - text for inclusion in a new blank sidebox * * @package templateSystem * @copyright 2007 Kuroi Web Design * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003-2007 Zen Cart Development Team * @license <http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt> GNU Public License V2.0 * @version $Id: blank_sidebox.php 2007-05-26 kuroi $ * // 10/28/08 modified by tom lyczko */ define('BOX_HEADING_SSL_BOX', 'SSL / Credit Cards'); define('TEXT_SSL_BOX','<div class="centered"><a href="http://www.instantssl.com" target="_blank" title="Essex Industries' SSL certificate provider."><img src="includes/templates/crhei2/images/secure_site.gif" alt="Essex Industries' SSL certificate provider." border="0" height="85" width="100"></a><br /><br /><img src="includes/templates/crhei2/images/mc_accpt_023_gif.gif" title="We accept MasterCard." alt="We accept MasterCard." border="0" height="23" width="37"> <img src="includes/templates/crhei2/images/visa1_37x23_a.gif" title="We accept Visa." alt="We accept Visa." border="0" height="23" width="37"></div>'); ?>

I keep getting a syntax error unexpected T_STRING for the TEXT_SSL_BOX constant.

What is the correct way to include valid html code into a PHP constant??

I tried escaping all the double quotes with \ but that did not fix it.

Could not find anything on Google about the proper way to put html code into a PHP constant.

BTW I am taking blank_sidebox and renaming everything to ssl_box.

Thank you, Tom

The HTML string you are using has single quotes (') in it, which are interpreted by PHP as terminating the string. You need to escape those with a backslash ' so they are seen correctly as part of the text string.

I escaped the single quotes before and after the div tags and I'll see what happens.

Thank you, Tom

This did not really work -- the new sidebox etc. installs properly, but then the test site does not display at all!! :(

Thank you, Tom

The quotes before and after the <div> tags are the ones that are supposed to be there. This is causing the problem:
alt="Essex Industries' SSL certificate provider."
Make it
alt="Essex Industries' SSL certificate provider."

Check for all such instances inside the text string.

gjh42:

alt="Essex Industries' SSL certificate provider."
Make it
alt="Essex Industries' SSL certificate provider."

OIC!!! :) :) :)

You are a genius, I completely missed those. :thumbsup: :clap:

Thank you, Tom