Assistance Appreciated - Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE

[motprogram]

Hey, I just started using WordPress - I'm a complete newbie, and am super perplexed by this error I'm getting in functions.php. I'm hoping I am just making a simple mistake, but I'd really appreciate some suggestions as to what the issue is. 



The error: 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /homepages/33/d123623052/htdocs/rap3/wp-content/themes/business-turnkey/functions.php on line 196



That line would be at the very bottom of my code. From what I can tell, this error occurs when the code is missing a punctuation mark like a [ ( { , ' etc. I've been looking over the code for ages, and from what I can see all the brackets have a matching end, there's no out of place punctuation. 

 

<?php      
 
define('THEME_URI', get_stylesheet_directory_uri());
define('THEME_IMAGES', THEME_URI . '/assets/img');
define('THEME_CSS', THEME_URI . '/assets/css');
define('THEME_JS', THEME_URI . '/assets/js');
define('THEME_TEMPLATES', THEME_URI . '/assets/templates');   
 
$GLOBALS['content_width'] = 900;
 
/* Define Theme Defaults */
$options = get_option('turnkey_theme_options'); 
if($options['templatestyle'] == null)
$options['templatestyle'] = 'modern';     
if($options['typography'] == null)
$options['typography'] = 'typography1';
 
function turnkeySlider() {   
 
 
  $options = get_option('turnkey_theme_options');  
                
if($options['sliderTimer'] != null)
$rotateTimer = $options['sliderTimer'];
else
$rotateTimer = 5000;
 
   ?>    
          
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">     
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {  
$('.slide-container').cycle({ fx: 'scrollHorz',next: '#slide-nav .next',prev: '#slide-nav .prev',pause: 1, timeout:<?php echo $rotateTimer; ?>});    
});
</script>
 
<?php
}    
 
add_action('wp_head', 'turnkeySlider');
 
require_once ( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/theme-options.php' );
require_once ( 'slider/turnkey-slider.php' );
 
if (function_exists('register_sidebar')) {
register_sidebar(array(
'name'=> 'Homepage Widgets',
'id' => 'homepage_widgets',
'before_widget' => '<div class="widget group %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h3>',
'after_title' => '</h3>'
));
register_sidebar(array(
'name'=> 'Sidebar 1',
'id' => 'sidebar_1',
'before_widget' => '<div class="widget group %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h4>',
'after_title' => '</h4>'
));
register_sidebar(array(
'name'=> 'Sidebar 2',
'id' => 'sidebar_2',
'before_widget' => '<div class="widget group %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h4>',
'after_title' => '</h4>'
));
register_sidebar(array(
'name'=> 'Footer Widgets',
'id' => 'footer-widgets',
'before_widget' => '<div class="widget group %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h3>',
'after_title' => '</h3>'
));
}
 
if ( function_exists( 'register_nav_menus' ) ) {
register_nav_menus(
array(
'turnkey_mainnav' => 'TurnKey Main Navigation',
'turnkey_secondary' => 'TurnKey Secondary Navigation'
)
);
};
 
add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
 
// Makes Sure thumbnails show up in RSS
function do_post_thumbnail_feeds($content) {
global $post;
if(has_post_thumbnail($post->ID)) {
$content = '<div>' . get_the_post_thumbnail($post->ID) . '</div>' . $content;
}
return $content;
}
add_filter('the_excerpt_rss', 'do_post_thumbnail_feeds');
add_filter('the_content_feed', 'do_post_thumbnail_feeds');
 
// Define Thumbnail Images Sizes
if ( function_exists( 'add_image_size' ) ) {
add_image_size( 'post-thumb-threecol', 390, 200, true );
add_image_size( 'post-thumb-onetwocol', 520, 200, true );
/* Slide Image */ add_image_size( 'special', 580, 340, true );
}
 
if ( !is_admin() ) { // instruction to only load if it is not the admin area
 
function googlejquery() {
   wp_deregister_script( 'jquery' );
   wp_register_script( 'jquery', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js');
}    
 
add_action('init', 'googlejquery');
 
wp_register_script('functions',
     get_bloginfo('template_directory') . '/assets/js/functions.js');
  wp_register_script('cycle',
     get_bloginfo('template_directory') . '/assets/js/cycle.min.js');
  wp_register_script('lightbox',
     get_bloginfo('template_directory') . '/assets/js/lightbox_me.js');
   // enqueue the script
   wp_enqueue_script('jquery'); 
   wp_enqueue_script('functions');
   wp_enqueue_script('cycle');
   wp_enqueue_script('lightbox'); 
};
 
function the_breadcrumb() {
if (!is_home()) {
echo '<a href="';
echo get_option('home');
echo '">';
bloginfo('name');
echo "</a> » ";
if (is_category() || is_single()) {
the_category('title_li=');
if (is_single()) {
echo " » ";
the_title();
}
} elseif (is_page()) {
echo " <span class='current'> ";
echo the_title();
echo " </span> ";
 
}
}
}
 
function rap_register_sidebars() {
 
    register_sidebar(array(
 
        'name'              => 'Scheduling campaign sidebar',
        'id'                => 'rap-scheduling-sidebar',
        'description'       => 'Sidebar for Scheduling Campaign template pages only.',
        'before_widget'     => '<div class="widget">',
        'after_widget'      => '</div>',
        'before_title'      => '<h2 class="widget-title">',
        'after_title'       => '</h2>'
 
 
    ));
 
}
 
// Add Automatic Feed Links
add_theme_support('automatic-feed-links');
 
add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');
add_action('widgets_init', 'rap_register_sidebars');
 
// Below added by Jessica 6/24/13 to display Salesforce lookup fields on Gravity Forms field mapping page
add_filter('gf_salesforce_skip_reference_types', '__return_false'); 
 
// Below added by Jessica to change the field value on the Join Us and Training forms
add_action("gform_pre_submission_1", "pre_submission_JoinUs");
add_action("gform_pre_submission_8", "pre_submission_Training");
add_action("gform_pre_submission_15", "pre_submission_HCAP");
 
function pre_submission_JoinUs($form){
if ($_POST["input_15"] == 'Former Retail Worker') $_POST["input_15"] = 'Retail Worker';
}
 
function pre_submission_Training($form){
if ($_POST["input_18"] == 'Former Retail Worker') $_POST["input_18"] = 'Retail Worker';
}
 
function pre_submission_HCAP($form){
if ($_POST["input_15"] == 'Former Retail Worker') $_POST["input_15"] = 'Retail Worker';
}
 
   ?>    

Edited December 11, 2014 by motprogram

[requinix]

That file is less than 196 lines long and does not have any syntax errors.

[motprogram]

Thanks for the reply, requinix! 

 

When I went over it, it was around 194... However (so sorry if this is bad internet etiquette!), when I posted about this issue on another forum, the way the code displayed there showcases how somehow, wordpress reads this as 197 lines, with 196 being " >? " (sans quotation marks) As you can see here: https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/assistance-appreciated-parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_variable.2740712/

 

If there are no syntax errors, is it possible something else is causing this problem?

Edited December 11, 2014 by requinix
removing an nbsp that breaks the link

[CroNiX]

Try removing the very last php closing tag. They are unnecessary and can cause issues if any whitespace comes after them. And when I highlight that code there is whitespace after. Could be the forum doing that or copy/paste inconsistencies, but just best to leave those ending php tags off if nothing comes after it.

Edited December 11, 2014 by CroNiX

[requinix]

FYI there was a non-breaking space in your link that was breaking (ha) it. I removed it.

 

Which suggests to me another problem. If you copy/paste the code you posted (either from here or Digital Point) to replace what you have now, does it work?