error: syntax error, unexpected '<'

Question

I am just starting to learn PHP and I get this weird error when trying to run my php script:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /-snip-/Account/Register.php on line 9

It is weird because my line 9 is <h1>Login</h1> and there is no syntax error. Here is my full script:

<?php

$connection = mysql_connect("-snip-", "-snip-", "-snip-") or die("Could not connect to the Lunar Servers! Please try again later...");
mysql_select_db("-snip-", $connection) or die("Could not connect to the Lunar DB! Please try again later...");

echo "
    <body style='font-family: verdana, sans-serif;'>    
        <div style='width: 80%; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #e3e3e3; background-color: #fff; color: #000";
            <h1>Login</h1>
        </div>
    </body>
";

It should connect to my MySQL Database and then display "Login" with a light gray border around it. Sadly, I recieve that error instead and I do not know why.

Thanks in advance :)

Just look at the syntax highlighting and you'll see the problem — Jonnix, May 22 '16 at 15:20

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '16 at 15:20

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The line above it is missing > and has a " that ends the echo body, so the < is unexpected.

answered May 22 '16 at 15:20

ZachB

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 22 '16 at 15:22

Issue is here

<div style='width: 80%; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #e3e3e3; background-color: #fff; color: #000";

You have incorrect opening-closing quotes for the style tag as well as div tag not closing

<div style='width: 80%; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #e3e3e3; background-color: #fff; color: #000;'>

try replacing with something like the above

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 22 '16 at 15:26

The issue is with this line of code:

<div style='width: 80%; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #e3e3e3; background-color: #fff; color: #000";

You open it with ' and close it with " - try changing it to this:

<div style='width: 80%; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #e3e3e3; background-color: #fff; color: #000';

error: syntax error, unexpected '<'

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