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Shane McC
Shane McC
3,005 Points
Posted by Shane McC
Shane McC
3,005 Points

Trying to make my own WP Plugin. What's wrong with my syntax?

Hi Everyone, I'm getting the below error message when I test my own WP Plugin. The error message and my syntax is below. What am I doing wrong?

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in C:\wamp\www\wp-practice\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\wp-treehousebadges\wptreehouse-badges.php on line 25 

function wptreehouse_badges_menu(){

/* 
  Use the add_options_page function
  add_options_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function);
*/

add_options_page{
    'Official Teehouse Badges Plugin',
 'Treehouse Badges',
 'manage_options',
 'wptreehouse-badges',
 'wptreehouse_badges_options_page'
};

}
add_action('admin_menu','wptreehouse_badges_menu');

function wptreehouse_badges_options_page(){

if(!current_user_can('manage_options')){
wp_die('You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.');
 }

 echo '<p>Welcome to our plugin page!</p>';

}

1 Answer

Mjolnir Silver
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Mjolnir Silver
Courses Plus Student 14,408 Points
Mjolnir Silver
Mjolnir Silver
Courses Plus Student 14,408 Points

Hint: I think you've added a curly brace instead of a bracket after "add_options_page".

Perhaps try out the below:

function wptreehouse_badges_menu() {

/*
 *  Use the add_options_page function
 *  add_options_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu-slug, $function ) 
 *
*/

add_options_page(
    'Official Treehouse Badges',
    'Treehouse Badges',
    'manage_options',
    'wptreehouse-badges',
    'wptreehouse_badges_options_page'
);

}

Shane McC
Shane McC
3,005 Points
Shane McC
Shane McC
3,005 Points

Thanks, working great