parse error...please help!?>?

[tamers]

I'm trying to figure this out myself but i'm stuck.
This is the message i'm gettting:::following that is the text of the area that i was working on...what have i done wrong. my site won't even come up!!Please help
Parse error: parse error, unexpected ',' in /home/wlimagin/public_html/index.php on line 13


define('TEXT_MAIN', "This is a default setup of the osCommerce project, products shown are for demonstrational purposes,<b>any products purchased will not be delivered nor will the customer be billed</b>.Any information seen on these products is to be treated as fictional.<br><br><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="2"><tr><td class="main" valign="top">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'default/1.gif') . '</td><td class="main" valign="top"><b>Error Messages</b><br><br>If there are any error messages are displayed at the very top of the page with a complete.<br><br>Error messages are displayed at the very top of the page

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[michael_s]

The problem is that you have unescaped single and double quotes, as well as you are trying to add php to the statement, which you cannot do.

Straight text and html only...

[michael_s]

You should just restore the original file and start over.

[tamers]

Thanks for the information. but i'm totally winging this and if you could simplify the instructions for me that would be great....totally computer illieterate?(SP?)thanks

[michael_s]

You aren't totally computer illiterate... you managed to screw things up, and that counts for something.

Ok,

1. First, upload the original file (the original copy of the one you edited) to your site again so that your site comes back online.
2. Then, when making edits to that file, be aware that all apostrophes must be preceded by a backslash \ so they will all look like this \' The reason for this is that it is a reserved character for php and the backslash tells php to not consider it as php code.
3. Do the same thing for all quotation marks "
4. Finally, make sure you do not put any php code in your edit. That will break the site again.
5. Finally, and most importantly, get a beginners book on PHP so you don't end up going crazy over this stuff.