SWITCH statement syntax error

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I get this error : Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '', expecting endswitch (T_ENDSWITCH) or case (T_CASE) or default (T_DEFAULT) in /var/www/mel-suhaib/application/modules/default/views/scripts/user/user.phtml on line 244

<?php switch ($ext): ?>

                     line244++>     <?php case  "pdf": ?>
                                    <img class="timeline-img pull-left" src="../../assets/admin/pages/media/blog/2.jpg" alt="">
                                    <?php break; ?>
                                    <?php case "docx": ?>
                                    <img class="timeline-img pull-left" src="../../assets/admin/pages/media/blog/2.jpg" alt="">
                                    <?php break; ?>
                                    <?php case "zip": ?>
                                    <img class="timeline-img pull-left" src="../../assets/admin/pages/media/blog/2.jpg" alt="">
                                    <?php break; ?>
                                    <?php case "xlsx": ?>
                                    <img class="timeline-img pull-left" src="../../assets/admin/pages/media/blog/2.jpg" alt="">
                                    <?php break; ?>
                                    <?php case "pptx": ?>
                                    <img class="timeline-img pull-left" src="../../assets/admin/pages/media/blog/2.jpg" alt="">
                                    <?php break; ?>
                                    <?php case "rar": ?>
                                    <img class="timeline-img pull-left" src="../../assets/admin/pages/media/blog/2.jpg" alt="">
                                    <?php break; ?>
                                    <?php case "xls": ?>
                                    <img class="timeline-img pull-left" src="../../assets/admin/pages/media/blog/2.jpg" alt="">
                                    <?php break; ?>
                                    <?php case "jpg": ?>
                                    <img class="timeline-img pull-left" src="../../assets/admin/pages/media/blog/2.jpg" alt="">
                                    <?php break; ?>
                                    <?php case "ppt": ?>
                                    <img class="timeline-img pull-left" src="../../assets/admin/pages/media/blog/2.jpg" alt="">
                                    <?php break; ?>
                                    <?php case "doc": ?>
                                    <img class="timeline-img pull-left" src="../../assets/admin/pages/media/blog/2.jpg" alt="">
                                    <?php break; ?>
                                    <?php case  "3gp": ?>
                                    <img class="timeline-img pull-left" src="../../assets/admin/pages/media/blog/2.jpg" alt="">
                                    <?php break; ?>
                                    <?php case "mp4": ?>
                                    <img class="timeline-img pull-left" src="../../assets/admin/pages/media/blog/2.jpg" alt="">
                                    <?php break; ?>
                                    <?php case "png": ?>
                                    <img class="timeline-img pull-left" src="../../assets/admin/pages/media/blog/2.jpg" alt="">
                                    <?php break; ?>
                                    <?php endswitch; ?>

My eyes are bleeding from looking at this code. You really shouldn't be jumping in and out of PHP like that. — John Conde, Aug 10 '16 at 11:49
use this way switch ($ext){ } and u have used switch ($ext): — AmmyTech, Aug 10 '16 at 11:51
There's HTML output between your `switch()` and the first `case:` — Bert, Aug 10 '16 at 11:55

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 13 '17 at 15:56

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Solved I should instead say:

<?php switch ($ext): case "pdf": ?>

Rather than

<?php switch ($ext): ?> <?php case "pdf": ?>

edited Dec 13 '17 at 15:56

atiruz

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answered Aug 10 '16 at 12:09

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SWITCH statement syntax error

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