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Brian O'Connor
Brian O'Connor
13,226 Points
Posted by Brian O'Connor
Brian O'Connor
13,226 Points

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'else' (T_ELSE), expecting end of file in /home/treehouse/workspace/details.php on

Hi, I'm getting the following error message when I try to display any of the items in the catalogue,

my code looks like this

  <?php 
if (strtolower($item["category"]) == "books"); { ?>
      <tr>
        <th>Authors</th>
        <td><?php echo implode(", ",$item["authors"]); ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
        <th>Publisher</th>
        <td><?php echo $item["publisher"]; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
        <th>ISBN</th>
        <td><?php echo $item["isbn"]; ?></td>
        </tr>


        <?php } else if (strtolower($item["category"]) == "movies") { ?>
        <tr>
        <th>Director</th>
        <td><?php echo ,$item["director"]; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
        <th>Writers</th>
        <td><?php echo implode(", ",$item["writers"]); ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
        <th>Stars</th>
        <td><?php echo implode(", ",$item["stars"]); ?></td>
        </tr>

         <?php } else if (strtolower($item["category"]) == "music") { ?>
        <tr>
        <th>Artist</th>
        <td><?php echo ,$item["artist"]; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <?php }?>

I am not seeing the error in the else if statement - my code should the same as the code used in the video - what am I missing ?

many thanks Brian

2 Answers

Nicholas Mejia
Nicholas Mejia
23,800 Points
Nicholas Mejia
Nicholas Mejia
23,800 Points

You've got a semi colon in front of your first if argument. Also, get rid of those commas that come after your echo statements. Do that and everything should work perfectly B)

Brian O'Connor
Brian O'Connor
13,226 Points
Brian O'Connor
Brian O'Connor
13,226 Points

Thank you very much for that, the semi colon was the biggest culprit. I'm finding the most common mistake in my code so far on this learning journey is usually always a spelling or a single misplacement of a comma, colon, semi colon etc.

thank you again B