Facebook RSS reader app - error!?

Hi,
I'm following your howto on building an RSS reader app for Facebook at http://www.howtoforge.com/rss_facebook_app_php_p2

Despite following the instructions closely, my PHP is throwing an error at page 2...

"
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in /home/myusername/public_html/fb/pcuk_feed_reader/appinclude.php on line 13
"

Any help please? This is happening repeatedly and driving me nuts!

 

Okay, I've solved this problem (I didn't have PHP5 but I've followed two bits of advice at http://wiki.developers.facebook.com...pected_.27.7B.27_in_appinclude.php_on_line_13 to switch to PHP4 classes and remove the "try" command from my script.

But I have another problem -- As per the instructions pn page 2 (http://www.howtoforge.com/rss_facebook_app_php_p2), I have modified and added the appinclude.php and index.php and, when I visit the Callback URL, indeed I see a screen on which I am invited to login to my app.

HOWEVER, the next page is not the app add confirmation as the instructions suggest, it's the "hello userid" message... I can't see where to add/remove the app at all!

As per guidance at http://wiki.developers.facebook.com...pected_.27.7B.27_in_appinclude.php_on_line_13, I removed the "try" command from my appinclude.php, which is now as follows...



<?php
require_once 'facebook.php';

$appapikey = 'mykey';
$appsecret = 'mysecret';
$facebook = new Facebook($appapikey, $appsecret);
$user = $facebook->require_login();

//[todo: change the following url to your callback url]
$appcallbackurl = 'http://www.robertandrews.co.uk/fb/pcuk_feed_reader/';

//catch the exception that gets thrown if the cookie has an invalid session_key in it
//try {
// if (!$facebook->api_client->users_isAppAdded()) {
// $facebook->redirect($facebook->get_add_url());
// }
//} catch (Exception $ex) {
// //this will clear cookies for your application and redirect them to a login prompt
// $facebook->set_user(null, null);
// $facebook->redirect($appcallbackurl);
//}
?>





index.php is...




<?php
require_once 'appinclude.php';

echo "<p>hello $user</p>";
?>