Want to remove block of php code but get unexpected end of file error

[heusdens]

Hi

 

By the the way the server this site is hosted on is flipping fast!

I'm still a php beginner.

 

I have a php file, the entire code is here:

<?php get_header(); ?>

    <?php if(!is_paged()) { ?>

    <div id="top" class="clearfloat">
    
        <div id="headline">
        
        <?php if ( function_exists('show_nivo_slider') ) { show_nivo_slider(); } ?> 
        </div>
        
    <div id="featured">
    <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
|| !dynamic_sidebar( ) : ?>
<?php endif; ?>
    </div>
</div>    
    <div id="middle" class="clearfloat">
    <?php $display_categories = array(7, 13, 17, 18, 1528); $i = 1;
    foreach ($display_categories as $category) { ?>

    <div id="cat-<?php echo $i; ?>" class="category">
        <?php query_posts("showposts=1&cat=$category")?>
        <span class="cat_title"><a href="<?php echo get_category_link($category);?>"><?php single_cat_title(); ?></a></span>
        <a href="<?php echo get_category_link($category);?>"></a>
    </div>

    <?php $i++; ?>
        <?php } ?>

    </div>

    <?php } ?>
    
    <div id="bottom" class="clearfloat">
    <div id="front-list">    
    
    <?php
      $page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
      query_posts("cat=-27,-28&paged=$page&posts_per_page=10"); ?>
    
    <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>        

    <div class="clearfloat">
    <h3 class=cat_title><?php the_category(', '); ?> &raquo</h3>
    <div class="title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
    <div class="meta">[<?php the_time('j M Y') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('No Comment', 'One Comment', '% Comments');?> | <?php if(function_exists('the_views')) { the_views(); } ?>]</div>    
    
    <div class="spoiler">
    <?php    $values = get_post_custom_values("Image");
    if (isset($values[0])) { ?>
      <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">
    <img src="<?php echo bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/scripts/timthumb.php?src=/<?php
$values = get_post_custom_values("Image"); echo $values[0]; ?>&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100"
alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="left" width="150px" height="150px"  /></a>
      <?php } ?>

    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
    </div>

    </div>
        
      <?php endwhile; ?>

    <div class="navigation">
        <?php if(function_exists('wp_pagenavi')) { wp_pagenavi(); } 
            else { ?>

            <div class="right"><?php next_posts_link('Next Page »') ?></div>
            <div class="left"><?php previous_posts_link('« Previous Page') ?></div>
            <?php } ?>

    </div>
    
    </div>
        

    <?php get_sidebar(); ?>

    </div>    

<?php get_footer(); ?>

 

I want to remove the following block on line 19 to 33 because I don't need it:

    <?php $display_categories = array(7, 13, 17, 18, 1528); $i = 1;
    foreach ($display_categories as $category) { ?>

    <div id="cat-<?php echo $i; ?>" class="category">
        <?php query_posts("showposts=1&cat=$category")?>
        <span class="cat_title"><a href="<?php echo get_category_link($category);?>"><?php single_cat_title(); ?></a></span>
        <a href="<?php echo get_category_link($category);?>"></a>
    </div>

    <?php $i++; ?>
        <?php } ?>

    </div>

    <?php } ?>

 

But when I remove that I get the error, unexpected end of file error and references to <?php get_footer(); ?>

 

I need to understand why this is happening, not just how to fix it (although I need that too).  My suspicion is one of the endif's.

 

 

[Maq]

You're taking out too much.  Keep in the last line, it's the terminating brace for the if in the beginning.

[heusdens]

oh my thanks that worked 

 

can't believe I was spending an hour on this trying to get it working, such a big oversight on my part.  Sometimes you just need someone to point it out to you.