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I was running the following PHP code:
<?php </script> ?> There were no parse errors and the output was "?>" (example).
In similar cases I do get a parse error:
<?php </div> ?> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in ...
Why doesn't <?php </script> ?> give the same error?
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To solve the missing parenthesis error in PHP, the code has to be checked from the beginning to search for it. One way to avoid errors is to use proper indentation in the code. Once all the parentheses in the code have been set correctly, parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end will be fixed.
The best way to solve it is to remove the recently added plugins by disabling them. The WordPress site is also likely to generate an error after a code edit. A mistake as simple as a missing comma is enough to disrupt the function of a website.
The “unexpected end of file” error is not specific to WordPress, and can happen on any PHP-based website. This specific error means the file mentioned in the error message ends abruptly without the proper closing tags, and the code was unable to be parsed as a result.
This must be because there are various ways of starting a block of PHP code:
<? ... ?> (known as short_open_tag)
<?php ... ?> (the standard really)
<script language="php"> ... </script> (not recommended)
<% ... %> (deprecated and removed ASP-style tag after 5.3.0)
Apparently, you can open a PHP block one way, and close it the other. Didn't know that.
So in your code, you opened the block using <? but PHP recognizes </script> as the closer. What happened was:
<?php <----- START PHP </script> <----- END PHP ?> <----- JUST GARBAGE IN THE HTML If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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