Parse error: syntax error, Unexpected {

Question

I have a PHP file to check if SESSION is defined:

<?php

session_start();
if(isset($_SESSION['user']){
   echo "<script>document.location.href='../areaprivada.html';</script>";
   }
 else{
    echo "<script>document.location.href='login.php';</script>";*/
}
?>

But when I run it makes that mistake:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in C:\xampp\htdocs\exercicios\saber2\php\session.php on line 4

PS: Line 4 is the one that closes the if.

Answer 1

Missing close the Parentheses () and remove the tag */ closing remarks

<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_SESSION['user'])){
   echo "<script>document.location.href='../areaprivada.html';</script>";
} else {
    echo "<script>document.location.href='login.php';</script>";
}

Answer 2

^{You already have the answer to your problem, but since no one has explained how the error should be read, here is my contribution so that in the future you can understand what PHP is saying:}

Parse error: syntax error, Unexpected '{' in C: xampp htdocs exercicios saber2 php Session.php on line 4

The error is divided into 3 portions:

• Type of error:

  You got a Parse error, family E_PARSE which are basically mistakes that will prevent the execution from continuing.

• Error:

  You got syntax error which indicates that something is wrong with the PHP code whose interpreter cannot understand.

• Description:

  The description of your error identifies the problem, the line and the file where the error is located.

  In your case, unexpected '{' on the line 4 of file C:\xampp\htdocs\exercicios\saber2\php\session.php, that is, was found a { on line 4 of said file, when something else was expected.

Once the error points to an unexpected character, the real problem is before it:

#01 <?php
#02
#03 session_start();
#04 if(isset($_SESSION['user']){
#05   echo "<script>document.location.href='../areaprivada.html';</script>";
#06   }
#07 else{
#08    echo "<script>document.location.href='login.php';</script>";*/
#09 }
#10 ?>

And so, on your #4 line, before the { there should be something else. Analyzing from the beginning of the line to the { we end up realizing that the parentheses of the if with a ).

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More about the mistakes and their types:

• php.net - PHP Error Type
• careerride.com - PHP Error Type

Answer 3

It should stay this way by closing the key to the else and the parenthesis of if:

<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_SESSION['user'])){
   echo "<script>document.location.href='../areaprivada.html';</script>";
} else {
    echo "<script>document.location.href='login.php';</script>";
}
?>