Unexpected $ Where There Aren't Any

[Amezis 0]

I am getting this message when testing a script I made:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/globa38/public_html/forum/mods/phpbb_fetch_all/news/forumnews.php on line 159

On line 159, which is the last line in that file, I can only see this:

?>

What's the problem, and how can I fix it?

[sxyloverboy 0]

can you post codelines 150 - 170? that would give some more insight on this problem.

[Amezis 0]

<?for ($i = 0; $i < count($news); $i++) {{$max_length = 27;$title = ($news[$i]['topic_title']);$title_length = strlen($title);if ($title_length > $max_length){$title = substr_replace($title, '...', $max_length);}?>    	<tr>       <td class="newshover">       <?php echo append_sid('http://forum.global-rs.com/viewtopic.php?t=' . $news[$i]['topic_id']); ?>">       <?php echo date('d-M-Y',$news[$i]['post_time']); ?> - <?php echo($title); ?></a></td>    	<tr><?php}?>

[sxyloverboy 0]

hmm idunno
maybe you can try this:

change

<?php echo date('d-M-Y',$news[$i]['post_time']); ?> - <?php echo($title); ?></a></td>

to:

<?php echo date('d-M-Y',$news[$i]['post_time']); ?> - <?php echo $title; ?></a></td>

[rvalkass 5]

As far as I can see you have some extra braces. You have one extra { at the beginning that is never closed. Also, try not to break out of PHP into HTML in the middle of a for loop, as it can sometimes cause problems. Just put each line as an echo.

[Amezis 0]

Okay, I have changed the code as you said, sxyloverboy, and I have put the HTML code in echo(). But still, the problem is happening.

[sxyloverboy 0]

hm looking at this thread i see that the problem was a curly brace "{" that wasnt closed. look though all of your code to see if you find something that you havent closed. if that dosent help i dunno.

[beeseven 0]

When it says that there's an unexpected $ on the last line of the file, that always means that you didn't close all of your curly braces ( { ).