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Arikaturika Tumojenko
Arikaturika Tumojenko
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Posted by Arikaturika Tumojenko
Arikaturika Tumojenko
8,897 Points

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file

I am getting this error "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file" when I am trying to run my code and from what I read it means I didn't close something, somewhere and it doesn't necessarily refer to the line where PHP it's showing me the error.

I can't seem to find where the error is though. Can anyone spot it? Thank you! My complete code is:

$firstName = "Silvia";
$lastName = "Bogdan";
$currentGrade = 10;
$finalAverage = .99;
$messageBody = "";



if (!$firstName || !$lastName) {
   echo "Please enter a student name";

} elseif ($currentGrade <9 || $currentGrade > 12) {
    echo "This is only for high school students. Please enter a grade between 9 and 12.";

} else {
      echo "Dear $firstName $lastName\n";
      echo $messageBody;

  if ($finalAverage < .70) {
      $messageBody = "We look forward to seeing you at summer school, beginning July 1st!";

  } else {

     switch ($currentGrade) {
        case 9:
            $messageBody = "Congratulations on completing your freshman year in High School! We’ll see you on September 1st for the start of your sophomore year!";
       break;

       case 10:
            $messageBody = "Congratulations on completing your sophomore year in High School! We’ll see you on September 1st for the start of your junior year!";
       break;

       case 11:
            $messageBody = "Congratulations on completing your junior year in High School! We’ll see you on September 1st for the start of your senior year!";
       break;

       case 12:
            $messageBody = "Congratulations! You’ve graduated High School! Don’t forget to come back and visit.";
       break;

       default: 
        $messageBody = "Error: Grade level is not 9-12!";
        break;

     }
  }

?>

```php

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! The reason you're receiving an end of file is because you're missing a closing curly brace before the ?>. There should be 3 there. That being said, when you fix that, you'll notice that the $messagebody is not being echoed out. This is because you're echoing the message body when it's still an empty string. To display it, you'll need to echo the $messagebody after you've changed it from an empty string.

Hope this helps! :sparkles: