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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Building a Media Library in PHP Adding Active States to the Navigation

Akasha Fryman
Akasha Fryman
2,068 Points
Posted by Akasha Fryman
Akasha Fryman
2,068 Points

When placing PHP start and end code inside of CSS class quotation marks, I get a Parse error.

Putting the below PHP code into the class=" " area causes this error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=' in /includes/header.php on line 16.

Line 16 is the second line below. I believe it's referring specifically to the ($section == "books").

I copied this formatting directly from the video, and it creates this error in my browser...very strange. 

        <ul class="nav">
            <li class="books<?php if ($section == "books") { echo = " on"; } ?>"><a href="catalog.php?cat=books">Books</a></li>
            <li class="movies<?php if ($section == "movies") { echo = " on"; } ?>"><a href="catalog.php?cat=movies">Movies</a></li>
            <li class="music<?php if ($section == "music") { echo = " on"; } ?>"><a href="catalog.php?cat=music">Music</a></li>
            <li class="suggest<?php if ($section == "suggest") { echo = " on"; } ?>"><a href="suggest.php">Suggest</a></li>
        </ul>

1 Answer

Ben Schroeder
Ben Schroeder
22,818 Points
Ben Schroeder
Ben Schroeder
22,818 Points

Get rid of the equals sign after echo.

<li class="books<?php if ($section == "books") { echo " on"; } ?>"><a href="catalog.php?cat=books">Books</a></li>