syntax error, unexpected '{' php
<p>My php code gives the following error:</p>

<pre><code>syntax error, unexpected '{' on line 8
</code></pre>

<p>PHP Code:</p>

<pre><code>$data = '&lt;?php
# 1 = ON; 0 = OFF.  
$str = '{                           //line 8
 "name": "10.000000,106.000000",
     "Status": {
     "code": 200,
     "request": "geocode"
 },
  "Apps": [ {
  "App1": 1,
  "App2": 0,    
  "App3": 1,
  "App4": 0,
  "App5": 0,
  "App6": 0
 } ]
 }';
   echo $str;
 ?&gt;';
</code></pre>

<p>I'm a newbie to php. Can anybody help me finding where I'm wrong? Thanks.</p>
