syntax error, unexpected ‘$id’ (T_VARIABLE) – where is the issue though? [closed]

Here it is:

if ( get_post_type $id ) == 'tools-in-2019' {

Basically what your doing in this line makes no sense at all – you try to compare if conditions with some string… And you try to call a function, but you’re ignoring all PHP syntax.

It should be like this:

if ( get_post_type( $id ) == 'tools-in-2019' ) {