Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENDIF

RogerG

First and foremost, I know little to nothing about web-design, PHP, or anything else involved with the backend of websites.

My web-developer happens to be on vacation, and without me trying to change any PHP or doing anything else, this problem came up randomly when I try and view the archives:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENDIF in /home/content/42/7987242/html/wp-content/themes/themaskgorilla/archive.php on line 176

Along with that, the Blog section of my website can not be found as well.

Any suggestions? Any help would be much appreciated!

bradgrafelman

RogerG;10987459 wrote:
without me trying to change any PHP or doing anything else, this problem came up randomly when I try and view the archives:

Well either you've never tested the page where you received that error, or someone else has been modifying the PHP scripts without your knowledge. Parse errors mean PHP can't even understand the code writte in archive.php, thus it aborts executing any of it and throws up an error message like the one you're seeing.

As far as resolving parse errors, there is a stickied thread in the Coding forum entitled Parse Error: syntax error. Post your error message as a reply in that thread, and also include a few lines above and including line #176 in archive.php (otherwise we can't help you much without seeing the code 😉).

RogerG

I just posted the problem to that thread, hopefully it does not get overlooked. Here is the lines of code by the way, 100 - 178:

             <li> <a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-retirement-home/" class="dropdown">TMG Retirement</a>   <div id="blog-tab-dropdown-3" class="dropdown-dropdown tmg-r-h">
                      <ul>
                          <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-retirement-home/?the_cats=13">New Music</a></li>
                          <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-retirement-home/?the_cats=52">Music Videos</a></li>
                          <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-retirement-home/?the_cats=12">News</a></li>
                          <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-retirement-home/?the_cats=17">Fashion</a></li>
                          <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-retirement-home/?the_cats=14">Videos</a></li>
                     </ul>
                 </div></li>

         </ul>

         <div class="clr"></div>

</div>

<div  class="artist-sec">

    <?php the_post(); ?>          

    <?php if ( is_day() ) : ?>
                    <h1 class="page-title"><?php printf( __( 'Daily Archives: <span>%s</span>', 'your-theme' ), get_the_time(get_option('date_format')) ) ?></h1><br>
    <?php elseif ( is_month() ) : ?>
                    <h1 class="page-title"><?php printf( __( 'Monthly Archives: <span>%s</span>', 'your-theme' ), get_the_time('F Y') ) ?></h1><br>
    <?php elseif ( is_year() ) : ?>
                    <h1 class="page-title"><?php printf( __( 'Yearly Archives: <span>%s</span>', 'your-theme' ), get_the_time('Y') ) ?></h1><br>
    <?php elseif ( isset($_GET['paged']) && !empty($_GET['paged']) ) : ?>
                    <h1 class="page-title"><?php _e( 'Blog Archives', 'your-theme' ) ?></h1><br>
    <?php endif; ?>

  <ul class='withname1'>

        <?php 
        $temp = $wp_query;
        $wp_query= null;
           $wp_query = new WP_Query();
           $wp_query->query('showposts=8&cat='.$_GET['the_cats'].'&paged='.$paged);
        ?>

      <?php if ($wp_query->have_posts()) : ?>

      <?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>

    <li>

      <p class="title-header"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="post-title"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>

      <?php the_content(); ?>

    </li>

    <div class="clr"></div>

    <div class='link-edit'>

        Written by: <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="<?php echo get_author_link( false, $authordata->ID, $authordata->user_nicename ); ?>" title="<?php printf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'your-theme' ), $authordata->display_name ); ?>"><?php the_author(); ?></a></span><br>

      <?php the_category(', ') ?>

      <span class="hori">|</span> <span style='color:#AF75B1;'>

      <?php the_time('jS F Y') ?>

      </span> <span class="hori">|</span>

      <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' <span class="hori">|</span> '); ?>

      <?php comments_popup_link('Comment (0)', ' Comment (1)', 'Comments (%)'); ?>

      <span class='share-row'><br>Share: <?php if( function_exists('ADDTOANY_SHARE_SAVE_KIT') ) { ADDTOANY_SHARE_SAVE_KIT(); } ?></span>

    </div>

    <?php comments_template(); ?>
    <?php endif; ?> 
    <?php endwhile;?> 
            <?php $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp;?>

gawdsed

I'm no pro either, but it just sounds like there is an extra endif in your code somewhere...

if you post the code it would be easier to help you 😉

Derokorian

you're while is inside your if, however you try to close the if. Switch these two lines:

//currently:
<?php endif; ?> 
<?php endwhile;?> 

//change to: 
<?php endwhile;?> 
<?php endif; ?>

gawdsed

woops musta had the page up too long and replied

<span class='share-row'><br>Share: <?php [B]if[/B]( function_exists('ADDTOANY_SHARE_SAVE_KIT') ) { ADDTOANY_SHARE_SAVE_KIT()[B]; [/B]} ?></span>

</div>

<?php comments_template(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

I'm not 100% sure this would fix it, but you can see that that line starts the if statement and the delimiter ";" stops the if statement... that should be a ":"

Give that a shot and let me know 🙂

gawdsed

Derokorian is right, nevermind what I said.

RogerG

Derokorian;10987467 wrote:
you're while is inside your if, however you try to close the if. Switch these two lines:
//currently:
<?php endif; ?> 
<?php endwhile;?> 

//change to: 
<?php endwhile;?> 
<?php endif; ?>

I appreciate your response, however that did not do the trick. Everything is still the same in with the archives and blog page problem. Any more suggestions?

gawdsed

The problem could also lay in the first 100 lines as well, would it be possible to post the entire script?

RogerG

gawdsed;10987475 wrote:
The problem could also lay in the first 100 lines as well, would it be possible to post the entire script?

<?php get_header(); ?>

<!-- For ad banner  -->

<div id="adspacetop">

  <div class="adbanner"> <?php echo adrotate_ad(1); ?> </div>

</div>

<!-- // End of ad banner  -->

<?php



	    ob_start();



        wp_title('');



        $title = ob_get_clean();



       $title = trim($title);

       $exclude_cats = $_GET['exclude_cats'];  
       if($exclude_cats) {
           $exclude_cats = explode(',', $exclude_cats);
       } else {
           $exclude_cats = array(43);
       }

       $include_cats = $_GET['include_cats'];
       if($include_cats) {
           $include_cats = explode(',', $include_cats);
       } else {
           $include_cats = array();
       }


 ?>


<div class="arrow-blog">



</div>

 <div class="eventlink">

         <ul>

               <li>
                   <a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/blog/?the_cats=-43" class="dropdown">All Posts</a>

                    <div id="blog-tab-dropdown-0" class="dropdown-dropdown">
                        <ul>
                            <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/blog/?the_cats=-43,13">New Music</a></li>
                            <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/blog/?the_cats=-43,52">Music Videos</a></li>
                            <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/blog/?the_cats=-43,12">News</a></li>
                            <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/blog/?the_cats=-43,17">Fashion</a></li>
                            <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/blog/?the_cats=-43,14">Videos</a></li>
                       </ul>
                   </div>
             </li>

               <li> 
                   <a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/blog/?the_cats=-43,-61,-62" class="dropdown">&nbsp;&nbsp;Top 50&nbsp;&nbsp;</a>
                    <div id="blog-tab-dropdown-1" class="dropdown-dropdown top-fifty">
                        <ul>
                            <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/blog/?the_cats=-43,-61,-62,13">New Music</a></li>
                            <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/blog/?the_cats=-43,-61,-62,52">Music Videos</a></li>
                            <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/blog/?the_cats=-43,-61,-62,12">News</a></li>
                            <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/blog/?the_cats=-43,-61,-62,17">Fashion</a></li>
                            <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/blog/?the_cats=-43,-61,-62,14">Videos</a></li>
                       </ul>
                   </div>
                 </li>

               <li> <a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-university/" class="dropdown">TMG University</a>   <div id="blog-tab-dropdown-2" class="dropdown-dropdown tmg-u">
                      <ul>
                          <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-university/?the_cats=13">New Music</a></li>
                          <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-university/?the_cats=52">Music Videos</a></li>
                          <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-university/?the_cats=12">News</a></li>
                          <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-university/?the_cats=17">Fashion</a></li>
                          <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-university/?the_cats=14">Videos</a></li>
                     </ul>
                 </div></li>

               <li> <a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-retirement-home/" class="dropdown">TMG Retirement</a>   <div id="blog-tab-dropdown-3" class="dropdown-dropdown tmg-r-h">
                      <ul>
                          <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-retirement-home/?the_cats=13">New Music</a></li>
                          <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-retirement-home/?the_cats=52">Music Videos</a></li>
                          <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-retirement-home/?the_cats=12">News</a></li>
                          <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-retirement-home/?the_cats=17">Fashion</a></li>
                          <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/category/tmg-retirement-home/?the_cats=14">Videos</a></li>
                     </ul>
                 </div></li>

         </ul>

         <div class="clr"></div>

</div>

<div  class="artist-sec">

    <?php the_post(); ?>          

    <?php if ( is_day() ) : ?>
                    <h1 class="page-title"><?php printf( __( 'Daily Archives: <span>%s</span>', 'your-theme' ), get_the_time(get_option('date_format')) ) ?></h1><br>
    <?php elseif ( is_month() ) : ?>
                    <h1 class="page-title"><?php printf( __( 'Monthly Archives: <span>%s</span>', 'your-theme' ), get_the_time('F Y') ) ?></h1><br>
    <?php elseif ( is_year() ) : ?>
                    <h1 class="page-title"><?php printf( __( 'Yearly Archives: <span>%s</span>', 'your-theme' ), get_the_time('Y') ) ?></h1><br>
    <?php elseif ( isset($_GET['paged']) && !empty($_GET['paged']) ) : ?>
                    <h1 class="page-title"><?php _e( 'Blog Archives', 'your-theme' ) ?></h1><br>
    <?php endif; ?>

  <ul class='withname1'>

        <?php 
        $temp = $wp_query;
        $wp_query= null;
           $wp_query = new WP_Query();
           $wp_query->query('showposts=8&cat='.$_GET['the_cats'].'&paged='.$paged);
        ?>

      <?php if ($wp_query->have_posts()) : ?>

      <?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>

    <li>

      <p class="title-header"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="post-title"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>

      <?php the_content(); ?>

    </li>

    <div class="clr"></div>

    <div class='link-edit'>

        Written by: <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="<?php echo get_author_link( false, $authordata->ID, $authordata->user_nicename ); ?>" title="<?php printf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'your-theme' ), $authordata->display_name ); ?>"><?php the_author(); ?></a></span><br>

      <?php the_category(', ') ?>

      <span class="hori">|</span> <span style='color:#AF75B1;'>

      <?php the_time('jS F Y') ?>

      </span> <span class="hori">|</span>

      <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' <span class="hori">|</span> '); ?>

      <?php comments_popup_link('Comment (0)', ' Comment (1)', 'Comments (%)'); ?>

      <span class='share-row'><br>Share: <?php if( function_exists('ADDTOANY_SHARE_SAVE_KIT') ) { ADDTOANY_SHARE_SAVE_KIT(); } ?></span>

    </div>

    <?php comments_template(); ?>
  <?php endif; ?> 
   <?php endwhile;?>
            <?php $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp;?>

    <div class="navigation">

      <div class="alignleft">

        <?php previous_posts_link('Previous entries') ?>

      </div>

      <div class="alignright">

        <?php next_posts_link('Next entries') ?>



      </div>

    </div>

    <?php endif; ?>

  </ul>

</div>

<!-- For ad banner  -->


<!-- // End of ad banner  -->

</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

</div>

Derokorian

Looks like the problem is definitely here:

<?php comments_template(); ?>
<?php endif; ?> 
<?php endwhile;?>

It looks as if the endif; line is extraneous. because the if is ended later (in a more logical spot for it to be anyway)

RogerG

Derokorian;10987480 wrote:
Looks like the problem is definitely here:
<?php comments_template(); ?>
<?php endif; ?> 
<?php endwhile;?>
It looks as if the endif; line is extraneous. because the if is ended later (in a more logical spot for it to be anyway)

So you are suggesting I remove "<?php endif; ?> " all together? When I do this, the archives appear, but only one page of the most recent posts... and that same page appears when you click on any month. Along with that, the blog page still says "Not Found".

Ugh! Any other suggestions? Thank you so much for replying by the way.

RogerG

gawdsed;10987469 wrote:
woops musta had the page up too long and replied

<span class='share-row'><br>Share: <?php [B]if[/B]( function_exists('ADDTOANY_SHARE_SAVE_KIT') ) { ADDTOANY_SHARE_SAVE_KIT()[B]; [/B]} ?></span>

</div>

<?php comments_template(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
I'm not 100% sure this would fix it, but you can see that that line starts the if statement and the delimiter ";" stops the if statement... that should be a ":"

Give that a shot and let me know 🙂

Any further help? Really don't want this thread to die without the issue being solved...

RogerG

Derokorian;10987480 wrote:
Looks like the problem is definitely here:
<?php comments_template(); ?>
<?php endif; ?> 
<?php endwhile;?>
It looks as if the endif; line is extraneous. because the if is ended later (in a more logical spot for it to be anyway)

Any further help? Really don't want this thread to die without the issue being solved...