syntax error, unexpected token “if”, expecting “)”¶
Description¶
If-then commands are standalone commands. They can’t be part of another expression. Here, PHP found the if
, while it was expecting another expression.
Then, PHP mentions that it was expecting )
: this usually hints at an unclosed method call syntax. In the example here, the previous line holds an unclosed function call to foo
.
Example¶
<?php
$a = foo(1
if ($a == 2) {
print OK;
}
?>
Solutions¶
Look for the previous opening
(
parenthesis in functioncalls and check that it is balanced.Look for all previous openings
(
parenthesis in functioncalls and check that they are all balanced.