unexpected T_STRING

[lana254]

Hello I am so new to php. I uploaded the files for a form.. I keep getting this error message.. what does it mean?

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/httpd/vhosts/lahitmanstudios.com/httpdocs/email.php on line 5

[laserlight]

Basically, you have some text that is out of place, e.g.,

<?php
hello world!
?>

instead of:

<?php
echo 'hello world!';
?>

[lana254]

$valid_ref1="http://lahitmanstudios.com/form.html"; //

This is the one that it says is wrong... so what is wrong with it?

[chris_zeman]

We'll need to see more of your program. PHP is generating an error for that line, but the problem could be with the line before it.

Chris

[bradgrafelman]

In other words, for parse errors you should examine not only the line in question but also a few lines above it.