Getting syntax error,unexpected token "<" in laravel blade file.

code in my blade file,

 @if( {{ date('Y-m-d')}} >= {{ $date->start_date }} && {{ date('Y-m-d')}} <= {{ $date->end_date }} )

                 <a href="form"  id="apply"><span>Apply</span></a>

               @else

                 <b>Form date closed.</b>
                 
               @endif

If the condition is true the button will be display. otherwise the else part will display.

CodePudding user response：

It looks like there are some extra curly braces in your @if statement. In Blade templates, you don't need to use curly braces to print out the value of a variable or to run a function. You can simply use the @ symbol to indicate that what follows is a Blade construct.

Here's how you can rewrite your code to fix the syntax error:

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@if(date('Y-m-d') >= $date->start_date && date('Y-m-d') <= $date->end_date)
    <a href="form"  id="apply"><span>Apply</span></a>
@else
    <b>Form date closed.</b>
@endif

Note that you don't need to use echo to print out a value in a Blade template. Just using the variable or function name is enough.