if / elseif syntax

I'm having some trouble with the following code, more than likely a n00b error so apologies in advance if the answer is obvious. The if/elseif/if wor开发者_StackOverflowks without the content but not with the test statements. Is there some subtlety of syntax i'm missing.

<?php 

if (stripos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],'/workshops/') !== false) {echo ''

}; elseif ($ticketlink = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Ticket-Link-1', true))

{ echo '<div class="artist-buy-tickets-box"><a class="artist-buy-button" href="'.$ticketlink.'" title="Buy tickets" target="_blank">Buy Tickets</a>';}

else { echo '<h6>TICKETS ON SALE<br/>JUNE 15 2011</h6>' ;}

?>

You have a ; after your if and missing a ; after the first echo

<?php 
if (stripos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],'/workshops/') !== false) {
    echo '';
}
elseif ($ticketlink = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Ticket-Link-1', true)) {
    echo '<div class="artist-buy-tickets-box"><a class="artist-buy-button" href="'.$ticketlink.'" title="Buy tickets" target="_blank">Buy Tickets</a>';
}
else { 
    echo '<h6>TICKETS ON SALE<br/>JUNE 15 2011</h6>';
}
?>

You just have a small syntax mistake. And how is this code formatting readable for you? Use something like this instead:

<?php 
if (stripos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],'/workshops/') !== false) {
    echo '';
} elseif ($ticketlink = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Ticket-Link-1', true)) {
    echo '<div class="artist-buy-tickets-box"><a class="artist-buy-button" href="' . $ticketlink . '" title="Buy tickets" target="_blank">Buy Tickets</a>';
} else {
    echo '<h6>TICKETS ON SALE<br/>JUNE 15 2011</h6>';
}
?>

The error is this: echo '' };, should be echo ''; }.

Lose the semi-colon before "elseif";

<?php 
if(stripos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],'/workshops/') !== false) 
{
   echo '';
} 
elseif ($ticketlink = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Ticket-Link-1', true)) 
{ 
   echo '<div class="artist-buy-tickets-box"><a class="artist-buy-button" href="'.$ticketlink.'" title="Buy tickets" target="_blank">Buy Tickets</a>';
} 
else 
{ 
   echo '<h6>TICKETS ON SALE<br/>JUNE 15 2011</h6>';
}
?>

Your code is really messy. Try cleaning it up a little bit and most syntax errors will reveal themselves right away.

Here is your code with better formatting and dropped semicolon that was causing your problems:

<?php 

if (stripos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],'/workshops/') !== false)
{
    echo ''
} elseif ($ticketlink = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Ticket-Link-1', true)) {
    echo '<div class="artist-buy-tickets-box"><a class="artist-buy-button" href="'.$ticketlink.'" title="Buy tickets" target="_blank">Buy Tickets</a>';
} else {
    echo '<h6>TICKETS ON SALE<br/>JUNE 15 2011</h6>';
}

?>