syntax error, unexpected token "endforeach"

To get around this error, I did the following, including adding the { after the @if. WTH?

@foreach ($days as $day => $meetings)
    <pre></pre>
    @if (!$loop->first) {
        </div>
    @endif
@endforeach

Maybe have a look at the compiled view in the cache? For me sometimes helped a lot, but always was hard to find the correct file. But you can see there, which php-code will be generated.

It's happening again. Admittedly, I'm new to Laravel but I do not see anything wrong. I'm showing the complete foreach block here. The error is occurring on the @endforeach at the bottom: syntax error, unexpected token "endforeach", expecting end of file

@foreach ($days as $day => $meetings)
    @if (!$loop->first)
        </div></div>
        @php
            $row++;
            $column = 1;
            $num_column_lines = 0;
        @endphp
    @endif
    <div class="row">
         <h1 class="meeting-day">{{ strtoupper($day) }} MEETINGS</h1>
         <div class="column">

    @php
        if (need_new_column($num_column_lines)) {
            if (is_last_column($column)) {
                echo new_row();
                $row++;
                $column = 1;
            } else {
                echo new_column();
                $column++;
            }
            $num_column_lines = 0;
        }
        $num_column_lines++;
    @endphp

    @foreach ($meetings as $meeting)
        @php
            $num_meeting_lines = get_num_meeting_lines($meeting);
            if (need_new_column($num_column_lines + $num_meeting_lines)) {
                if (is_last_column($column)) {
                    $row++;
                    $column = 1;
                    $num_column_lines = 0;
                    echo new_day($day);
                } else {
                    echo new_column();
                    $column++;
                }
                $num_column_lines = 0;
            }
            $num_column_lines += $num_meeting_lines;
        @endphp
        @include('meeting-day', compact('meeting'))
    @endforeach
    </div>
@endforeach

whats in your meeting-day include file?

I found the source of the problem, even though it shouldn’t be a problem. I looked at the cache file that Laravel produces which is an expansion of all the @ functions like if, foreach, etc. Some were not expanded. Those that weren’t, were followed by a PHP statement in the form of @php( line_of_php_code_here ). While this is a documented Laravel view statement, it doesn’t work. I substituted that for <?php line_of_php_code_here; ?> and all is well.

Can anyone tell me why @phhp() statements do not work as advertised?

Ok, so here's a snippet of code.

        @foreach ($regions as $region => $days)
            @if (!$loop->first)
                <?php list ($row, $column, $num_column_lines) = check_new_row_column($row, $column, $num_column_lines); ?>
            @else
                <div class="row"><div class="column"><div class="region"><h1>{{ $region }}</h1></div>
            @endif
            @php($num_column_lines++)
            @foreach ($days as $day => $meetings)

This causes a stack dump to occur at the last line with the error message: syntax error, unexpected token "endforeach", expecting "elseif" or "else" or "endif"

I checked the resulting cache file which looks as follows:

    <?php elseif($group_by === 'region-day'): ?>
        <?php $__currentLoopData = $regions; $__env->addLoop($__currentLoopData); foreach($__currentLoopData as $region => $days): $__env->incrementLoopIndices(); $loop = $__env->getLastLoop(); ?>
            <?php if(!$loop->first): ?>
                <?php list ($row, $column, $num_column_lines) = check_new_row_column($row, $column, $num_column_lines); ?>
            <?php else: ?>
                <div class="row"><div class="column"><div class="region"><h1><?php echo e($region); ?></h1></div>
            <?php endif; ?>
            <?php($num_column_lines++)
            @foreach ($days as $day => $meetings)

You can see that the @php($num_column_lines++) statement is not converted properly as it is missing the ?> at the end. Laravel version is 10.18.0 PHP version is 8.2.7