Unexpected '<' not even in a PHP code?

[3raser]

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/a9558420/public_html/login.php on line 3

 

<?php session_start ?>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" /> 
<div align="center"><div class="box"><div align="left"><img src="Banner.png" border="0"><div class="line">Home | Start<div class="line"></div></div><br><br>

<?php

require ("settings.php");
$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
$anti = $_POST['anti'];
$secret_password = md5($password);
$anti1 = "djksdfjiu44";
  
if (!$username || !$password)
   die (" <p align='left'><form action='register.php' method='POST'>
<b>Please note that special characters will be removed upon registering.</b><br /><br />
* Username: <input type='text' name='username' maxlength='13'><br /><br />
* Anti-spam verification: <input type='text' name='anti'><br>//The code is $anti1//<br /><br />
* Password: <input type='password' name='password' maxlength='25'></div><br /><br />
<input type='submit' value='Register'>
</form></p>");

if (!$anti)
   die ("You didn't enter in the anti-spam verification code!");

if ($anti==$anti1) {

if (strlen($password)<=3) {
        echo "Password must be more then 3 characters long! <a href='register.php'> << Back </a>";
}
else
{

if (strlen($username)<=3) {
        echo "Username must be more then 3 characters long! <a href='register.php'> << Back </a>";
}
else
{
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

//protection
$before = array('(', ')', '^', '<', '>', '`', '*', '<script>', '</script>', ';DROP TABLE users;', 'users', 'DROP', 'TABLE');
$after   = array('', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '');
$output  = str_replace($before, $after, $username);

//protection
$display_name_output = str_replace($before, $after, $dname);

//protection
$output4  = str_replace($before, $after, $email);

//protection
$output2  = str_replace($before, $after, $signature);

$connect = mysql_connect("$dbhost","$dbuser","$dbpassword") or die("Connection failed!");
mysql_select_db("$db") or die("Database fail!");

$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username='$output'");

$numrows = mysql_num_rows($query);

if ($numrows!=0) {
   echo "This username already exists!";
}
else
{

//write
$write = mysql_query("INSERT INTO users (id, username, password, frpcash, premium, ip) VALUES ('', '$output', '$secret_password', '10', '0', '$ip')") or die(mysql_error());

echo "<div class='box'>Thank you for registering ". $output ."! Login <a href='login.php'>here</a>!</div>";
}
}
}
} else {
echo "You entered the incorrect anti-spam verification code!";
}
?></div><br><br><Br><br><img src="1.png" border="0"></img></div></div>

[inspireddesign]

Try completing your session_start.  You left out the ();

 

<?php session_start(); ?>

[3raser]

Fixed the session thing, but I still get the error.

[teamatomic]

The error about an unexpected < is a php error yet from what you show that block of the page is not within php.

 

Is login.php stand alone or do you include it in some other controller page?

 

 

HTH

Teamatomic

[3raser]

It's just login.php....nothing else.

[teamatomic]

Paste the complete login.php file

 

 

HTH

Teamatomic

[Andy-H]

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/a9558420/public_html/login.php on line 3

 

<?php 
session_start(); /*no whitespace before opening php tag...*/ 
?>

 

See if that works mate...

[3raser]

Edit: Got it working

[Andy-H]

Any chance you could post the solution m8, will benefit people with the same problem in the future as they can just use the search function