Php error in my site

[alexgarcia]

Hello,

I am new to programming. And in php in particular. I'm learning and I have the following error:

 

PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in web.php on line 20

 

Can I use this?

 

if (is_paged()) echo "Página 1";

 

Or I need use?

 

if (is_paged())  echo "Página 1" };

 

Thanks!

[Barand]

{..} always need to be in pairs. So both these are correct

 

if (is_paged()) echo "Página 1";

if (is_paged()) { echo "Página 1"; }

[cyberRobot]

One thing to keep in mind about PHP, and other programming languages, is that the error doesn't always point to the correct line. Sometimes, the error is caused by something earlier in the script.

 

For example, I get a similar error with the following code:

<?php
print 'hello'
if(1) { print ' there'; }
?>

 

PHP says there is an error on line 3. However, the actual error is on line 2, where I'm missing a semi-colon.

Edited September 15, 2016 by cyberRobot