I got a PHP syntax error and I don't know what I did wrong?

Question

I was trying to make a page so I put a post on a specific page on Wordpress and I ended up getting a syntax error. Below is the code I used.

 <?php /* Template Name: blog */
    global $more;
     $more = 0;
     query_posts('cat=29');
    if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post();
     ?>
    </p> 
    <p>
    <a href=&amp;quot;<?php the_permalink(); ?>&amp;quot;><?php the_title( '</p> <h3>', </h3> <p>' ); ?></a></p>
     <p>
    <?php endwhile;
    <endif;
    wp_reset_query(); 
    ?>

You're missing a quote here: `the_title( '
',

' );`, but indeed, PHP should have told you the problem in the error message it gave. — Ben Hillier, Jul 14 '16 at 08:21
what is your exact syntax error? ~(edit your question and insert it) — Martin, Jul 14 '16 at 08:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 14 '16 at 08:35

A little indentation can help here (edited for brevity):

<?php
global $more;
$more = 0;
query_posts('cat=29');
?>
<?php if(have_posts()) :?>
    <?php while(have_posts()) : ?>
        <?php the_post(); ?>
        <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
            <?php the_title( '<h3>', '</h3>'); ?>
        </a>
    <?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query();

Rajkumar R · Answer 2 · 2016-07-14T08:37:47.833

Try this code:-

     <?php 
        /* Template Name: blog */
        global $more;
        $more = 0;
        query_posts('cat=29');
        if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post();
     ?>
     </p> 
     <p>
     <a href=&amp;quot;<?php the_permalink(); ?>&amp;quot;><?php the_title( '</p> <h3>, </h3> <p>' ); ?></a></p>
     <p>
     <?php 
         endwhile;
         endif;
         wp_reset_query(); 
     ?>

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 14 '16 at 08:27

-1

the_title( '</p> <h3>', </h3> <p>' ); should be the_title( '</p> <h3>', '</h3> <p>' );

<endif; is that right?

answered Jul 14 '16 at 08:27

Konstantinos Tsourdinis

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I got a PHP syntax error and I don't know what I did wrong?

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