Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ELSEIF [closed]

1
votes

Doing some very basic coding on codeacademy and this has been bugging me for over an hour now. What is possibly wrong with this code that it is displaying the error " Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ELSEIF on line 12 "

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Our Shop</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>
      <?php
        $items = 10;    // Set this to a number greater than 5!
        if ($items > 5) {
          echo "You get a 10% discount!"; }
          else { echo "You get a 5% discount!";
          } elseif ($items == 1) {
              echo "Sorry, no discount!";
          }


      ?>
    </p>
  </body>
</html>
2
phphtml
You can not use elseif after else.http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.elseif.php - Naveed
Reference - What does this error mean in PHP? <- Error in PHP you have no clue about? This should be one of your first stops online. - hakre

2 Answers

8
votes

The else block must be last. It cannot go before an else if:

if ($items > 5) {
    echo "You get a 10% discount!";
} else if ($items == 1) {
    echo "Sorry, no discount!";
} else {
    echo "You get a 5% discount!";
}
4
votes

Your else block needs to be the last if you intend to use else if. Please watch your use of { and } as well. If it's messy, it's hard to read and harder to debug. 

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Our Shop</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>
      <?php
        $items = 10;    // Set this to a number greater than 5!
        if ($items > 5) {
            echo "You get a 10% discount!";
        } else if ($items == 1) {
            echo "Sorry, no discount!"; 
        } else { 
            echo "You get a 5% discount!";
        }
      ?>
    </p>
  </body>
</html>