Why I get error in my PHP code?

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<?php


if(isset($_POST['send']))
  {
  if (isset($_SESSION['username']))
  $fp = fopen('messages.txt', 'a',1);
  $message=htmlspecialchars($_POST['message-text']);
  } elseif (empty($message)) {
    header('Location: stop_talking.html')
  } else { // this line gives error (Syntax error, unexpected '}'
    fwrite($fp, "$_SESSION[username]: $message ".PHP_EOL);
    echo "<script>if ( window.history.replaceState ) {
    window.history.replaceState( null, null, window.location.href );
  }
  document.location.reload()</script>";
  }
}
?>

What I have tried:

I have tried searching for an solution and but I didn't find I tried everything that came to my mind

Posted 4-Feb-22 22:29pm

Member 15524347

Updated 4-Feb-22 23:23pm

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Richard MacCutchan 5-Feb-22 4:37am

Maybe the semi-colon is missing from the previous statement.

Patrice T 5-Feb-22 5:07am

And the error message is ...

Member 15524347 5-Feb-22 5:09am

Syntax error, unexpected '}'

Patrice T 5-Feb-22 5:17am

And it told you the line number ?
Which line in this code ?

Richard MacCutchan 5-Feb-22 6:46am

Add the semi-colon on the line before the else clause. And remove the extra closing brace as mentioned by Patrice T below.

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Patrice T · Answer 1 · 2022-02-04T23:23:00

Quote:
Syntax error, unexpected '}'

A little beautification show the problem

PHP

<?php

if (isset($_POST['send']))
{
    if (isset($_SESSION['username'])) $fp = fopen('messages.txt', 'a', 1);
    $message = htmlspecialchars($_POST['message-text']);
}
elseif (empty($message))
{
    header('Location: stop_talking.html')
}
else
{ // this line gives error (Syntax error, unexpected '}'
    fwrite($fp, "$_SESSION[username]: $message " . PHP_EOL);
    echo "<script>if ( window.history.replaceState ) {
    window.history.replaceState( null, null, window.location.href );
  }
  document.location.reload()</script>";
}
} // problem is here, remove the '}', or 1 is missing somewhere else
?>

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