Need help, getting weird parse error...

[Petraverse]

Hi all,

Here is my code for reister.php

<?php
include("lib.inc.php");
global_header("Register");
$process = $_POST['process'];
if($process) {
	$username = $_POST['username'];
	$password = $_POST['password'];
	$confirm_password = $_POST['confirm_password'];
	$password_hint = $_POST['password_hint'];
	$email_address = $_POST['email_address'];
	$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
	$last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
	$gender = $_POST['gender'];
	$country = $_POST['country'];
	$zip_code = $_POST['zip_code'];
	$accept_terms = $_POST['acept_terms'];
	$error = "<p><b><font color=\"red\">Error: </font></b>";
	if($username == "") {
		$end_error = true;
		print $error."You must enter a username to continue.<br>";
	}
	if($end_error) {
		print "</p>";
	}
}
print "To play Petraverse, you are required to register for an account. This 
          process takes just five minutes and is totally free.</p>
        <p>Please complete the registration form below. Fields marked with an 
          <font color=\"#FF0000\"> <strong>*</strong></font> are required.</p>
        <form action=\"register.php\" method=\"post\" name=\"register\" id=\"register\">
          <table width=\"500\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"0\">
            <tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"> 
              <td width=\"50%\"><strong>Username: </strong><font color=\"#FF0000\"><strong>*</strong></font><br> 
                <font size=\"-2\">Your username must be 3-20 characters long and 
                can contain letters, numbers, underscores and spaces only.</font></td>
              <td width=\"50%\"><input name=\"username\" type=\"text\" id=\"username\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"20\" value=\"".$username."\"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"> 
              <td><strong>Password:</strong> <font color=\"#FF0000\"><strong>*</strong></font><br> 
                <font size=\"-2\">Your password must be 6-20 characters long, may 
                contain any standars character and must start with a letter.</font></td>
              <td><input name=\"password\" type=\"password\" id=\"password\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"20\" value=\"".$password."\"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"> 
              <td><strong>Confirm Password: <font color=\"#FF0000\"><strong>*</strong></font><br>
                </strong><font size=\"-2\">Please re-enter your password to ensure 
                that you entered it correctly the first time.</font></td>
              <td><input name=\"confirm_password\" type=\"password\" id=\"confirm_password\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"20\" value=\"".$confirm_password."\"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"> 
              <td><strong>Password Hint:<br>
                </strong><font size=\"-2\">If you forget your password, you can 
                click the 'Password Hint' button on the login page to find out 
                your password hint which will remind you of your password.</font></td>
              <td><input name=\"password_hint\" type=\"text\" id=\"password_hint\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"255\" value=\"".$password_hint."\"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"> 
              <td><strong>Email Address: <font color=\"#FF0000\"><strong>*</strong></font><br>
                </strong><font size=\"-2\">Your email address is used to activate 
                your account and to inform you of changes to your account status.</font></td>
              <td><input name=\"email_address\" type=\"text\" id=\"email_address\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"255\" value=\"".$email_address."\"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"> 
              <td><strong>First and Last Name: <font color=\"#FF0000\"><strong>*</strong></font></strong></td>
              <td><input name=\"first_name\" type=\"text\" id=\"first_name\" size=\"14\" maxlength=\"255\" value=\"".$first_name."\">
                <input name=\"last_name\" type=\"text\" id=\"last_name\" size=\"14\" maxlength=\"255\" value=\"".$last_name."\"> </td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"> 
              <td><strong>Gender: <font color=\"#FF0000\"><strong>*</strong></font></strong></td>
              <td><label> 
                  <input type=\"radio\" name=\"gender\" value=\"male\">
                  Male 
                  <input type=\"radio\" name=\"gender\" value=\"female\">
                  Female</label>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">
              <td><strong>Date of Birth: <font color=\"#FF0000\"><strong>*</strong></font></strong></td>
              <td><select name=\"month\"><option value=\"\">Month</option><option value=\"01\">January</option>
<option value=\"02\">February</option>
<option value=\"03\">March</option>
<option value=\"04\">April</option>
<option value=\"05\">May</option>
<option value=\"06\">June</option>
<option value=\"07\">July</option>
<option value=\"08\">August</option>
<option value=\"09\">September</option>
<option value=\"10\">October</option>
<option value=\"11\">November</option>
<option value=\"12\">December</option>
</select>
              <select name=\"day\"><option value=\"\">Day</option><option value=\"01\">01</option><option value=\"02\">02</option><option value=\"03\">03</option><option value=\"04\">04</option><option value=\"05\">05</option><option value=\"06\">06</option><option value=\"07\">07</option><option value=\"08\">08</option><option value=\"09\">09</option><option value=\"10\">10</option><option value=\"11\">11</option><option value=\"12\">12</option><option value=\"13\">13</option><option value=\"14\">14</option><option value=\"15\">15</option><option value=\"16\">16</option><option value=\"17\">17</option><option value=\"18\">18</option><option value=\"19\">19</option><option value=\"20\">20</option><option value=\"21\">21</option><option value=\"22\">22</option><option value=\"23\">23</option><option value=\"24\">24</option><option value=\"25\">25</option><option value=\"26\">26</option><option value=\"27\">27</option><option value=\"28\">28</option><option value=\"29\">29</option><option value=\"30\">30</option><option value=\"31\">31</option></select>
              <select name=\"year\"><option value=\"\">Year</option><option value=\"1991\">1991</option>
<option value=\"1990\">1990</option>
<option value=\"1989\">1989</option>
<option value=\"1988\">1988</option>
<option value=\"1987\">1987</option>
<option value=\"1986\">1986</option>
<option value=\"1985\">1985</option>
<option value=\"1984\">1984</option>
<option value=\"1983\">1983</option>
<option value=\"1982\">1982</option>
<option value=\"1981\">1981</option>
<option value=\"1980\">1980</option>
<option value=\"1979\">1979</option>
<option value=\"1978\">1978</option>
<option value=\"1977\">1977</option>
<option value=\"1976\">1976</option>
<option value=\"1975\">1975</option>
<option value=\"1974\">1974</option>
<option value=\"1973\">1973</option>
<option value=\"1972\">1972</option>
<option value=\"1971\">1971</option>
<option value=\"1970\">1970</option>
<option value=\"1969\">1969</option>
<option value=\"1968\">1968</option>
<option value=\"1967\">1967</option>
<option value=\"1966\">1966</option>
<option value=\"1965\">1965</option>
<option value=\"1964\">1964</option>
<option value=\"1963\">1963</option>
<option value=\"1962\">1962</option>
<option value=\"1961\">1961</option>
<option value=\"1960\">1960</option>
<option value=\"1959\">1959</option>
<option value=\"1958\">1958</option>
<option value=\"1957\">1957</option>
<option value=\"1956\">1956</option>
<option value=\"1955\">1955</option>
<option value=\"1954\">1954</option>
<option value=\"1953\">1953</option>
<option value=\"1952\">1952</option>
<option value=\"1951\">1951</option>
<option value=\"1950\">1950</option>
<option value=\"1949\">1949</option>
<option value=\"1948\">1948</option>
<option value=\"1947\">1947</option>
<option value=\"1946\">1946</option>
<option value=\"1945\">1945</option>
<option value=\"1944\">1944</option>
<option value=\"1943\">1943</option>
<option value=\"1942\">1942</option>
<option value=\"1941\">1941</option>
<option value=\"1940\">1940</option>
<option value=\"1939\">1939</option>
<option value=\"1938\">1938</option>
<option value=\"1937\">1937</option>
<option value=\"1936\">1936</option>
<option value=\"1935\">1935</option>
<option value=\"1934\">1934</option>
<option value=\"1933\">1933</option>
<option value=\"1932\">1932</option>
<option value=\"1931\">1931</option>
<option value=\"1930\">1930</option>
<option value=\"1929\">1929</option>
<option value=\"1928\">1928</option>
<option value=\"1927\">1927</option>
<option value=\"1926\">1926</option>
<option value=\"1925\">1925</option>
<option value=\"1924\">1924</option>
<option value=\"1923\">1923</option>
<option value=\"1922\">1922</option>
<option value=\"1921\">1921</option>
<option value=\"1920\">1920</option>
<option value=\"1919\">1919</option>
<option value=\"1918\">1918</option>
<option value=\"1917\">1917</option>
<option value=\"1916\">1916</option>
<option value=\"1915\">1915</option>
<option value=\"1914\">1914</option>
<option value=\"1913\">1913</option>
<option value=\"1912\">1912</option>
<option value=\"1911\">1911</option>
<option value=\"1910\">1910</option>
<option value=\"1909\">1909</option>
<option value=\"1908\">1908</option>
<option value=\"1907\">1907</option>
<option value=\"1906\">1906</option>
<option value=\"1905\">1905</option>
<option value=\"1904\">1904</option>
<option value=\"1903\">1903</option>
...cut off...

I am getting a parse error on line 145 saying unexpected <. Any ideas? I'm using Apache 1.3.31 on CentOS 3.1 with PHP 5.0.1 if that matters...

Thanks

[Weedpacket]

Well, I'm too lazy to count 145 lines right now (or cut-and-paste into a text editor), but my guess is that somewhere along the way you've forgotten to escape one of your quotes.

I would recommend you don't use PHP for such a huge block of HTML. Then you don't have to worry about PHP parse errors at all in there.

To play Petraverse, you are required to register for an account. This
process takes just five minutes and is totally free.</p>
<p>Please complete the registration form below. Fields marked with an
<font color="#FF0000"> <strong>*</strong></font> are required.</p>
<form action="register.php" method="post" name="register" id="register">
<table width="500" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> 
....
<input type="username" value="<?php echo $username?>">Just to show how.

Incidentally, if you're going to use PHP, consider cutting down on the size of your code by e.g., using a loop to generate your <select> options.

EEewwww!!! <font> tags!!! Hck!Ppptt! Please! Ick!

[MarkR]

Please use an input type=text for the year, don't have a drop down with 100 options in, it's stupid, unusable, and bloats the HTML.

And please put some newlines in your code occasionally, excessively long lines are ugly and screw up this page.

Mark