syntax error, unexpected 'endforeach' (T_ENDFOREACH) in PHP script

Question

I made small search for this error. there are a lot of topics but looks like none of them apply to me. As I see it this code is perfectly fine. Why do I have an error?

<ul class="uk-grid uk-text-center" data-uk-grid-margin>
    <?php foreach ($cats as $cat): ?>
        <li class="uk-width-medium-1-5">
            <a href="<?php JRoute::_($cat->link)?>">
                <?php if ($cat->level == 1) :?>
                    <img src="<?php $cat->image;?>" alt="<?php $cat->description; ?>" width="175" height="80">
                <?php else: ?>
                    <img src="<?php $cat->image;?>" alt="<?php $cat->description; ?>" width="135" height="135">
                <? endif;?> 
                <h2 class="uk-article-title">
                    <?php $cat->title; ?>
                </h2>
            </a>
        </li>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

Here is my php version

/var/www/localhost # php -v
PHP 7.4.15 (cli) (built: Feb  8 2021 20:31:57) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies

But I do not think it is a problem because i started from 7.2 and then 7.3 and all gave same result.

Ссылка с ошибкой http://flareapp.io/share/4m4oEOJ5

If you don't have shorttags enabled ` endif;?>` may not be recognised. Best to use `` — Nigel Ren, Feb 28 '21 at 08:24
@NicoHaase the link you've provided does not help. I do not want to say I am an expert, but I am quite experienced PHP developer from PHP2FI. I know how to handle syntax errors in general. But I stack with his one. This error is more a magic than sense to me. — Sergey Romanov, Feb 28 '21 at 08:54
@deceze Yes, I know. Thank you though. That is because I mas changed `=` to ` — Sergey Romanov, Feb 28 '21 at 09:04

Raskul · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-28T09:03:20.373

this works well, you forget php after <? in this line: <?php endif;?>

So <? endif;?> is wrong and <?php endif;?> will work well.

<ul class="uk-grid uk-text-center" data-uk-grid-margin>
    <?php foreach ($cats as $cat): ?>
        <li class="uk-width-medium-1-5">
            <a href="<?php JRoute::_($cat->link)?>">
                <?php if ($cat->level == 1) :?>
                    <img src="<?php $cat->image;?>" alt="<?php $cat->description; ?>" width="175" height="80">
                <?php else: ?>
                    <img src="<?php $cat->image;?>" alt="<?php $cat->description; ?>" width="135" height="135">
                <?php endif;?> 
                <h2 class="uk-article-title">
                    <?php $cat->title; ?>
                </h2>
            </a>
        </li>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

or if you want to write without php word in <?php you should do it for all the lines related to if statement so your code will be like this: but I recommand to use above code instead of bellow code:

<ul class="uk-grid uk-text-center" data-uk-grid-margin>
    <?php foreach ($cats as $cat): ?>
        <li class="uk-width-medium-1-5">
            <a href="<?php JRoute::_($cat->link)?>">
                <? if ($cat->level == 1) :?>
                    <img src="<?php $cat->image;?>" alt="<?php $cat->description; ?>" width="175" height="80">
                <? else: ?>
                    <img src="<?php $cat->image;?>" alt="<?php $cat->description; ?>" width="135" height="135">
                <? endif;?> 
                <h2 class="uk-article-title">
                    <?php $cat->title; ?>
                </h2>
            </a>
        </li>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

so if we use <? for if() statement, we can't use <?php else: for else statement. we should use <? else: ?> like the if() statment

You're always welcome, I'm happy to solve the problem. if you use `php intelephense` extension in `vscode`, you can see the problem, before you debug it. — Raskul, Feb 28 '21 at 09:06
I do use this extension, but it only highlighted `` with that syntax error. That is because inteliphence uses php executable to Lint files and that php gave endforeach error. — Sergey Romanov, Feb 28 '21 at 10:36

syntax error, unexpected 'endforeach' (T_ENDFOREACH) in PHP script

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