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Asked: 2026-05-25T17:17:10+00:00

I keep getting the following error in my log PHP Parse error: syntax error,

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I keep getting the following error in my log

PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ',' or ';'

The error is related to this line but I’m not sure what’s wrong with it

<?php 
if ($num != null) {
    $query_string = 'msisdn=' . $num . '&ref=' . get_post_meta($post->ID, "ref", $single = true) ;
    echo '<div class="highlight"><a href="http://www.site.com/exJoin?signup=y&' .     htmlentities($query_string) . '"><b>Join Now</b></a></div>';
}
else{
    echo '<div class="highlight"><a href="<?php echo TeraWurflHelper::getPhoneHref('+2711111111'); ?>"><b>Join Now</b></a></div>';
}
?>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Try this:

    <?php 
   if ($num != null) {
     $query_string = 'msisdn=' . $num . '&ref=' . get_post_meta($post->ID, "ref", $single = true);
     echo '<div class="highlight"><a href="http://www.site.com/exJoin?signup=y&'.htmlentities($query_string).'"><b>Join Now</b></a></div>';
   } else {
     echo '<div class="highlight"><a href="'.TeraWurflHelper::getPhoneHref('+2711111111').'"><b>Join Now</b></a></div>';
   }
?>

    Your problem was that you had a <?php echo... ?> in the middle of a string that was already being echoed. This had a ' in it, which was the type of quote used to encapsulate the string that was already being echoed. You could escape it (like \') but this would have your resulted in <?php echo... ?> being echoed into your HTML, which I doubt is what you want, instead your should remove this and put the function call into the middle of your echo.

    This should be easy spot if you are using an editor/IDE with syntax highlighting. If your are not, look at EditPad, Notepad++ (editors) or Eclipse (IDE). Or Google it…

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