Parse error: syntax error

[gardefjord]

Hi all,
I'm new to PHP and SQL and just wondered if anyone could help out with this parsing error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/web80484/domains/manversuspillow.se/public_html/labs/iwantthemlive/inc/class.users.inc.php on line 171

public function verifyAccount()
    {
        $sql = "SELECT Username
                FROM users
                WHERE ver_code=:ver
                AND SHA1(Username)=:user
                AND verified=0";

    if($stmt = $this->_db->prepare($sql))
    {
        $stmt->bindParam(':ver', $_GET['v'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
        $stmt->bindParam(':user', $_GET['e'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
        $stmt->execute();
        $row = $stmt->fetch();
        if(isset($row['Username']))
        {
            // Logs the user in if verification is successful
            $_SESSION['Username'] = $row['Username'];
            $_SESSION['LoggedIn'] = 1;
        }
        else
        {
            return array(4, "<h2>Verification Error</h2>n"
                . "<p>This account has already been verified. "
                . "Did you <a href="/password.php">forget "
                . "your password?</a>");
        }
        $stmt->closeCursor();

        // No error message is required if verification is successful
        return array(0, NULL);
    }
    else
    {
        return array(2, "<h2>Error</h2>n<p>Database error.</p>");
    }
}

This: $stmt->bindParam(':ver', $_GET['v'], PDO:😛ARAM_STR);
is line 171

[NogDog]

Only parse error I see in that snippet is:

                    . "Did you <a href="/password.php">forget "

...which needs to either have the double quotes around /password.php escaped with a backslash, or else change them to single quotes.

If the error is really on the line you cited, then my guess is that somewhere further up in that file you have an unclosed double-quoted string, and things are breaking down at $_GET['v'], which I think would cause that error within a double-quoted string.