Unexpected "greater than" in line 7 ? But I used only what I need to open&close!

Question

Hello, each time I try to test each file in my workspace I get the error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/treehouse/workspace/index.php on line 7

I checked the code 3 times and espcially this line and it seem okay --- Opening and close tags are in place, the class is setted okay (I didn't change it), and there is a closing tag. Would be thankful for the teachers' advice about this.

Here is my index.php code snippet:

<?php

$pageTitle = "Home sweet home";

include("inc/header.php");

<div class="section catalog random">

            <div class="wrapper">

                <h2>May we suggest something?</h2>

                                <ul class="items">
                    <li><a href="details.php?id=201"><img src="img/media/forest_gump.jpg" alt="Forrest Gump"><p>View Details</p></a></li><li><a href="details.php?id=204"><img src="img/media/princess_bride.jpg" alt="The Princess Bride"><p>View Details</p></a></li><li><a href="details.php?id=302"><img src="img/media/elvis_presley.jpg" alt="Elvis Forever"><p>View Details</p></a></li><li><a href="details.php?id=303"><img src="img/media/garth_brooks.jpg" alt="No Fences"><p>View Details</p></a></li>                              
                </ul>

            </div>

        </div>

include("inc/footer.php");

?>

Other code snippets:

Catalog.php:

<?php

$pageTitle = "Full catalog!";

include("inc/header.php");

<div class="section page">
  <h1>Hello world!</h1>
</div>

include("inc/footer.php");

?>

Suggest.php:

<?php

$pagetitle = "$pageTitle";

include("inc/header.php");

<div class="section page">
  <h1>Suggest a mdeia item!</h1>
</div>

<?php include("inc/footer.php"); 

?>

header.php:

<?php

<html>
<head>
  <title><$pageTitle = "Suggest a media item";</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>

    <div class="header">

        <div class="wrapper">

            <h1 class="branding-title"><a href="./">Personal Media Library</a></h1>

            <ul class="nav">
                <li class="books"><a href="catalog.php?cat=books">Books</a></li>
                <li class="movies"><a href="catalog.php?cat=movies">Movies</a></li>
                <li class="music"><a href="catalog.php?cat=music">Music</a></li>
                <li class="suggest"><a href="suggest.php">Suggest</a></li>
            </ul>

        </div>

    </div>

    <div id="content">

    ?>

footer.php:

    </div> <!-- Close later! -->

    <div class="footer">

        <div class="wrapper">

            <ul>        
                <li><a href="http://twitter.com/treehouse">Twitter</a></li>
                <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TeamTreehouse">Facebook</a></li>
            </ul>

            <p>&copy; <?php echo date("Y") . "Personal Media Library"; ?></p>

        </div>

    </div>

</body>
</html>

Answer 1 · 2016-01-28T01:08:33Z

January 28, 2016 1:08am

Hi Ben,

Looks like the error is in the header.php

You dont need to wrap the full code in a php tag and the title tag has couple issues going on. I have posted the changes below to help :

<html>

    <head>
        <title><?php echo $pageTitle; ?></title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css">
    </head>

    <body>

        <div class="header">

            <div class="wrapper">

                <h1 class="branding-title"><a href="./">Personal Media Library</a></h1>

                <ul class="nav">
                    <li class="books<?php if ($section == "books") {echo " on";} ?>"><a href="catalog.php?cat=books">Books</a></li>
                    <li class="movies<?php if ($section == "movies") {echo " on";} ?>"><a href="catalog.php?cat=movies">Movies</a></li>
                    <li class="music<?php if ($section == "music") {echo " on";} ?>"><a href="catalog.php?cat=music">Music</a></li>
                    <li class="suggest<?php if ($section == "suggest") {echo " on";} ?>"><a href="suggest.php">Suggest</a></li>
                </ul>

            </div>

        </div>

        <div id="content">

I am also noticing in all the files you are wrapping the full html code in php tags, you only need to wrap php dependent code in php tags.

Here is a snapshot of my workspace from an early part in the course about were you are I think

In regard to debugging the snapshot feature of workspaces is great, you can let someone see all your code simply by pasting in a link. To do that click the camera icon in the to right to get the link. If you prefer working locally this can still be utalised but with a slightly longer process.

For example:

your site is stored in a folder "my-site.dev" on your pc

you can create a new workspace(with correct environment for the code i.e. php) and then upload the full folder. this will give you access to the snapshot feature again, no more chopping up code and markdown in the questions :)

Hope this helps,

Craig

Answer 2 · 2016-01-27T23:51:12Z

January 27, 2016 11:51pm

Hi Ben,

Can you post a link to a snapshot of your workspace using the camera icon in the top right? When you post a link to a workspace but dont have the code open anymore unfortunately others cant view the workspace.

If you can post a snapshot id be happy to take a look over the code :)

Craig

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