PHP - Syntax Error When Using New In Constructor Parameter

The issue is there seems to be NO syntax error.

1. There is no relevant code before or after this line. 2. Yes, one would think a ! should be there as did I (I didn't write the code), however, even with the ! it still gives the same error.

if (function_exists('gzcompress')) die(FUNCTION_NOT_FOUND); is giving me a

syntax error, unexpected 'if', expecting 'function' or 'const'

I am updating this code from PHP5.3 to PHP7.4 and I can't figure out what the syntax problem is since PHP allows this. I am using Eclipse PHP to do the conversion.

Hello everyone,
I am a total newbie in PHP and so do here. I am trying to build a table consisting foreign key and primary key and it is showing error like "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'cities' (T_STRING) in line number 29". I have marked up my lines according to sublime text 3 editor. I am trying to create a database. 

 

1 <?php
2 $servername = "localhost";
3 $username = "username";
4 $password = "password";
5 $dbname = "newDB";

7 // Create connection
8 $conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

10 // Check connection
11 if ($conn->connect_error) {
12   die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);}

14 $firstname = $conn->real_escape_string($_REQUEST['firstname']);
15 $lastname = $conn->real_escape_string($_REQUEST['lastname']);
16 $address = $conn->real_escape_string($_REQUEST['address']);
17 $city = $conn->real_escape_string($_REQUEST['city']);
18 $country = $conn->real_escape_string($_REQUEST['country']);
19 $phone_number = $conn->real_escape_string($_REQUEST['phone_number']);
20 $email = $conn->real_escape_string($_REQUEST['email']);
 
22 // Attempt insert query execution
23 $sql1 = "INSERT INTO cities VALUES ('$city')";

25 $sql2 = "INSERT INTO countries VALUES ('$country')";

27 $sql3 = "INSERT INTO Contacts (firstname, lastname, address, city, country, phone, email) VALUES ('$firstname', '$lastname', '$address', $city, $country, '$phone_number','$email')";

29 SELECT * FROM cities;
SELECT * FROM countries;
SELECT * FROM Contacts;

if($conn->query($sql1) === true){
    echo "City added successfully.";
} else{
    echo "ERROR: Could not able to execute " . $conn->error;
}

if($conn->query($sql2) === true){
    echo "Çountry added successfully.";
} else{
    echo "ERROR: Could not able to execute " . $conn->error;
}

if($conn->query($sql3) === true){
    echo "Çontact added successfully.";
} else{
    echo "ERROR: Could not able to execute " . $conn->error;
}
 
// Close connection
$conn->close();
?>

<?php      
 
define('THEME_URI', get_stylesheet_directory_uri());
define('THEME_IMAGES', THEME_URI . '/assets/img');
define('THEME_CSS', THEME_URI . '/assets/css');
define('THEME_JS', THEME_URI . '/assets/js');
define('THEME_TEMPLATES', THEME_URI . '/assets/templates');   
 
$GLOBALS['content_width'] = 900;
 
/* Define Theme Defaults */
$options = get_option('turnkey_theme_options'); 
if($options['templatestyle'] == null)
$options['templatestyle'] = 'modern';     
if($options['typography'] == null)
$options['typography'] = 'typography1';
 
function turnkeySlider() {   
 
 
  $options = get_option('turnkey_theme_options');  
                
if($options['sliderTimer'] != null)
$rotateTimer = $options['sliderTimer'];
else
$rotateTimer = 5000;
 
   ?>    
          
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">     
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {  
$('.slide-container').cycle({ fx: 'scrollHorz',next: '#slide-nav .next',prev: '#slide-nav .prev',pause: 1, timeout:<?php echo $rotateTimer; ?>});    
});
</script>
 
<?php
}    
 
add_action('wp_head', 'turnkeySlider');
 
require_once ( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/theme-options.php' );
require_once ( 'slider/turnkey-slider.php' );
 
if (function_exists('register_sidebar')) {
register_sidebar(array(
'name'=> 'Homepage Widgets',
'id' => 'homepage_widgets',
'before_widget' => '<div class="widget group %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h3>',
'after_title' => '</h3>'
));
register_sidebar(array(
'name'=> 'Sidebar 1',
'id' => 'sidebar_1',
'before_widget' => '<div class="widget group %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h4>',
'after_title' => '</h4>'
));
register_sidebar(array(
'name'=> 'Sidebar 2',
'id' => 'sidebar_2',
'before_widget' => '<div class="widget group %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h4>',
'after_title' => '</h4>'
));
register_sidebar(array(
'name'=> 'Footer Widgets',
'id' => 'footer-widgets',
'before_widget' => '<div class="widget group %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h3>',
'after_title' => '</h3>'
));
}
 
if ( function_exists( 'register_nav_menus' ) ) {
register_nav_menus(
array(
'turnkey_mainnav' => 'TurnKey Main Navigation',
'turnkey_secondary' => 'TurnKey Secondary Navigation'
)
);
};
 
add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
 
// Makes Sure thumbnails show up in RSS
function do_post_thumbnail_feeds($content) {
global $post;
if(has_post_thumbnail($post->ID)) {
$content = '<div>' . get_the_post_thumbnail($post->ID) . '</div>' . $content;
}
return $content;
}
add_filter('the_excerpt_rss', 'do_post_thumbnail_feeds');
add_filter('the_content_feed', 'do_post_thumbnail_feeds');
 
// Define Thumbnail Images Sizes
if ( function_exists( 'add_image_size' ) ) {
add_image_size( 'post-thumb-threecol', 390, 200, true );
add_image_size( 'post-thumb-onetwocol', 520, 200, true );
/* Slide Image */ add_image_size( 'special', 580, 340, true );
}
 
if ( !is_admin() ) { // instruction to only load if it is not the admin area
 
function googlejquery() {
   wp_deregister_script( 'jquery' );
   wp_register_script( 'jquery', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js');
}    
 
add_action('init', 'googlejquery');
 
wp_register_script('functions',
     get_bloginfo('template_directory') . '/assets/js/functions.js');
  wp_register_script('cycle',
     get_bloginfo('template_directory') . '/assets/js/cycle.min.js');
  wp_register_script('lightbox',
     get_bloginfo('template_directory') . '/assets/js/lightbox_me.js');
   // enqueue the script
   wp_enqueue_script('jquery'); 
   wp_enqueue_script('functions');
   wp_enqueue_script('cycle');
   wp_enqueue_script('lightbox'); 
};
 
function the_breadcrumb() {
if (!is_home()) {
echo '<a href="';
echo get_option('home');
echo '">';
bloginfo('name');
echo "</a> &raquo; ";
if (is_category() || is_single()) {
the_category('title_li=');
if (is_single()) {
echo " &raquo; ";
the_title();
}
} elseif (is_page()) {
echo " <span class='current'> ";
echo the_title();
echo " </span> ";
 
}
}
}
 
function rap_register_sidebars() {
 
    register_sidebar(array(
 
        'name'              => 'Scheduling campaign sidebar',
        'id'                => 'rap-scheduling-sidebar',
        'description'       => 'Sidebar for Scheduling Campaign template pages only.',
        'before_widget'     => '<div class="widget">',
        'after_widget'      => '</div>',
        'before_title'      => '<h2 class="widget-title">',
        'after_title'       => '</h2>'
 
 
    ));
 
}
 
// Add Automatic Feed Links
add_theme_support('automatic-feed-links');
 
add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');
add_action('widgets_init', 'rap_register_sidebars');
 
// Below added by Jessica 6/24/13 to display Salesforce lookup fields on Gravity Forms field mapping page
add_filter('gf_salesforce_skip_reference_types', '__return_false'); 
 
// Below added by Jessica to change the field value on the Join Us and Training forms
add_action("gform_pre_submission_1", "pre_submission_JoinUs");
add_action("gform_pre_submission_8", "pre_submission_Training");
add_action("gform_pre_submission_15", "pre_submission_HCAP");
 
function pre_submission_JoinUs($form){
if ($_POST["input_15"] == 'Former Retail Worker') $_POST["input_15"] = 'Retail Worker';
}
 
function pre_submission_Training($form){
if ($_POST["input_18"] == 'Former Retail Worker') $_POST["input_18"] = 'Retail Worker';
}
 
function pre_submission_HCAP($form){
if ($_POST["input_15"] == 'Former Retail Worker') $_POST["input_15"] = 'Retail Worker';
}
 
   ?>