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Iulian Mirzac
3,083 PointsParse error: syntax error, unexpected '<', expecting end of file in /home/treehouse/workspace/catalog.php on line 4
I am running this website building course. I am getting stuck onto an apparent simple error to be solved but i can't get to figure it out what the solution might be.
Here's the snapshot of the workspace. https://w.trhou.se/m2f0jk4qia
Of anyone can help i would be grateful.
3 Answers
Mikkel Rasmussen
31,772 PointsYou need to close your php tag at the top of your catalog.php file or remove the <?php.
Matthias Margot
7,236 PointsYou can nest PHP code in an HTML file however HTML syntax is not included in PHP and can't be interpreted as such inside a php tag.
<?php /*(DO NOT WRITE PLAIN HTML IN HERE ONLY OUTSIDE OF THIS)*/ ?>
If you wanted to print HTML to the file from a php code snippet you'd have to use any of the print functions like 'echo', 'print' or 'printf' and your HTML would have to be output as a string, not as plain HTML, php can't read that.
Iulian Mirzac
3,083 PointsI can't belive i wasted so much time on that. I thought about it, then took a glance over the code and i thought i closed the tag below. Thanks to you guys it works now.