Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE

[broll911]

I am gettin a error message on this script can someone help me. I am a complete newbie on this stuff. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
here is the error.
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/content/m/i/x/mixxsalon/html/FormToEmail.php on line 1

here is the code.

<?php
 
$my_email = "[e-mail]";
 
/*
 
Enter the continue link to offer the user after the form is sent.  If you do not change this, your visitor will be given a continue link to your homepage.
 
If you do change it, remove the "/" symbol below and replace with the name of the page to link to, eg: "mypage.htm" or "http://www.elsewhere.com/page.htm"
 
*/
 
$continue = "/";
 
/*
 
Step 3:
 
Save this file (FormToEmail.php) and upload it together with your webpage containing the form to your webspace.  IMPORTANT - The file name is case sensitive!  You must save it exactly as it is named above!  Do not put this script in your cgi-bin directory (folder) it may not work from there.
 
THAT'S IT, FINISHED!
 
You do not need to make any changes below this line.
 
*/
 
$errors = array();
 
// Remove $_COOKIE elements from $_REQUEST.
 
if(count($_COOKIE)){foreach(array_keys($_COOKIE) as $value){unset($_REQUEST[$value]);}}
 
// Check all fields for an email header.
 
function recursive_array_check_header($element_value)
{
 
global $set;
 
if(!is_array($element_value)){if(preg_match("/(%0A|%0D|\n+|\r+)(content-type:|to:|cc:|bcc:)/i",$element_value)){$set = 1;}}
else
{
 
foreach($element_value as $value){if($set){break;} recursive_array_check_header($value);}
 
}
 
}
 
recursive_array_check_header($_REQUEST);
 
if($set){$errors[] = "You cannot send an email header";}
 
unset($set);
 
// Validate email field.
 
if(isset($_REQUEST['email']) && !empty($_REQUEST['email']))
{
 
if(preg_match("/(%0A|%0D|\n+|\r+|:)/i",$_REQUEST['email'])){$errors[] = "Email address may not contain a new line or a colon";}
 
$_REQUEST['email'] = trim($_REQUEST['email']);
 
if(substr_count($_REQUEST['email'],"@") != 1 || stristr($_REQUEST['email']," ")){$errors[] = "Email address is invalid";}else{$exploded_email = explode("@",$_REQUEST['email']);if(empty($exploded_email[0]) || strlen($exploded_email[0]) > 64 || empty($exploded_email[1])){$errors[] = "Email address is invalid";}else{if(substr_count($exploded_email[1],".") == 0){$errors[] = "Email address is invalid";}else{$exploded_domain = explode(".",$exploded_email[1]);if(in_array("",$exploded_domain)){$errors[] = "Email address is invalid";}else{foreach($exploded_domain as $value){if(strlen($value) > 63 || !preg_match('/^[a-z0-9-]+$/i',$value)){$errors[] = "Email address is invalid"; break;}}}}}}
 
}
 
// Check referrer is from same site.
 
if(!(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) && !empty($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) && stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'],$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']))){$errors[] = "You must enable referrer logging to use the form";}
 
// Check for a blank form.
 
function recursive_array_check_blank($element_value)
{
 
global $set;
 
if(!is_array($element_value)){if(!empty($element_value)){$set = 1;}}
else
{
 
foreach($element_value as $value){if($set){break;} recursive_array_check_blank($value);}
 
}
 
}
 
recursive_array_check_blank($_REQUEST);
 
if(!$set){$errors[] = "You cannot send a blank form";}
 
unset($set);
 
// Display any errors and exit if errors exist.
 
if(count($errors)){foreach($errors as $value){print "$value<br>";} exit;}
 
if(!defined("PHP_EOL")){define("PHP_EOL", strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS,0,3) == "WIN") ? "\r\n" : "\n");}
 
// Build message.
 
function build_message($request_input){if(!isset($message_output)){$message_output ="";}if(!is_array($request_input)){$message_output = $request_input;}else{foreach($request_input as $key => $value){if(!empty($value)){if(!is_numeric($key)){$message_output .= str_replace("_"," ",ucfirst($key)).": ".build_message($value).PHP_EOL.PHP_EOL;}else{$message_output .= build_message($value).", ";}}}}return rtrim($message_output,", ");}
 
$message = build_message($_REQUEST);
 
$message = $message . PHP_EOL.PHP_EOL."-- ".PHP_EOL."";
 
$message = stripslashes($message);
 
$subject = "FormToEmail Comments";
 
$headers = "From: " . $_REQUEST['email'];
 
mail($my_email,$subject,$message,$headers);
 
?>
 
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 
<html>
 
<head>
<title>Dreamweaver Tutorial - Contact Form</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
 
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
 
<div>
<center>
<b>Thank you <?php print stripslashes($_REQUEST['name']); ?></b>
<br>Your message has been sent
<p><a href="<?php print $continue; ?>">Click here to continue</a></p>
<p><b>Dreamweaver Spot</b> by <a href="http://dreamweaverspot.com">dreamweaverspot.com</a></p>
</center>
</div>
 
</body>
</html>

Thanks again,
Don

[Dormilich]

the only thing I’d suspect would be a Byte Order Mark (some editors place it at the beginning of a file to indicate it’s UTF encoded)

[broll911]

@Dormilich
Where can I find this Byte Order Mark and removed it?

[Atli]

Hey.

Try using Notepad++.
Open the file in that and from the "Format" menu select: "Convert to UTF8 without BOM".