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Can anyone tell me why I am getting parse errors for these simple codes? The PHP version I am using is 5.5.12.

<?php
$favcolor = "red";

switch ($favcolor) {
    case "red":
        echo "Your favorite color is red!";
        break;
    case "blue":
        echo "Your favorite color is blue!";
        break;
    case "green":
        echo "Your favorite color is green!";
        break;
    default:
        echo "Your favorite color is neither red, blue, nor green!";

}

?>

( ! ) Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '   ' (T_STRING), expecting case (T_CASE) or default (T_DEFAULT) or '}' in on line 5

<?php
// define variables and set to empty values
$nameErr = $emailErr = $genderErr = $websiteErr = "";
$email = $gender = $comment = $website = "";

$MyVar = $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"];
echo $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"];

if ($MyVar == "GET") {
    echo "This is it.
";

}


}

?>

( ! ) Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in on line 18

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The first code is totally right!

The second one, you have put an extra '}' in the end of the file. just use:

<?php
// define variables and set to empty values
$nameErr = $emailErr = $genderErr = $websiteErr = "";
$email = $gender = $comment = $website = "";

$MyVar = $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"];
echo $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"];

if ($MyVar == "GET") {
    echo "This is it.
";
}

or

<?php
// define variables and set to empty values
$nameErr = $emailErr = $genderErr = $websiteErr = "";
$email = $gender = $comment = $website = "";

$MyVar = $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"];
echo $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"];

if ($MyVar == "GET")
    echo "This is it.
";