I am receiving the following error message on my home page:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/prospec7/public_html/index.php on line 1
And the following code -- I apologize for it being tough to read, but I am a complete novice and this is how it shows up in my index.php file -- though I do not remember it always appearing this way.
Help?
<?phpsession_start();include("localSettings.php");include("connect.php");include("body_include.php");?><CENTER><TITLE>Prospect Insider - prospects, scouting and the draft</TITLE><HEAD><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="main.css"><link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Prospect Insider RSS Feed" href="/rss.xml" /></head><?php include ("banner.php"); ?><DIV CLASS="menubar"><center><?php include ("menubar.php"); ?></center></DIV><DIV CLASS="page"><SPAN CLASS="main"><?php$main_content_qu = mysql_query("select * from content where a_order=0");while ($main_content_res = mysql_fetch_array($main_content_qu)){ $post_year = substr($main_content_res['date'],0,4); $post_month = substr($main_content_res['date'],5,2); $post_day = substr($main_content_res['date'],8,2); $combo_date = $post_month ."-". $post_day ."-". $post_year; echo "<CENTER><strong><DIV CLASS=\"bluebarbig2\"><A HREF=\"/view/". $main_content_res['slug'] ."/\">". $main_content_res['title'] ."</A></DIV></strong></CENTER><DIV CLASS=\"article-space\"><br \></DIV>"; echo "<DIV CLASS=\"article-space\"><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD WIDTH=40% ALIGN=\"left\"><b><i><FONT COLOR=\"#000333\"><FONT SIZE=\"2\">By ". $main_content_res['author'] ."</FONT></i></b></strong></TD><TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=\"left\"><IMG SRC=\"TopStory10.jpg\"></TD><TD WIDTH=40% ALIGN=\"center\"><i><b><font color=\"#000333\"><FONT SIZE=\"2\">". $combo_date ."</FONT></i></b></strong></TD></TR></TR></TABLE><br \>"; echo "</DIV>"; $char_count = strlen($main_content_res['content']); $comment_qu = mysql_query("select comment_id from comments where blog_id =". $main_content_res['content_id']); $num_comments = mysql_num_rows($comment_qu); if ($char_count > $main_content_res['cutoff']) { $short_content = substr($main_content_res['content'],0,$main_content_res['cutoff']); $format_content = trim($short_content); echo $format_content ."...<br \>"; echo "<br \><A HREF=\"/view/". $main_content_res['slug'] ."/\">Full Story</A> - <A HREF=\"/view/". $main_content_res['slug'] ."/#comments\">Discuss (". $num_comments .")</A><br \>"; ?> <br \> <?php } else { echo $main_content_res['content'] ." <br \><br \>"; echo "<br \><A HREF=\"/view/". $main_content_res['slug'] ."#comments\">Discuss (". $num_comments .")</A>"; ?> <br \><br \> <?php } ?><br \><CENTER></CENTER><?php}echo "<br \>";$content_qu = mysql_query ("select * from content where a_order >0 order by a_order asc limit 8");echo "<TABLE width=100% CELLSPACING=5><TR>";$counter=0;while ($content_res = mysql_fetch_array($content_qu)){ $counter++; $post_year = substr($content_res['date'],0,4); $post_month = substr($content_res['date'],5,2); $post_day = substr($content_res['date'],8,2); $combo_date = $post_month ."-". $post_day ."-". $post_year; echo "<TD CLASS=\"standard\" VALIGN=\"top\" ALIGN=\"left\" WIDTH=50%>"; echo "<CENTER><strong><DIV CLASS=\"bluebarbig\"><A HREF=\"/view/". $content_res['slug'] ."/\">". $content_res['title'] ."</A></DIV></strong></CENTER><DIV CLASS=\"article-space\"><br \></DIV>"; echo "<DIV CLASS=\"article-space\"><TABLE WIDTH=100%><TR><TD WIDTH=40% ALIGN=\"left\">"; echo "<i><b><FONT COLOR=\"#000333\"><FONT SIZE=\"2\">By ". $content_res['author'] ."</FONT></b></i>"; echo "</TD><TD WIDTH=40% ALIGN=\"right\"><i><b><font color=\"#000333\"><FONT SIZE=\"2\">". $combo_date ."</font></i></b></TD></TR></TABLE><br \></DIV>"; $char_count = strlen($content_res['content']); $comment_qu = mysql_query("select comment_id from comments where blog_id =". $content_res['content_id']); $num_comments = mysql_num_rows($comment_qu); if ($char_count > $content_res['cutoff']) { $short_content = substr($content_res['content'],0,$content_res['cutoff']); $format_content = trim($short_content); echo $format_content ."...<br \>"; echo "<br \><A HREF=\"/view/". $content_res['slug'] ."/\">Full Story</A> - <A HREF=\"/view/". $content_res['slug'] ."/#comments\">Discuss (". $num_comments .")</A>"; ?> <br \><br \> <?php } else { echo $content_res['content'] ." <br \><br \>"; echo "<br \><A HREF=\"/view/". $content_res['slug'] ."/#comments\">Discuss (". $num_comments .")</A>"; ?> <br \><br \> <?php } echo "<br \>"; echo "</TD>"; if ($counter == 2) { echo "</TR></TD>"; $counter = 0; }}echo "</TABLE>";echo "<br \><A HREF=\"archive.php\">Previous Reports</A><br \>";?></SPAN><SPAN CLASS="columnleft"><?php include ("left_sidebar.php"); ?></SPAN><SPAN CLASS="columnright"><?php include ("right_sidebar.php"); ?></SPAN></DIV><?php $gu_siteid="xnj6ttk";$gu_param = "st=".$gu_siteid."&ref=".urlencode($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])."&vip=".$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']."&ua=".urlencode($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])."&cur=".urlencode("http://".$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])."&b=5";@readfile("http://counter.goingup.com/phptrack.php?".$gu_param); ?></BODY></CENTER>