Title: Syntax error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Syntax error

 *  [wpau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpau/)
 * (@wpau)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-10/)
 * Hi there! Even though I’m not “new” with wordpress, this is the first time I 
   try to modify a theme. So far I could manage to make some codes work, but when
   I mix them thogheter I got syntax errors.
 * This is the situation:
    I wanted to show a list of post of the category before
   the content of the “active” post itself; so I searched in the forum for a code
   wich would let me do that. Once I found it I manage to make it work while showing
   the post, but when I add all the rest of the code (wich includes the comments
   and the pagenav – starts in the div “postmeta”) I get those syntax errors! Please,
   if somebody can help me out it would be really appreaciated!
 * Here is the code of “single.php”:
 *     ```
       <?php get_header(); ?>
   
       <div id="singContent">
   
       <?php
       global $post;
       $categories = get_the_category();
       $category = $categories[0];
       $cat_ID = $category->cat_ID;
   
       $myposts = get_posts("numberposts=0&category=$cat_ID&order=ASC&orderby=date");
       ?>
       <ul class="sing">
       <?php foreach($myposts as $post) :?>
       <li class= "sing">
       <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
       <?php endforeach; ?>
       </ul>
       </div>
   
       <div id="coreContent">
       <?php the_post() ?>
        <div class="post single hentry">
               <div class="postContent">
   
                 <div class="entry-content">
                     <?php the_content(); ?>
                 </div>
               </div>
               <div class="postMeta">
                 <?php
                 $arc_year = get_the_time('Y');
                 $arc_month = get_the_time('m');
                 $arc_day = get_the_time('d');
                 ?>
   
                 <div class="postDate"><span>Published:</span> <abbr class="published" 
   
       title="<?php the_time('Y-m-d\TH:i:sO'); ?>"><a href="<?php echo 
   
       get_day_link("$arc_year", "$arc_month",
                 "$arc_day"); ?>"><?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?></a></abbr></div>
               	<div class="categories"><span>Filed Under:</span> <?php 
   
       the_category(', '); ?></div>
               	<?php the_tags('<span>Tags:</span> ', ' : ', ''); ?>
               </div>
       	  </div>
   
               <div class="postMeta">
   
               <?php if ('closed' == $post->comment_status) : ?>
   
                 <div class="comments closed">
   
                	<?php else : ?>
   
                 <div class="comments">
   
                 <?php endif; ?>
   
                   <?php comments_popup_link('leave a comment', '1 comment', '% comments', 
   
       '', 'comments closed'); ?>
                 </div>
               </div>
             </div>
   
       		<?php endwhile; ?>
   
           <div class="pageNav">
             <div class="prev"><?php next_posts_link('< Older Posts') ?></div>
             <div class="next"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Posts >') ?></div>
           </div>
   
       	<?php else : ?>
   
       		<h2>Not Found</h2>
       		<p>Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
   
       	<?php endif; ?>
   
         </div>
   
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   

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 * Last reply from: [wpau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpau/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-10/)
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