PHP - Error With Mysql Syntax But Cant See Where

$sql = "SELECT shoplist.*, store_master.store_name, item_master.item_name
           FROM shoplist, store_master, item_master
           WHERE     shoplist.store_id = store_master.store_id
                   AND shoplist.item_id = item_master.item_id";

$sql = "SELECT shoplist.*, store_master.store_name, item_master.item_name 
		FROM shoplist, store_master, item_master 
		ORDER BY purchased_flag ASC, 
				purchase_later_flag ASC, 
				shopper1_buy_flag ASC, 
				shopper2_buy_flag ASC, 
				store_name ASC) 
		WHERE 	shoplist.store_id = store_master.store_id 
				AND shoplist.item_id = item_master.item_id";

                    <?php
                        /*
                        $sql = "SELECT shoplist.*, store_master.store_name, item_master.item_name
                                FROM shoplist, store_master, item_master
                                WHERE     shoplist.store_id = store_master.store_id
                                        AND shoplist.item_id = item_master.item_id";
                        */
                    
                        $sql = "SELECT shoplist.*, store_master.store_name, item_master.item_name
                                FROM shoplist, store_master, item_master
                                ORDER BY FIND_IN_SET(purchased_flag ASC,
                                                 purchase_later_flag ASC,
                                                 shopper1_buy_flag ASC,
                                                 shopper2_buy_flag ASC,
                                                 store_name ASC)
                                WHERE     shoplist.store_id = store_master.store_id
                                        AND shoplist.item_id = item_master.item_id";
                        $result = $pdo->query($sql);                        
                        
                        // foreach ($pdo->query($sql) as $row) {
                        foreach ($result as $row) {
                            echo '<tr>';
                                print '<td><span class="filler-checkbox"><input type="checkbox" name="IDnumber[]" value="' . $row["idnumber"] . '" /></span></td>';

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();
?>