unexpected 'endif' (T_ENDIF)

[thegrosv]

Im using siteground-j16-32 template which installed ok , but with the following

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'endif' (T_ENDIF) in /home/thegrosv/public_html/templates/siteground-j16-32/templates.php on line 12
I believe the solution is to open tags in php .ini
Anyone have any ideas how to solve
regards and thank you

 

[Dead-i]

Hi,

This appears to be an error in the template you downloaded. Please check the code in the file it specifies, since there seems to be quite a few syntax errors there. You might need to contact the template's author about this.

Thank you,

 

[thegrosv]

There is no error in the template , apparently I have to amend php.ini file , but obviously I cant get access to this,
but thank you for your reply , must be something to do with free hosting ????
as follows
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'endif' (T_ENDIF) in /home/thegrosv/public_html/templates/siteground-j16-32/templates.php on line 12,

but just incase any php experts are in , this is the offending page

<?if( $sg == 'banner' ):?>
<?php if (JRequest::getVar('view') == 'frontpage'):?>
<!-- SIDE BEGIN --><!-- SIDE END -->
<?php endif?>
<?else:?>
<?php echo $app->getCfg('sitename'); ?>, Powered by <a href="http://joomla.org/" class="sgfooter" target="_blank">Joomla!</a>
$menus = $app->getMenu();
$sgfrontpage = /*SGFRONTPAGE BEGIN*/1/*SGFRONTPAGE END*/;
if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault() || $sgfrontpage):?>
<!-- FOOTER BEGIN --><a href="http://www.siteground.com/smf-hosting.htm" target="_blank">SMF hosting by SiteGround</a><!-- FOOTER END -->
?php <?endif;?>
<?endif;?>

 

[caftpx10]

<?php endif?>
<?else:?>

If you ask me, this does look a little sudden. If it were to do with the php.ini file then I would imagine it would be to do with short tags.
Personally, I haven't seen that type of format of PHP before (which I've quoted), like 'else' is using a colon instead of a curly bracket (like Python) and 'endif' doesn't have any curly brackets. Perhaps something else was also thrown in before that so that it's actually something else.

 

[Dead-i]

I took a look at the code. It looks like there is PHP code after the "Powered by" line that doesn't even start with <?php or <?.

Therefore, the "if" statement is not being evaluated as PHP, and so it cannot be closed with "endif".

 

[bdistler]

Personally, I haven't seen that type of format of PHP before

for information about PHP alternative syntax - see --> [ http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.alternative-syntax.php ]

Welcome to hell... it is another way to declare a code block

 

[thegrosv]

Thank you both , I have reinstalled template and have menu and login block back but now I have

Strict Standards: Non-static method JSite::getMenu() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /home/thegrosv/public_html/templates/siteground-j16-32/templates.php on line 7

<?if( $sg == 'banner' ):?>
<?php if (JRequest::getVar('view') == 'frontpage'):?>
<!-- SIDE BEGIN --><!-- SIDE END -->
<?php endif?>
<?else:?>
<?php echo $app->getCfg('sitename'); ?>, Powered by <a href="http://joomla.org/" class="sgfooter" target="_blank">Joomla!</a>
<?php $menu = &JSite::getMenu();
$sgfrontpage = /*SGFRONTPAGE BEGIN*/1/*SGFRONTPAGE END*/;
if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault() || $sgfrontpage):?>
<!-- FOOTER BEGIN --><a href="http://www.siteground.com/smf-hosting.htm" target="_blank">SMF hosting by SiteGround</a><!-- FOOTER END -->
<?php endif ?>
<?endif;?>

 

[caftpx10]

You COULD suppress the error BUT it's not the right way of handling things.

Anyway, something you could refer to: http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=431&t=572752

 

[thegrosv]

caftpx10 , you are a star changed configuration .php as mentioned in that topic ....gone
thanks a lot
apprieciated

 

[essellar]

Welcome to hell... it is another way to declare a code block

It's actually a very clean way to conditionally include HTML blocks; it beats the heck out of conditional includes or echoing heredoc. Using it for anything other than conditional HTML is a felony in most jurisdictions (in the little world I live in inside my head, la-la-la...). It's honestly good for what it's honestly good for; using it to make PHP look more like Pascal is very, very bad practice.