help with "Parse error: parse error, unexpected '}' "

[DataSpy]

I got most of this code out of a book and was messing around with it, I took some validation code out of it because I want to validate using javascript instead of php.

The validation code I took out:
[code]if ($_POST['username'] != "" &&
              $_POST['password'] != "" &&
              $_POST['first_name'] != "" &&
              $_POST['last_name'] != "" &&
              $_POST['email'] != "") {[/code]

Now I get "Parse error: parse error, unexpected '}' in C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\www\band\register.php on line 138"

Any help would be greatly appretiated, thanx in advance!!!


[code]<?php
//<!-- checks to make sure required info is filled out -->
            if (isset($_POST['submit']) && $_POST['submit'] == "Register") {



      //<!-- this is where the validation code was -->



//<!-- checks to make sure username is unique -->
                $query = "SELECT username FROM user " . "WHERE username = '" . $_POST['username'] . "';";
            $result = mysql_query($query)
              or die(mysql_error());
            if (mysql_num_rows($result) != 0) {
        ?>
<!-- display this if username is already taken -->
  <font color="#FF0000"><b>The Username, <?php echo $_POST['username']; ?>, is already in use, please choose another!</b></font>
  <form action="register.php" method="post">
    Username: <input type="text" name="username"><br>
    Password: <input type="password" name="password" value="<?php echo $_POST['password']; ?>"><br>
    Email: <input type="text" name="email" value="<?php echo $_POST['email']; ?>"><br>
    First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name" value="<?php echo $_POST['first_name']; ?>"><br>
    Last Name: <input type="text" name="last_name" value="<?php echo $_POST['last_name']; ?>"><br>
    City: <input type="text" name="city" value="<?php echo $_POST['city']; ?>"><br>
    State: <input type="text" name="state" value="<?php echo $_POST['state']; ?>"><br>
Country: <input type="text" name="country" value="<?php echo $_POST['country']; ?>"><br>
Zip Code: <input type="text" name="zip" value="<?php echo $_POST['zip']; ?>"><br><br>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Register"> &nbsp;
    <input type="reset" value="Clear">
  </form>
<!-- inserts information into database -->
<?php
    } else {
$email      = $_POST['email'];
$username  = $_POST['username'];
$password  = $_POST['password'];
$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
$last_name  = $_POST['last_name'];
$city      = $_POST['city'];
$state      = $_POST['state'];
$zip        = $_POST['zip'];
$country    = $_POST['country'];
          $query = "INSERT INTO users SET
            email      = '$email',
            username  = '$username',
password  = '$password',
first_name = '$first_name',
last_name  = '$last_name',
city      = '$city',
state      = '$state',
zip        = '$zip',
country    = '$country'";
      $result = mysql_query($query)
            or die(mysql_error());
      $_SESSION['uname'] = $_POST['username'];
      $_SESSION['upassword'] = $_POST['password'];
          ?>
    Thank you, <?php echo $_POST['first_name'] . " " . $_POST['last_name']; ?> for registering!<br>
  <?php
        header("Refresh: 5; URL=index.php");
        echo "Your registration is complete! " . "You are being sent to the page you requested!<br>";
      echo "(If your browser doesn't support this, " . "<a href=\"index.php\">click here</a>)";
    die();
      }
    } else {
  ?>
<!-- echo this if all required info isn't filled out -->
  <font color="#FF0000"><b>The Username, Password, Email, First Name,
  and Last Name fields are required!</b></font>
  <form action="register.php" method="post">
    Username: <input type="text" name="username" value="<?php echo $_POST['username']; ?>"><br>
    Password: <input type="password" name="password" value="<?php echo $_POST['password']; ?>"><br>
    Email: <input type="text" name="email" value="<?php echo $_POST['email']; ?>"><br>
    First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name" value="<?php echo $_POST['first_name']; ?>"><br>
    Last Name: <input type="text" name="last_name" value="<?php echo $_POST['last_name']; ?>"><br>
        City: <input type="text" name="city" value="<?php echo $_POST['city']; ?>"><br>
    State: <input type="text" name="state" value="<?php echo $_POST['state']; ?>"><br>
Country: <input type="text" name="country" value="<?php echo $_POST['country']; ?>"><br>
Zip Code: <input type="text" name="zip" value="<?php echo $_POST['zip']; ?>"><br><br>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Register"> &nbsp;
    <input type="reset" value="Clear">
  </form>
</p>
<?php
      }




                } else {            //<!-- <=== line 138 -->




    ?>
<!-- this is the registration form -->
  Welcome to the registration page!<br>
  The Username, Password, Email, First Name, and Last Name fields are required!
  <form action="register.php" method="post">
    Username: <input type="text" name="username"><br>
    Password: <input type="password" name="password"><br>
    Email: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
    First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name"><br>
    Last Name: <input type="text" name="last_name"><br>
    City: <input type="text" name="city"><br>
    State: <input type="text" name="state"><br>
Country: <input type="text" name="country"><br>
Zip Code: <input type="text" name="zip"><br><br>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Register"> &nbsp;
    <input type="reset" value="Clear">
  </form>
</p>
<?php
}
?>[/code]

[thepip3r]

    }




                } else {

[DataSpy]

If I make it just } else {

Then I get the error:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ELSE in C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\www\band\register.php on line 136

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