quik question reguarding includes

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When i copy paste exactly what is in the includes into the file below - it works as it should. However, when i include the files header.php and footer.php, it generates the following errors. Parse error: parse error in /home/thevaria/public_html/tests/header.php on line 5 test Parse error: parse error in /home/thevaria/public_html/tests/footer.php on line 2


<?
$varone = 1;
if ($varone == 1) {
?>
<!-- just above here is where the header.php file would have ended. -->

test

<!-- just below here is where the footer.php file would have began. -->
<?
}
?>


The file with the includes looks like this..


<? include "header.php"; ?>

test

<? include "footer.php"; ?>


Like i said the includes are copied exactly from the code you see at the top, php tags and all. Any help is appreciated thx in advance.

*EDIT* for the heck of it i also tried include_once() with no luck :/