Parse error after include on last line of code

[ssshanest]

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/shanest/public_html/wp-content/themes/shanest/index.php on line 24

That's for the following 23 lines of code:

<?php include "header.php"; ?>

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<div class="headline"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
<div class="subheadline">Posted to <?php the_category(', ') ?> at <?php the_time('g:i A') ?> on <? the_date(); ?></div>
<br />
<div class="story">
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
</div>
<div class="storyfoot">
<?
$forum = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM wp_categories WHEN ID=the_category_ID();");
$forum_id = mysql_fetch_array($forum);
?>
Discuss in <a href="

http://forum.shanest.com/index.php?action=vtopic&forum=<?

$forum_id['forum_id'] ?>"><? the_category_unicode(); ?> Forum</a>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php include "searchform.php"; ?>

<?php include "footer.php"; ?>

What's causing the error?

 

[sleipnir214]

Parse error, unexpected $" is PHP's way of telling you that the parser is expecting more input when it hit the end of the file. Typically, this is caused by unbalanced braces ("{}") or parentheses.

It could also be your ":" in the third line of the script. That character is used for PHP's trinary operator:

$a = (some condition) ? some value : some other value;

It could also be something else. Your programming style of constant context-switching between HTML output and PHP interpretation makes your program flow difficult to follow.


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[sleipnir214]

Oops, sorry, I didn't realize you were using the alternate PHP syntax.

Perhaps you're missing an endif? This would be the equivalent of missing a closing curly brace.


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[ssshanest]

It was that colon- many thanks!