Parse error - unexpected T_IS_GREATER_OR_EQUAL

[keezel]

Hello all.  I am terrible at PHP, but it's pretty handy and I like it far better than other languages.  I'm trying to write a program to perform some pretty simple math, but it's giving me a syntax error.  I am not familiar enough with PHP syntax to know why.

 

Here is the code:

 

<?php

$variable = 14;
$TaxesPaid;
$OneBracket1 = 1;
$OneBracket12 = 12;
$OneBracket22 = 22;
$OneBracket32 = 32;
$OneBracket42 = 42;
$OneBracket52 = 52;

if($variable <= $OneBracket1):
$TaxesPaid = $variable * 0.10;
elseif($variable <= $OneBracket12 && >= $OneBracket1):
$TaxesPaid = $variable * 0.15;
elseif($variable <= $OneBracket22 && >= $OneBracket12):
$TaxesPaid = $variable * 0.25;
elseif($variable <= $OneBracket32 && >= $OneBracket22):
$TaxesPaid = $variable * 0.28;
elseif($variable <= $OneBracket42 && >= $OneBracket32):
$TaxesPaid = $variable * 0.33;
elseif($variable >= $OneBracket52):
$TaxesPaid = $variable * 0.35;
else:
    echo "death"

echo $TaxesPaid;


?>

 

Here is the error I'm receiving:

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_IS_GREATER_OR_EQUAL in (local directory) on line 16

 

I tried writing the same snippet of code with { }'s instead of : to separate the if clauses but I'm getting the same error.  It appears to be an error with the comparison operators ( >=, &&, <=).  I tried switching some of these around, like =>, and received a different error.  I think the latter (=>) is more for arrays than if statements.

 

Any guidance would be extremely appreciated!  I've been wrestling with this for awhile now...

[trq]

These lines make no sense....

 

elseif($variable <= $OneBracket12 && >= $OneBracket1):

 

Should be.....

 

elseif($variable <= $OneBracket12 && $variable >= $OneBracket1):

[keezel]

In the immortal words of Homer Simpson....d'oh!  Thank you very much.