Strange PHP parse error when creating a contact form [duplicate] - php

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For some reason I keep getting an error within my backend code for my contact form
Here is my contact form
<div id = "form">
<form action ="contact2.php" method="post">
Hi Rebekah My Name Is
<br>
<input type="text" name="name">
<br>
My Email Is
<br>
<input type="text" name="email">
<br>
My Message Is
<br>
<TEXTAREA NAME="message" ROWS=6 COLS=40>
</TEXTAREA>
<br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
<?php
include "contact2.php";
echo $result;
?>
</div>
Here is my backend PHP code
<?php
$field_name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$field_message = $_POST['message'];
$mail_to = 'example#yahoo.com';
$subject = 'Message from a site visitor ' . $field_name;
$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";
$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$email."\n";
$body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message;
$headers = "From: $email\r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: $email\r\n";
$mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);
// Check if name has been entered
if (!$_POST['name']) {
$field_name = 'Please enter your name';
}
// Check if email has been entered and is valid
if (!$_POST['email'] || !filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
$email = 'Please enter a valid email address';
}
//Check if message has been entered
if (!$_POST['message']) {
$field_message = 'Please enter your message';
}
// If there are no errors, send the email
if (!$field_name && !$email && !$field_message) {
if (mail ($_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers)) {
$result='<div class="alert alert-success">Thank You! I will be in touch</div>';
} else {
$result='<div class="alert alert-danger">Sorry there was an error sending your message. Please try again later</div>';
}
?>
When I run the code there is said to be an error in my php code on line 43 which is the last line but I can't seem to see what the problem is as this is only the closing tag for the php code, when I take the closing php tag out I still get the same message.
Here is the message that is displayed.
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file in D:\contact2.php on line 43
I have taken out where the file is found from the above for safety reasons.

Answer 1

You are missing the closing tag of your if statement.
Add } before your closing tag ?> on the last line.

Answer 2

Your if (!$field_name && !$email && !$field_message) { is not closed.

Answer 3

Your last IF statement is lacking a }
if (!$field_name && !$email && !$field_message) {
if (mail ($_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers)) {
$result='<div class="alert alert-success">Thank You! I will be in touch</div>';
} else {
$result='<div class="alert alert-danger">Sorry there was an error sending your message. Please try again later</div>';
}
} // <-----