PHP, Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_IF, expecting T_FUNCTION

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Parse error:
syntax error, unexpected T_IF, expecting T_FUNCTION in C:\wamp\www\Exam
Creator\cls_FillInTheBlank.php on line
31

I received this error while
trying to run the cls_FillInTheBlank.php which includes cls_template.php. I have the two
files posted at the for
review.

cls_FillInTheBlank.php

            include("cls_template.php");


class
            fillintheblank{

 function _construct(){
 $cls_blankInput
            = new template;
 $cls_questionString = new template;

            $cls_fillInTheBlank = new template;
 }


            if(class_exists($cls_blankInput)){


            $cls_blankInput->fillString("            id='[qInputId]' value='[qInputValue]' />");

            $cls_blankInput->fillPlaceholderStrings(array("[qInputName]","[qInputId]","[qInputValue]"));

            } else {
 print("\$cls_blankInput not defined.
");

            }

 if(class_exists($cls_questionString)){

            $cls_questionString->fillString(""); // to be set later

            $cls_questionString->fillPlaceholderStrings(array("[fib_blank]"));
 } else
            {

 print("\$cls_questionString not defined.            />");
 }


            if(class_exists($cls_fillInTheBlank)){

            $cls_fillInTheBlank->fillString("
[qFillInTheBlankString]
");

            $cls_fillInTheBlank->fillPlaceholderStrings(array("[qFillInTheBlankString]"));

            } else {
 print("\$cls_fillInTheBlank not defined.
");

            }


 public function
            q_fib_buildString($cls_question){
 $i_qID = ""; // @type INTEGER

            $s_html = ""; // @type STRING
 $a_inputs = ""; // @type ARRAY

            $s_innerHTML = ""; // @type STRING
 $s_outerHTML = ""; // @type
            STRING

 $i_qID = $cls_question->qo_i_id;


            // build the HTML for the blank input


            foreach($cls_question->qo_a_answerSet as $answer){

            $this->cls_blankInput->fillPlaceholderValues(array("qID_".$i_qID,"qID_".$i_qID,$answer["value"]));

            $a_inputs[count($a_inputs)] = $this->cls_blankInput->buildTemplate();

            }

 // build the inner HTML

            $this->cls_questionString->fillString($cls_question->qo_s_string);

            $this->cls_questionString->fillPlaceholderValues($a_inputs);

            $s_innerHTML =
            $this->cls_blankInput->buildTemplate();




            // build the outer HTML

            $this->cls_fillInTheBlank->fillPlaceholderValues($s_innerHTML);

            $outerHTML = $this->cls_fillInTheBlank->buildTemplate();


            return $outerHTML;

 }

 public function
            q_fib_buildString($s_template){

 $s_fib_patterns =
            array();
 $s_input_blank = "";
 $s_fib_patterns_blank =
            "[\[fib_blank\]]";

 // array of placeholders 

            $a_fib_patterns['input'] = array();
 // place holder for the name attribute of
            the input tag
 $a_fib_patterns['attribute']['name']
            ="[\[qInputName\]]";
 // place holder for the id attribute of the input
            tag
 $a_fib_patterns['attribute']['id'] =
            "[\[qInputId\]]";


 // array of values

            $a_fib_replace['value'] = array();
 // value for the name attribute

            $a_fib_replace['value']['name'] = "qId_".$i_id."[]";
 // value fo the id
            attribute
 $a_fib_replace['value']['id'] =
            "qId_".$i_id."[]";

 // build blank input
 $s_input_blank
            =
            preg_replace($a_fib_patterns['input'],$a_fib_replace['value'],fillintheblank::$s_blankInput);


            // build question string
 $s_string =
            preg_replace($s_fib_patterns_blank,$s_input_blank,$s_string);

 /*
            START CODE FOR TESTING */
// echo($s_input_blank); // echo code for the blank
            inputs
 /* END CODE FOR TESTING */

 // return question
            string
 return $s_string;



            }

}

?>

Answer

You've basically got
this:

class fillintheblank
            {

 if (...) {
 }
 if (...) {

            }
}

That's
not permitted. A class definition has member variables and method definitions (ie:
functions). You can't put "naked" PHP code in a class definition. YOu'll have to wrap it
in a method, probably a constructor.