Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE on line 1?
<p>I have this in an include php file (/inc/copywrite.php): </p>

<pre><code>&lt;p&gt;&amp;copy; Copyright
&lt;?php
$then = 2013;
$now = date('Y');
if ($then == $now)
echo $now;
else
echo "$then - $now";?&gt;
Pachonk&lt;/p&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>and keep getting the above error...</p>

<p>it is called by:</p>

<pre><code>  &lt;div id="footer-content"&gt;
&lt;?php include './inc/copywrite.php'; ?&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>Edit:</p>

<p>somehow, my ftp client put it all on one line:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;p&gt; Copyright&lt;?php$then = 2013;$now = date('Y');if ($then == $now)echo $now;elseecho "$then - $now";?&gt;Pachonk&lt;/p&gt;
</code></pre>
