Question

I’m getting this syntax error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ‘,’ or ‘;’ on line 18 on this page.

I think it’s the ‘first published’ line that could be the problem. Any suggestions?

Thanks – Tara

<?php 
    $days = round((date('U') - get_the_time('U')) / (60*60*24));
    if ($days==0) {
        echo "Published today |"; 
    }
    elseif ($days==1) {
        echo "Published yesterday |"; 
    }
    else {
        echo "First published " the_time('F - j - Y') " |";
    } 
?>
&nbsp;Last updated at <?php the_time('g:i a'); ?> on <?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?> by <?php the_author(); ?> 

Answer 1

Your issue is this:

echo "First published " the_time('F - j - Y') " |";

The other answers that suggest concatenation are all wrong. the_time(), in WordPress, will echo, so you need to split this in multiple calls:

echo "First published ";
the_time('F - j - Y');
echo " |";

Alternatively, concatenate but using get_the_time():

echo "First published " . get_the_time('F - j - Y') . " |";