Syntax error with my code

[jay11687]

I keep getting a syntax error on line 104, its probably something very simple I just can't figure it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

syntax error, unexpected '{', expecting '('

<?php

   $pagetitle = 'Duchy of Gran Fenwick Voting Page';

   $thispage = 'regn';

   $validinput = true;
   $show_form = false;


   $id = '';
   $fullname = '';
   $email = '';
   $pass = '';
   $choice = '';

if (isset($_POST['submit']))
   {
      $id = trim($_POST['id']);
      $fullname = trim($_POST['fullname']);
      $email = trim($_POST['email']);
      $pass = trim($_POST['pass']);
      $choice = trim($_POST['choice']);


  if (empty($fullname))
  {
     echo '<p>You did not enter your name.
              You can not vote unless you submit your name.</p>';
     $validinput = false;
  }

  if (empty($email))
  {
     echo '<p>You did not enter your email address.
              You can not vote unless you submit your email address.</p>';
     $validinput = false;
  }


  if (empty($pass))
  {
     echo '<p>You did not enter your password.
              You can not vote unless you submit your password.</p>';
     $validinput = false;
  }


  if ($choice == NULL)
  {
     echo '<p>You have not selected a choice for your vote.
				Please select an option in order to register your vote.</p>';
     $validinput = false;
  }

  if ($validinput == true)
  {

     $dbc = mysqli_connect ('host', 'user', 'pass, 'csdipact2010_jmt2');



     $check = 'SELECT id FROM voters WHERE email="' 
              . $email . '"';
     $result = @mysqli_query($dbc, $check);
     $number = mysqli_num_rows($result);
     mysqli_free_result($result);

     if ($number > 0) 
     {
        echo 'Sorry - email address ' . $email 
             . ' is already registered.';
        $show_form = true;
     }
     else 
     {
       $query = 'INSERT INTO voters 
                (fullname, email, pass, choice)
                 VALUES ('
                 . '\'' . $fullname . '\','
                 . '\'' . $email . '\','
                 . '\'' . SHA1($pass) . '\', '
                 . '\'' . $choice . '\');';         
       $result = @mysqli_query($dbc, $query);

       if (!$result) 
       { 
          echo '<h1>System Error!</h1>
                <p>registration failed</p>';
         echo '<p>'. mysqli_error($dbc) . '</p>';
         echo 'Query: ' . $query . '</p>';
       }
       else
       {
          echo '<p>Thank you, ' . $fullname . '.</p>';

          echo '<p>Your email address is ' . $email . ' you have successfully voted</p>';

          if ($choice == '1')
          {
             echo '<p>You voted for the Duke to be President for life.</p>';
          }
          else if
          }
             echo '<p>You voted for the Duchess to be President for Life</p>';
          }
		  else
          {
             echo '<p>You voted for the election of a new President every 5 years.</p>';
          }



          echo '<p>Congratulations youi have succesgully voted.</p>';
       }
     } 
  }
  else  
  {
     $show_form = true;
  }      

   }
   else    

   {
      $show_form = true;
   }

   if ($show_form == true)
   {

?>

<p>Please tell us about youself, so that we can contact you!</p>

<fieldset>
<form action="jedwardfanclubRegn.php" method = "post">

   <p> What is your full name?:
      <input type="text" name="fullname" size="20" maxsize="30"
                  value="<?php echo $fullname; ?>"\>
   </p>

   <p> What is your email address?:
      <input type="text" name="email" size="20" maxsize="30"
                  value="<?php echo $email; ?>"\>
   </p>

   <p> Please select a password: 
      <input type="password" name = "pass" size = "10" maxlength="20"/>
   </p>


   <p> Please select your voting prefence:
      <input type="radio" name="choice" value="1"
             <?php if ($prefer == '1') { echo ' checked ';}?> />
                                                  The Duke to be President for life.
      <input type="radio" name="choice" value="2"
             <?php if ($prefer == '2') { echo ' checked ';}?> />
                                                 The Duchess to be Presidenty for life.
	  <input type="radio" name="choice" value="3"
             <?php if ($prefer == '3') { echo ' checked ';}?> />
                                                  A new President to be elected every 5 years.
   </p>


   <p>
      <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
   </p>
</form>
</fieldset>

<?php


   }


?>

[bradgrafelman]

Hi, and welcome to PHPBuilder! Few things about your post in general:

1. When posting PHP code, please use the board's [noparse]

   ..

   [/noparse] bbcode tags (instead of the generic CODE tags) as they make your code much easier to read and analyze.

2. When posting an error message with a line # indicated, it's often helpful to point out which line in the code snippet you posted is that line. Otherwise, we have no way (without assuming) which line is which.

3. There is a stickied thread in the Coding forum dedicated to this issue called Parse Error: syntax error. Please keep all parse error issues in that thread rather than creating a new one.

4. When posting code, make sure to remove any sensitive information (such as MySQL login credentials in a mysqli_connect() command).

As for your problem, did you look at the line # referenced? Here's line's #99-106 of the code snippet you posted:

              if ($choice == '1')
              {
                 echo '<p>You voted for the Duke to be President for life.</p>';
              }
              else if
              }
                 echo '<p>You voted for the Duchess to be President for Life</p>';
              }

There are a couple of problems with that 'else if' branch, namely that 1) there is no if() condition after the 'if' keyword, and 2) you've got two }'s for that block instead of one '{' and one '}'.