Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_SL PHP heredoc

I keep getting the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_SL in /home/a4999406/public_html/willingLog.html on line 70

on the following code (first line is line 70):

        echo <<

    First       
    Last        
    Email       
    Username    
                

END;

heredoc just doesn't seem to work. i've tried other examples.

following is by doctype heading. is there something wrong there?

"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

Answer

Looking at the copy-paste, it looks like you have a space character after the word "END" on the first line:

'echo <<

Try getting rid of the space character. Answer found by Googling. Source (link now dead): http://www.alexxoid.com/blog/dev/php-dev/php-parse-error-unexpected-t_sl.html