if and end if error

I am having problems with a simple dumb php statement and keep getting an error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ELSE in /home/assistab/public_html/contact2.php on line 142

Line 142 is the ELSE statement.

CAN ANYONE SEE THE SYNTAX ERROR HERE?

<?php
//here we need to cehck the post back
$TheMessage=$_GET["message"];
if ($TheMessage=="thanks");
?>
blah blah html html
<?php
else;
?>
blah blah more html html
<?php
endif;
?>

 

It should be:

if ($TheMessage=="thanks"):

PHP:

And:

else:

PHP:

(A colon instead of a semi-colon.)

 

Ah Great!

It works now.

Green Rep for You!!!