I’m working on an application that shows videos using Laravel 10.8. When i updated the UserController.php I get the following error message:

syntax error, unexpected variable "$token_time", expecting "function" or "const"

i have looked all over google for an answer on how to fix the error. What should i do?

// *******************************************Custom code promotion links

    $token_time = "";

    if (isset($_REQUEST['token'])) {

      //date_default_timezone_set("America/Chicago");

      $creator_id = $user->id;

      $token_time = decrypt($_REQUEST['token']);

      $expired_time_link = DB::table("promotion_campaign")->where('creator_id', $creator_id)->get();

      $expired_time_link =  $expired_time_link[0]->expired_at;


      if (strtotime(now()) >= strtotime($expired_time_link)) {

        $username = $user->username;

        return redirect()->to('/' . $username);
      } else {

        return view('users.profile', [
          'user' => $user,
          'updates' => $updates,
          'hasPages' => $updates->hasPages(),
          'totalPosts' => $user->updates()->select('updates.id', 'updates.user_id')->count(),
          'totalPhotos' => $user->media()->where('media.type', 'image')->count(),
          'totalVideos' => $user->media()->where('media.type', 'video')->count(),
          'totalMusic' => $user->media()->where('media.type', 'music')->count(),
          'totalFiles' => $user->media()->where('media.type', 'file')->count(),
          'totalEpub' => $user->media()->where('media.type', 'epub')->count(),
          '_stripe' => $_stripe,
          'checkSubscription' => $checkSubscription ?? null,
          'media' => $media,
          'mediaTitle' => $mediaTitle,
          'sortPostByTypeMedia' => $sortPostByTypeMedia,
          'allPayment' => $allPayment,
          'paymentIncomplete' => $paymentIncomplete ?? null,
          'likeCount' => $likeCount,
          'categories' => $categories,
          'paymentGatewaySubscription' => $paymentGatewaySubscription->payment_gateway ?? null,
          'subscriptionsActive' => $subscriptionsActive,
          'plans' => $plans,
          'userPlanMonthlyActive' => $userPlanMonthlyActive ?? null,
          'userProducts' => $userProducts,
          'shopCategories' => $shopCategories ?? null,
          'token_time' => $token_time
        ]);
      }
    } else {

      return view('users.profile', [
        'user' => $user,
        'updates' => $updates,
        'hasPages' => $updates->hasPages(),
        'totalPosts' => $user->updates()->select('updates.id', 'updates.user_id')->count(),
        'totalPhotos' => $user->media()->where('media.type', 'image')->count(),
        'totalVideos' => $user->media()->where('media.type', 'video')->count(),
        'totalMusic' => $user->media()->where('media.type', 'music')->count(),
        'totalFiles' => $user->media()->where('media.type', 'file')->count(),
        'totalEpub' => $user->media()->where('media.type', 'epub')->count(),
        '_stripe' => $_stripe,
        'checkSubscription' => $checkSubscription ?? null,
        'media' => $media,
        'mediaTitle' => $mediaTitle,
        'sortPostByTypeMedia' => $sortPostByTypeMedia,
        'allPayment' => $allPayment,
        'paymentIncomplete' => $paymentIncomplete ?? null,
        'likeCount' => $likeCount,
        'categories' => $categories,
        'paymentGatewaySubscription' => $paymentGatewaySubscription->payment_gateway ?? null,
        'subscriptionsActive' => $subscriptionsActive,
        'plans' => $plans,
        'userPlanMonthlyActive' => $userPlanMonthlyActive ?? null,
        'userProducts' => $userProducts,
        'shopCategories' => $shopCategories ?? null,
        'token_time' => $token_time
      ]);
    }



    ***************************************Custom code ends

// custom code for creating promotion campaign subscription.
  public function mypromotion()
  {

    $creator_id = auth()->user()->id;


    $get_records = DB::table("promotion_campaign")->where('creator_id', $creator_id)->get();

    $promotion_campaign_exist = false;

    if (count($get_records) != 0) {

      $promotion_campaign_exist = true;

      $link = $get_records[0]->link;


      return view('users.my_promotion', compact('promotion_campaign_exist', 'link'));
    } else {

      return view('users.my_promotion', compact('promotion_campaign_exist'));
    }
  }

  public function trialLink(Request $request)
  {

    // date_default_timezone_set("USA/Chicago");


    $promotion_campaign_name = $request->input("promotion_campaign_name");

    $no_of_subscribers = $request->input("offer_limit");

    $offer_expiry_days = $request->input("offer_expiration");

    $free_trial_duration = $request->input("free_trial_duration");

    $creator_id = auth()->user()->id;

    $username = auth()->user()->username;

    $current_time = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");


    $currentDate = strtotime($current_time);
    $futureDate = $currentDate + (60 * 5);

    $expired_date = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", $futureDate);




    $encrypted_string = encrypt($current_time);

    $decrypted_string = decrypt($encrypted_string);

    $link = url('/') . '/' . $username . '?token=' . $encrypted_string;


    $get_records = DB::table("promotion_campaign")->where('creator_id', $creator_id)->get();

    if (count($get_records) != 0) {

      return response()->json(["code" => "500"]);
    }




    DB::table("promotion_campaign")->insert([
      'creator_id' => $creator_id,
      "link" => $link,
      "no_of_subscribers" => $no_of_subscribers,
      "offer_expiry_days" => $offer_expiry_days,
      "free_trial_duration" => $free_trial_duration,

      "expired_at" => $expired_date

    ]);





    return response()->json(["code" => "501", "generated_link" => $link]);
  }

  public function mypromotion()
  {

    return view('users.my_promotion');
  }

  // custom code ends

looking through google and this site for the answer to help debug this code.