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Here's the snippet from the article: function get($urlPath, $queryParams=null, $ouputFormat='xml'){ // if(!authenticateAsOwner($queryParams)) // { // header("HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized"); // return; // } The closing brace there corresponds to the if. The rest of the body of the function, and its closing brace, are outside the snippet included in the article.