How to fix "Parse error Syntax error" in my php?

Question

I ran my code through the validator but ran into this:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$age' (T_VARIABLE) in CODE on line 4
Errors parsing CODE

I'm very new to php.

From my research people have said that the problem is a wrong placement of the "[/]" or ";" but i think that's all good so what is going wrong?

I can also post the html and js in case that is necessary.

<?php
    $firstName = $_GET['firstName'];
    $lastName = $_GET['lastName'];
    $age = $_GET['age'];
    $email = $_GET['email'];
    echo "<h2>Response Demo Form</h2><h3> ";
    echo "You submitted the following information<br><ul>";
    echo "<li>Name: <strong> $firstName $lastName</strong></li>";
    echo "<li>Age: $age</li>";
    echo "<li>Age: $email</li>";
    echo "</li></ul></h3>";
?>

let firstName = document.getElementById("firstName");
let lastName = document.getElementById("lastName");
let age = document.getElementById("age");
let email = document.getElementById("email");
let submitButton = document.getElementById("submitButton");
let responseHere = document.getElementById("responseHere");

submitButton.addEventListener('click', ajax);

function ajax(){
  let xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
  xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function(){
    if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200){
      responseHere.innerHTML = this.responseText;
  }
};
let httpString = "form_1.php?firstName=" + firstName.value + "&lastName=" + lastName.value + "&age=" + age.value + "&email=" + email.value;

console.log(httpString);

xmlhttp.open("GET", httpString, true);
xmlhttp.send();
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta name="author" content="Lucas Baneke GD1A">
        <title>Ajax form_1</title>
  </head>
  <body>
        <h2>Form_2</h2>
        <form>
            <input type = "text"  id = "firstName" name = "firstName" placeholder = "voornaam">
      <input type = "text"  id = "lastName" name = "lastName" placeholder = "achternaam">
            <input type = "text"  id = "age" name = "age" placeholder = "leeftijd">
      <input type = "text"  id = "email" name = "email" placeholder = "email">
      <input type = "button" id = "submitButton" value = "submit">
        </form>
    <div id = "responseHere">hier komt de response</div>
    <script src="script.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

Error:Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$age' (T_VARIABLE) in CODE on line 4

Errors parsing CODE

Looks ok, which validator? Did you actually start the script? — Pinke Helga, Mar 30 '19 at 14:56
There's no error in that snippet. Can it be in some code you're not showing us? — Qirel, Mar 30 '19 at 14:58
@Quasimodo'sclone Yes, should i post the script? EDIT: i posted the script — Shaw358, Mar 30 '19 at 14:58
If this script is really causing the error on your server, it might be due to some strange encoding incompatibility. The editor should be configured to save UTF-8 files. — Pinke Helga, Mar 30 '19 at 15:09

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 30 '19 at 19:07

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This can occur if there's a weird invisible character before line 4. You can remove the invisible characters by opening the file in something like sublime text that allows you to view invisible characters.

edited Mar 30 '19 at 19:07

Bhargav Rao

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answered Mar 30 '19 at 19:01

Michael Gregoire

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