Problems initiating loop

  • Resolved techmulla

    (@techmulla)


    16 years, 3 months ago

    i am using a different index.php as compared to my home. this is my home.php.

    home.php is working fine. Now my index.php is like this.

    <?php get_header(); ?>

<!-- begin container -->

    <div id="ygap"></div>

    <!-- begin sidebar -->

    <div id="sidebar"></div>

    <!-- end sidebar -->

    <!-- begin content -->

    <!-- main content -->

         <div id="content">
         <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

         <?php endwhile; ?>

         </div>

    <div id="ygap"></div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

    and my browser says ..

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\themes\techvixion\index.php on line 26

    what could be wrong? pardon me, i am a novice at php, and i started developing a theme from scratch.

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  • You have an unclosed if condition.

    Your loop start like this :

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

    IF, there is some posts, so WHILE…

    So, you need to end the while like you see in your code :

    <?php endwhile; ?>

    Then, after, you should also end the if…

    <?php endif; ?>

    So, your code should look like this :

    <?php get_header(); ?>

<!-- begin container -->

    <div id="ygap"></div>

    <!-- begin sidebar -->

    <div id="sidebar"></div>

    <!-- end sidebar -->

    <!-- begin content -->

    <!-- main content -->

         <div id="content">
         <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

         <?php endwhile; ?>

         </div>

        <?php endif; ?>

    <div id="ygap"></div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

    S.

    put this line:

    <?php endif; ?>

    just before this line:

    <div id="ygap"></div>

    Don’t forget to use the WordPress Default Theme for examples of things such as loops. See wp-content/themes/default/index.php for an example of a loop.

    Oops, SimonJ has got it…

    Thread Starter techmulla

    (@techmulla)

    thanks guyz, resolved ??

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