Title: sidebar.php syntax error help
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# sidebar.php syntax error help

 *  Resolved [danielwaddon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielwaddon/)
 * (@danielwaddon)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-syntax-error-help/)
 * Hi there
 * I am creating my first ever theme and I seam to be get a syntax error on the 
   endif statement line. Could someone advise or help as to why its doing this?
 * <aside id=”side” class=”sidebar”>
    -  <?php if ( !function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) || !dynamic_sidebar(‘Sidebar’));?
      >
       <?php endif; ?>
 * </aside>

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 *  [schulte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schulte/)
 * (@schulte)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-syntax-error-help/#post-6240601)
 * Hi danielwaddon,
 * Swap the semicolon for a colon, perhaps?
 *     ```
       <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Sidebar') ) : ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [danielwaddon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielwaddon/)
 * (@danielwaddon)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-syntax-error-help/#post-6240603)
 * Thanks Schult
 * That’s fixed it 🙂 Well spotted
 *  Thread Starter [danielwaddon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielwaddon/)
 * (@danielwaddon)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-syntax-error-help/#post-6240614)
 * Thanks again for the help
 *  [schulte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schulte/)
 * (@schulte)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-syntax-error-help/#post-6240616)
 * You’re welcome.

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

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 * 4 replies
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 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-syntax-error-help/#post-6240616)
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