Unexpected token if in php

I'm trying to get a directory made, after which a file is uploaded, the code looks a bit like this:

    login($inputs ['email'], $inputs ['password']) &&
      mkdir('file/file/'.$_SESSION['user_id'].'/Profile', 0777, true) &&
      logout() &&
(if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], $target_file)) {
  echo "The file ". htmlspecialchars( basename( $_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"])). " has been uploaded.";
} else {
  echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading your file.";
})

However, if i use this snippit, i get the error code "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected token "if"", if i replace the "&&" with a semi-colon, the upload script will not execute! How do i make this work?

asked Feb 15 at 14:52

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The code you provided doesn't seem to be complete, but to get the question answered: You don't have to write "if" inside another "if" condition.

// this
if (condition1 == true) {
  if (condition2 == true) {}
}
// is the same as
if (condition1 == true && condition2 == true) {}

So the following is not needed and will most likely end in some kind of parsing error.

// the second "if" is not valid, you can keep the (), though
if ((condition1 == true) && if(condition2 == true)) {}

In order to clean this up you can of course nest these statements in functions, as you did with logout() and call these functions and chain them with && or || operators.

function folderIsCreated() {
  return mkdir(...);
}
// function 2...
if (folderIsCreated() && function2() && function3()) {}

Long story short for your code: Remove the if inside the if.

answered Feb 15 at 15:30

clashclash

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