Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' PHP

Question

I have this code:

<p class="test">
<?php  
    $button_value = get_field('button_name');
    echo $button_value;
    if ($button_value == 1) {
        <a href="?page_id=26" class="get_quote">get quote</a> 
    }
?>  
</p>

This is the error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/dgsite81/public_html/dgprint/wp-content/themes/dgprint/index.php on line 122

I thought downvoting hid the silly ones. I'm often 95% done an answer and then it's closed — RightClick, Jun 22 '15 at 20:04
the better way to have "answered" this, would have been *"you're injecting pure HTML into PHP"*. (Teach a person HOW to fish...) you know the rest. — Funk Forty Niner, Jun 22 '15 at 20:04
well I had a sweet answer all ready with an explanation but it doesn't fit in a comment. oh well, someone else apparently can still answer. It's just a frustrating dynamic on here sometimes, nothing personal — RightClick, Jun 22 '15 at 20:06
A better way to do it so that you don't need to echo static html. Close your php tag, write your html code and then open up your php tag again like so: ?>get quotephp — cmo, Jun 22 '15 at 20:17

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 22 '15 at 20:04

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echo '<a href="?page_id=26" class="get_quote">get quote</a>';

answered Jun 22 '15 at 20:04

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given an added explanation, would benefit the OP to learn from their mistake. This answer has none. It's dropped in code. [Oh, I guess I did that already...](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30988756/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-php#comment50007604_30988756) – Funk Forty Niner Jun 22 '15 at 20:08
Protip: Giving a good explanation, potentially attracts more upvotes ;-) – Funk Forty Niner Jun 22 '15 at 20:15
agree but this one was enough self-explanatory ;-) – www.diazis.com Jun 22 '15 at 20:31

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' PHP

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