SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier in index.ejs while compiling ejs

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<body>
        <header>
            <% include templates/header.ejs %>
        </header>
            <% include templates/announcement.ejs %>
        <form>
            <br><input type="text" id="myInput" onkeyup="myFunction()" placeholder="Search a fort...">
        </form><br>
        <section id="placeList">
            <div class="placeListBackground" id="placeListGet">
             <ul id="placeCells">
                <% placeData.forEach(function(placeData) { %>
                    <div class="placeContainer <%= placeData.category %>" class><a href = "https://www.roblox.com/games/<%= placeData.placeid %>/-"><img src= "<%= placeData.placeicon %>" alt="<%= placeData.placename %>" align="left" width="178" height="100"><span><%= placeData.placename %></span><p><%= placeData.clan %></p><p>Playing: <%= placeData.playing %></p><p class="sCategory"><%= placeData.category %></p></a></div>
                <% }); %>
             </ul>
            </div>
        </section>
        <br><footer>Contact us: https://discord.gg/fMb5y7T</footer>
    </body>
    <% include templates/search.ejs %>

I've checked through and tested a bunch of different tags for ejs just in-case but I do not see why this is not working. It worked previously but there must be some issue I'm overlooking unless it is the fault of ejs?

From the doc, that's not how you include a file with ejs ejs.co/#install — Léo Martin
– Léo Martin, Commented Dec 12, 2019 at 22:01
Interesting. On my other computer it worked just fine but that did change something. Let me check it out more. — Radomus Vanhanen
– Radomus Vanhanen, Commented Dec 12, 2019 at 22:16

Juan · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-11 17:40:09Z

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I think the problem is with the ejs tags.

You have wrote: <% include templates/file.ejs %>

And should be: <%- include ("templates/file.ejs") %>

At least I had same problem and solved that way, I hope is usefull. look for more info about ejs changes: https://github.com/RyanZim/EJS-Lint

edited Apr 11, 2020 at 17:40

answered Apr 11, 2020 at 17:34

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Yunat Amos · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-23 20:22:26Z

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try downgrading or upgrading ejs package

answered Oct 23, 2022 at 20:22

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