Weird PHP Error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LNUMBER in /home/virilneu/public_html/recipes/search.php on line 58

Line 58 isn't even PHP.

PHP Code:

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<br /><h3>Search Results</h3><table border = "0" class="rows" style = "border: 1px solid #261C13;"><tr class = "even">

<?

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I turn it into php:

PHP Code:

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echo '<br /><h3>Search Results</h3><table border = "0" class="rows" style = "border: 1px solid #261C13;"><tr class = "even">'; 


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and get the same error, I remove the line entirely....

and get this next error

Quote:

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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=' in /home/virilneu/public_html/recipes/search.php on line 64

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Like 64 also isn't really php...

PHP Code:

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while($main = mysql_fetch_array($view)) { 
            ?><td><a href = "/recipes/recipeview.php?rid=<?=$main['id'];?>"><?=$main['recipename'];?></a></li>
<?

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The line with the link is 64.

I copied this code verbatim from another script of mine. Works fine there... wth?

....nevermind.... as soon as I posted I found the error, 20 lines up I was missing a "

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Originally Posted by Chris

....nevermind.... as soon as I posted I found the error, 20 lines up I was missing a "

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Hardest type of bloody errors to find :flare:

Yeah, and to make it more complicated...PHP doesn't always give you the exact line number were the error is. So if it gives you an error in a line that has no PHP (or no error), just look a few lines above, like Chris did.

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Originally Posted by Chris

....nevermind.... as soon as I posted I found the error, 20 lines up I was missing a "

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That was going to be my suggestion. Look for a mistake higher up.