• Can someone please help me? I’ve been getting this parse error whenever I try to post a comment on my site:

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/d0rkst/public_html/wp-comments-post.php on line 73

    I don’t know how to fix this. I want people to be able to leave comments. So help if you can.

    <?php
    if ( 'POST' != $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] ) {
    	header('Allow: POST');
    	header('HTTP/1.1 405 Method Not Allowed');
    	header('Content-Type: text/plain');
    	exit;
    }
    require( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-config.php' );
    
    nocache_headers();
    
    $comment_post_ID = (int) $_POST['comment_post_ID'];
    
    $status = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT post_status, comment_status FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID = '$comment_post_ID'");
    
    if ( empty($status->comment_status) ) {
    	do_action('comment_id_not_found', $comment_post_ID);
    	exit;
    } elseif ( !comments_open($comment_post_ID) ) {
    	do_action('comment_closed', $comment_post_ID);
    	wp_die( __('Sorry, comments are closed for this item.') );
    } elseif ( in_array($status->post_status, array('draft', 'pending') ) ) {
    	do_action('comment_on_draft', $comment_post_ID);
    	exit;
    }
    
    $comment_author       = trim(strip_tags($_POST['author']));
    $comment_author_email = trim($_POST['email']);
    $comment_author_url   = trim($_POST['url']);
    $comment_content      = trim($_POST['comment']);
    
    // If the user is logged in
    $user = wp_get_current_user();
    if ( $user->ID ) {
    	$comment_author       = $wpdb->escape($user->display_name);
    	$comment_author_email = $wpdb->escape($user->user_email);
    	$comment_author_url   = $wpdb->escape($user->user_url);
    	if ( current_user_can('unfiltered_html') ) {
    		if ( wp_create_nonce('unfiltered-html-comment_' . $comment_post_ID) != $_POST['_wp_unfiltered_html_comment'] ) {
    			kses_remove_filters(); // start with a clean slate
    			kses_init_filters(); // set up the filters
    		}
    
    $comment_type = '';
    
    if ( get_option('require_name_email') && !$user->ID ) {
    	if ( 6 > strlen($comment_author_email) || '' == $comment_author )
    		wp_die( __('Error: please fill the required fields (name, email).') );
    	elseif ( !is_email($comment_author_email))
    		wp_die( __('Error: please enter a valid email address.') );
    }
    
    if ( '' == $comment_content )
    	wp_die( __('Error: please type a comment.') );
    
    $commentdata = compact('comment_post_ID', 'comment_author', 'comment_author_email', 'comment_author_url', 'comment_content', 'comment_type', 'user_ID');
    
    $comment_id = wp_new_comment( $commentdata );
    
    $comment = get_comment($comment_id);
    if ( !$user->ID ) {
    	setcookie('comment_author_' . COOKIEHASH, $comment->comment_author, time() + 30000000, COOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN);
    	setcookie('comment_author_email_' . COOKIEHASH, $comment->comment_author_email, time() + 30000000, COOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN);
    	setcookie('comment_author_url_' . COOKIEHASH, clean_url($comment->comment_author_url), time() + 30000000, COOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN);
    }
    
    $location = ( empty($_POST['redirect_to']) ? get_permalink($comment_post_ID) : $_POST['redirect_to'] ) . '#comment-' . $comment_id;
    $location = apply_filters('comment_post_redirect', $location, $comment);
    
    wp_redirect($location);
    
    ?>

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