Title: php syntax error help
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# php syntax error help

 *  Resolved [Pete](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perthmetro/)
 * (@perthmetro)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-syntax-error-help/)
 * I was hoping someone could help me fix this up please, it gives me this error…
   
   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ELSE in /home/outdoor/public_html/wp-
   content/themes/news_10/header.php on line 23
 *     ```
       <?php if (is_category()) ?>
       <?php echo 'Category:'; wp_title(''); ?>
       <?php else ?>
       <?php echo wp_title(''); ?>
       ```
   

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 *  Thread Starter [Pete](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perthmetro/)
 * (@perthmetro)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-syntax-error-help/#post-2538269)
 * Found this solution…
 *     ```
       <?php if (is_category()) { ?>
       <?php echo wp_title(''); ?>
       <?php } else { ?>
       <?php echo wp_title(''); ?>
       <?php } ?>
       ```
   

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## Tags

 * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/)
 * [T_ELSE](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/t_else/)

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-syntax-error-help/#post-2538269)
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