Another PHP Syntax Error

Question

This is the error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in /home/idghosti/public_html/testground/mma/include/footer.php on line 9

This is the code:

<?php
    } else {
        error_reporting(0);

        if  (mail($to, $subject, $msg, "From: $email\r\nReply-To: $email\r\nReturn-Path: $email\r\n"))

       //Message sent!
       //It the message that will be displayed when the user click the sumbit button
       //You can modify the text if you want
        echo nl2br("
        <div class=\"MsgSent\">
      <h1>Congratulations!!</h1>
      <p>Thank you <b>$name</b>, your message is sent!<br /> We will get back to you as soon as possible.</p>
     </div>
       ");

        else

        // Display error message if the message failed to send
        echo "
        <div class=\"MsgError\">
      <h1>Error!!</h1>
      <p>Sorry <b><?=$name;?></b>, your message failed to send. Try later!</p>
     </div>";
    }
?>

Answer 1

PHP blocks cannot span files. It looks like that is what you are trying to do.

Also if you are breaking out of blocks to output HTML directly, I find it more readable to use the alternative syntax.

Answer 2

There's an unexpected '}', you're missing an if(var){ on top.

Answer 3

There are a few things wrong with your code. I recommend looking at some tutorials for IF statements to understand how they work. Here is a good web site for you to do this.

www.tizag.com

UPDATE to reflect comments:

Take the PHP code block before the form and put it into toppart.php

<?php if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST'){ $self = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>

------------------Your Form Code is here---------------------

Take this PHP code block after the form and put it into middlepart.php

<?php

} else {
    error_reporting(0);

    if  (mail($to, $subject, $msg, "From: $email\r\nReply-To: $email\r\nReturn-Path: $email\r\n")) 

    //Message sent!
    //It the message that will be displayed when the user click the sumbit button
    //You can modify the text if you want
    echo nl2br("
    <div class=\"MsgSent\">
            <h1>Congratulations!!</h1>
            <p>Thank you <b>$name</b>, your message is sent!<br /> We will get back to you as soon as possible.</p>
    </div>
   ");


    else

    // Display error message if the message failed to send
    echo "
    <div class=\"MsgError\">
            <h1>Error!!</h1>
            <p>Sorry <b><?=$name;?></b>, your message failed to send. Try later!</p>
    </div>";


} 


?>

Your new code will look like the following:

include 'toppart.php';

/* Your Form Code Here */

include 'middlepart.php';

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