Unexpected T_ELSE [closed] - php

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I've got a piece of code that I created and I've been 'requiring_once' in to my PHP code for quite a while now. It works fine on my local PC, but when I upload it to my server it's coming up with the following error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ELSE in /home/makequiz/public_html/nitpicker/func.php on line 47
Here's the function:
function howLongAgo($unix_time) {
// This function shows the unix time stamp
// as number of seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years ago
// Get the time difference between time specified and the current unix time
$time_difference = time () - $unix_time;
$seconds_ago = $time_difference;
$minutes_ago = $time_difference / 60;
$hours_ago = $time_difference / 3600;
$days_ago = $time_difference / 86400;
$months_ago = $time_difference / 2629743;
$years_ago = $time_difference / 31556926;
if ($time_difference < 60) {
// Seconds Ago
return round ( $time_difference ) . ' Seconds Ago';
} else if ( ($time_difference >= 60) && ($time_difference < 3600) ) {
// Minutes Ago
if (round ( $time_difference / 60 ) == 1) {
return round ( $time_difference / 60 ) . " Minute Ago";
} else {
return round ( $time_difference / 60 ) . " Minutes Ago";
}
} else if ($time_difference >= 3600 && $time_difference < 86400) {
// Hours Ago
if (round ( $time_difference / 3600 ) == 1) {
return round ( $time_difference / 3600 ) . " Hour Ago";
} else {
return round ( $time_difference / 3600 ) . " Hours Ago";
}
} else if ($time_difference >= 86400 && $time_difference < 2629743) {
// Days Ago
if (round ( $time_difference / 86400 ) == 1) {
return round ( $time_difference / 86400 ) . " Day Ago";
} else {
return round ( $time_difference / 86400 ) . " Days Ago";
}
} else if ($time_difference >= 2629743 && $time_difference < 31556926) {
// Months Ago
if (round ( $time_difference / 2629743 ) == 1) {
return round ( $time_difference / 2629743 ) . " Month Ago";
} else {
return round ( $time_difference / 2629743 ) . " Months Ago";
}
} else if ($time_difference >= 31556926) {
// Years Ago
if (round ( $time_difference / 31556926 ) == 1) {
return round ( $time_difference / 31556926 ) . " Year Ago";
} else {
return round ( $time_difference / 31556926 ) . " Years Ago";
}
}
}
This error is coming up, even though I haven't called the function at all in my code.
Can anyone see any errors in the code, cause I can't :(

Answer 1

This would be a lot simpler using a switch/case logic scheme. I have re-coded what you had up there using switch/case and this might be a good intro for you to learn switch/case. You had some extra ( ) in one of the if statements above. I hope this helps, friend:
<?
$unix_time = 6734;
echo howLongAgo($unix_time);
function howLongAgo($time_difference){
// Swtich logic based on the time difference passed to this function, sets the english string and what number the difference needs to be divided by
switch($time_difference){
case ($time_difference < 60):
$string = " second";
break;
case ($time_difference >= 60 && $time_difference < 3600):
$string = " minute";
$divider = 60;
break;
case ($time_difference >= 3600 && $time_difference < 86400):
$string = " hour";
$divider = 3600;
break;
case ($time_difference >= 86400 && $time_difference < 2629743):
$string = " day";
$divider = 86400;
break;
case ($time_difference >= 2629743 && $time_difference < 31556926):
$string = " month";
$divider = 2629743;
break;
case ($time_difference >= 31556926):
$string = " year";
$divider = 31556926;
break;
}
// If a divider value is set during the switch, use it to get the actual difference
if($divider){$diff = round($time_difference / $divider);}else{$diff = round($time_difference);}
// If the difference does not equal 1, pluralize the final result EG: hours, minutes, seconds
if($diff != 1){$pluralize="s";}
// Concatenate all variables together and return them
$final = $diff . $string . $pluralize . " ago";
return $final;
}
?>

Answer 2

I think your problem may come from the difference between elseif and else if (note the space).
From the PHP website:
Note: Note that elseif and else if will only be considered exactly the same when using curly brackets as in the above example. When using a colon to define your if/elseif conditions, you must not separate else if into two words, or PHP will fail with a parse error.

Answer 3

You have a syntax error in your code at line 47 (I am going to bet you are missing a semi-color or bracket at line 46.
It does not matter if you are calling the function or not, as the php parser will analyze the entire file upfront.

Answer 4

Couple of things..
did you change the file that it's included in when you loaded to your server?
try using include instead of require?