Removing Comments Section From Page – PHP Error

Hi everyone,

I am trying to modify a template and remove the comments section from a template page. But when i remove the php code, I get a syntax error.

Here is the full code:

<?php get_header(); ?>

	<div id="content" role="main" class="span-17 colborder">

	<?php
	if (have_posts()) {
		while (have_posts()) {
			the_post();
			?>

			<div <?php post_class(); ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">

				<?php
				if (get_post_meta($id, 'show_headline', true) !== '0') {
					echo '<h1>'; the_title(); echo '</h1>';
				}

				if (!is_page()) {
					?>
					<p class="postmetadata">
						<?php the_time(get_option('date_format')); ?> by <?php the_author(); ?>
					</p>
					<?php
				}
				?>

				<div class="entry">
					<?php the_content('Read more &raquo;'); ?>
				</div>

				<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>

			</div>

			<?php
		}
	}
	else {
		?>
		<h2>Not Found</h2>
		<p>The content you have requested does not exist.</p>
		<?php
	}

	comments_template();
	?>

	</div><!-- id="content" -->

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

I remove this line

<?php
	}

	comments_template();
	?>

And I get this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in ……. on line 48

I am absolutely new to php so I am sure there is something simple I am missing.

Thanks in advance for the help!

– Hunter