How to fix syntax error in PHP "unexpected ')'"

Question

I Have got Error in the Foreach loop in below Code,Can any one Help me to Fix the Error...

<form method="post" action="<?php  echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>">

<?php



$dbc=mysqli_connect("localhost","root","","elvis_store") or die("Error Connecting to Mysql Database");

if(isset($_POST['submit'])){

foreach($_POST['todelete'] as delete_id){

$query="DELETE FROM email_list WHERE id=$delete_id";
mysqli_query($dbc,$query) or die("Error Querying Database");

}

echo "Customer(s) Removed";


}



$query="SELECT * FROM email_list";
$result=mysqli_query($dbc,$query)or die("Query Syntaxt is Incorrect");

while($row=mysqli_fetch_array($result)){

echo '<input type="checkbox" value="'.$row['id'].'" name="todelete[]"/>';
echo $row['first_name']." ".$row['last_name']." ".$row['email'];
echo "<br/>";




}



mysqli_close($dbc);




?>

<input type="submit" name"submit" value="Remove"/>




</body>

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM in C:\wamp\www\MakeMelvis.com\removeemail.php on line 19 — Sirojan Gnanaretnam
– Sirojan Gnanaretnam, Commented Jul 24, 2012 at 5:16

Karan Punamiya · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-24 06:16:24Z

1

I think the error must be due to this line:

foreach($_POST['todelete'] as delete_id){

Replace it with:

foreach($_POST['todelete'] as $delete_id){

answered Jul 24, 2012 at 6:16

Karan Punamiya

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Spudley Over a year ago

+1. correct answer. the error message is indeed somewhat cryptic, but a decent IDE or editor should have highlighted the error.

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