Parse error on really simple script, HELP!

[kellygocrazy]

Hi everyone,

I have a really simple script for forgotten passwords but I just can't figure out this parse error. I've been trying for 2 days, I kid you not....I've tried different quote marks and replacing $POST['email'] with $email but nothing seems to work...any help you could give me, thank you in advance....

I have a form on forgot_password.php with text box name of 'email' which is set to post to forgot_message.php. Here is the php from forgot_message.php:

<?php require_once('Connections/gpeConn.php');

// on form processing page

$query=mysql_query("SELECT email, pword FROM member WHERE email='".$_POST['email']."'")ordie(mysql_error());

if(mysql_num_rows($query)==0){
echo"Email not found";
}else{
*// email them their password

$row=mysql_fetch_array($query);

$to=$_POST['email'];
$headers="From: [e-mail]";
$subject="Your password";
$msg="Your password is ".$row['pword'];

mail($to,$subject,$msg,*$headers);

echo*"your password has been sent";

}*
?>

[kellygocrazy]

have no idea where all of those funny little stars came from - sorry!

[maxpup979]

The "stars" may be your problem...may be special characters that PHP is trying to parse. What is the error you are getting...on what line#? etc.

[kellygocrazy]

The stars have only appeared on this post, not showing on my actual script. The error I'm getting at the minute is: parse error, unexpected T string on line 3.

[Rodney_H_]

This worked for me:

<?php 
// db connection
require_once('Connections/gpeConn.php'); 

// SQL Query
$query = mysql_query("SELECT email,pword FROM member WHERE email='".$_POST['email']."'") or die(mysql_error());
// if no email found
if(mysql_num_rows($query)==0){
echo"Email not found";
}
// else record IS found: 
else{
$row=mysql_fetch_array($query);
// email them their password
$to=$_POST['email'];
$headers="From: [e-mail]";
$subject="Your password";
$msg="Your password is ".$row['pword'];
mail($to,$subject,$msg,$headers);
// echo password sent
echo"your password has been sent";
}
?> 

I think it was your sql query. When I copied and pasted it from here (and deleted the * symbols, the "ordie" was one word.