[Getting parse error simple code modification needed]

Hello Freaks!

 

  I am having problem with following code:

 

<?php simplexml_load_string ('?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>'); php?>

 

This code is giving me following error

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in public_html/wp-content/plugins/pluginnamehere/whatever.php on line 665

 

 

I know there is only a minor bracket problem that causing me this error. I would be helpful to you if you can modify it for me

 

Thanks