Welcome to the Treehouse Community
Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.
Looking to learn something new?
Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.
Start your free trialJeff Busch
19,287 PointsParse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file in
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file in C:\xampp\htdocs\contact.php on line 75. What am I missing? I get the same error message at (http://phpcodechecker.com/).
<?php
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST")
{
/*echo "I have information from a form. Now what?";
var_dump($_POST);*/
$name = $_POST["name"];
$email = $_POST["email"];
$message = $_POST["message"];
$email_body = "";
$email_body = $email_body . "Name: " . $name . "\n";
$email_body = $email_body . "Email: " . $email . "\n";
$email_body = $email_body . "Message: " . $message . "\n";
echo $email_body;
// TODO: Send Email
header("Location: contact.php?status=thanks");
exit;
}
?>
<?php
$pageTitle = "Contact Mike";
$section = "contact";
include 'inc/header.php'; ?>
<div class="section_page">
<div class="wrapper">
<h1>Contacts</h1>
<?php if (isset($_GET["status"]) AND $_GET["status"] == "thanks")
{
?>
<p>Thanks for the email! I’ll be in touch shortly.</p>
<?php
}
else
{
?>
<p>I’d love to hear from you! Complete the form and send me an email.</p>
<form method="post" action="contact.php">
<table>
<tr>
<th><label for="name">Name</label></th>
<td><input type="text" name="name" id="name"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><label for="email">Email</label></th>
<td><input type="text" name="email" id="email"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><label for="message">Message</label></th>
<td><textarea name="message" id="message"></textarea></td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="submit" value="send">
</form>
}
</div>
</div>
<?php
include 'inc/footer.php';
?>
2 Answers
Ben Rubin
Courses Plus Student 14,658 PointsThe last closing brace for your if
statement is outside of a php tag (the one right above the two closing div tags).
Andrew Hartley
2,750 PointsBEN! Answered nearly four years ago, and I was struggling with the same issue, exactly, but on a project of my own. Once I looked for a misplaced or missing }, problem solved. Unbelievable. You are my hero!
Jeff Busch
19,287 PointsJeff Busch
19,287 PointsThanks Ben,
All I had to do was this: "<?php } ?>". Mixing PHP and HTML gets a little confusing.
Jeff