[SOLVED] What's my error?

[viv]

Hey - I just started my first PHP project yesterday and I've hit a bit of a stump. With the help of some premade forms I got a start but now I can't figure out how to correct my error. If anyone has time to just look through it and let me know I'd appreciate it! I'm trying to make a place for members on my game to be able to write checks with their SIM dollars and have it automatically upload to a table.

 

Any help would be appreciated! I'm completely lost!

 

LOGIN.PHP routine
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<?php 
session_start(); 

<?php


 $dbh=mysql_connect ("localhost", "arcadias_bank", "<(filled in correctly on real code>") or 
die ('I cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error());
} 
else { 
if ($_POST['_submit_check']) { 
if ($form_errors = validate_form()) { 
show_form($form_errors); 
}  
else { 
process_form(0); 
}  
}  
else { 
show_form(); 
} 
} 

function show_form($errors = '') { 
print '<form name="authForm" method="POST" action="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'">'; 
if ($errors) { 
print '<span style="color:red"><ul><li><b>'; 
print implode('</b></li><li><b>',$errors); 
print '</b></li></ul></span>'; 
}  
print 'userto'; 
print '<input type="text" name="userto" value="'; 
print htmlentities($_POST[userID]) . '"> <br />'; 
print 'password';  
print '<input type="password" name="password" value="'; 
print htmlentities($_POST[password]) . '"> <br />'; 

print '<input type="submit" name="login" value="Login" />'; 
print '<input type="hidden" name="_submit_check" value="1"/>'; 
print '</form>'; 
print '<a href="index.php">Click</a> here if you want to leave this form.'; 
} 

function validate_form() { 
$errors = array(); 
$userid=$_POST['Username']; 
$passwd=$_POST['Password']; 
/**************************************************  ************************** 
* Check username and password in database * 
**************************************************  **************************/ 
// ..... connect to data base 

$text = ""; 
$text = $db->get_var("SELECT * FROM authorized_users WHERE userid='$userfrom' AND passwd=sha1('$passwd')") ; 
if ($text == "") { 
$errors[] = 'Enter a valid username and password!'; 
} 
return $errors; 
} 

function process_form($logged_in) { 
if ($logged_in == 0) { 
// Add the username to the session 
$_SESSION['username'] = $_POST['username']; 
} 
print 'You are logged in as: <b>'.$_SESSION['username'].'</b>'.str_repeat(' ', 10).'<a href="logout.php">Logout</a><br />'; 
print '<p>You can continue processing as a logged-in user ............</p>'; 
} 
?> 
LOGOUT.PHP routine:
-------------------
<?php 
session_start(); 

unset($_SESSION['username']); 
print '<p>You are logged out.</p>'; 
?> 

[Lumio]

Where is the error?

[viv]

Oh sorry! Silly me!

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/arcadias/public_html/checkform.php on line 6

[MadTechie]

you have <?php twice (without closing the first one)

 

remove the 2nd <?php

[Lumio]

right

[MadTechie]

if all is fine please click resolved

[viv]

thanks so much! I'll probably be back later with more silly questions. Thanks for being patient with us noobies.