Title: Missing endifs?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Missing endifs?

 *  Resolved [j459g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/j459g/)
 * (@j459g)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-endifs/)
 * I am trying to troubleshoot the specimen Custom Category Template _category.php_
   given at the end of “Category Templates” ([http://codeex.wordpress.org/Category_Templates](http://codeex.wordpress.org/Category_Templates))
 * The error message is:
 * “Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /usr/www/users/my_server/blog/wp-content/
   themes/my_theme/category.php on line 84”
 * I have, of course, only 83 lines.
 * There are no open braces (all the **{** are closed with **}**) but by my count
   there are four **if** present but only one **endif**.
 * Question 1: Could the three open IFs be the cause of the error?
 * Question 2: Is there anything else that can close an IF?
 * Question 3: If there really are _three_ endifs missing, could somebody please
   suggest places where I could try putting them?
 * The affected section of code is:
 * `<div id="content">
    <?php if (have_posts()) : ?> // -------- FIRST IF <div id
   ="cattoc"> <ul> <?php $this_category = get_category($cat);?> <?php if ($this_category-
   >category_parent == 0) { ?> // -------- SECOND IF <li> <a href="<?php echo get_category_link(
   $cat); ?>" title="<?php echo $this_category->cat_name; ?>"> <?php echo $this_category-
   >cat_name; ?></a> <ul> <?php $this_category->category_parent = $cat; ?> <?php}
   else { ?> <?php $parent_category = get_category($this_category->category_parent);?
   > <li> <a href="<?php echo get_category_link($parent_category->cat_ID); ?>" title
   ="<?php echo $parent_category->cat_name; ?>"> <?php echo $parent_category->cat_name;?
   ></a> <ul> <?php } ?> <?php wp_list_cats('sort_column=name&optioncount=0&list
   =1&use_desc_for_title=0&child_of=' . $this_category->category_parent); ?> </ul
   ></li> </ul></div> <?php if ( $paged < 2 ) { // Do stuff specific to first page?
   > // --------- THIRD IF <?php if ( is_category() ) : ?> // ------- FOURTH IF 
   <h2 id="category-name-header"><?php echo $cache_categories[$cat]->cat_name ?>
   </h2> <?php add_filter('category_description', 'wpautop'); ?> <?php add_filter('
   category_description', 'wptexturize'); ?> <div id="category-description"> <?php
   echo category_description(); ?> </div> <?php endif; ?> // --------- ONE AND ONLY
   ENDIF
 * The Category Templates entry is flagged as “in need of editing”. Once I get this
   thing working I will edit it but my php is not really up to closing the three
   open ifs all on my little own!
 * Any useful hints will be appreciated.

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-endifs/#post-443180)
 * 1. Yes.
    2. yes –> `<?php } ?>`
 *  Thread Starter [j459g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/j459g/)
 * (@j459g)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-endifs/#post-443181)
 * _2. yes –> <?php } ?> _
 * OK, thanks, Moshu, I have some of those plus a couple of `<?php } else { ?>` 
   which I presume will do the same job – so back to the drawing board!
 *  Thread Starter [j459g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/j459g/)
 * (@j459g)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-endifs/#post-443311)
 * OK, the “endif” for the opening “if (have_posts)” was missing near the end. In
   the codex I have edited-in the “endif” in two places, one in the section entitled“
   The Menu” and the other in the “complete” version at the end. I also added a 
   note that the Coffee2Code plugin must be installed and activated before the template
   will work at all.

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 * Last activity: [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-endifs/#post-443311)
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