parse error, why?

i keep getting a parse error on the first dooutput, basically what i'm trying to do (i admit prior to the knowledge i have so please no one tell me to read something) is to replace what is basically the a template when the page changes leaving the rest of the page intact, can you tell me where i've cone wrong with this please, as i can get this to work when i take out the complex stuff so i know the switch works

PHP Code:

switch ($show) 
{ 
    case "privacy": 
        dooutput("\" . gettemplate("confession_privacy") . "\");
    break; 
    case "confess": 
        dooutput("\" . gettemplate("confession_confess") . "\"); 
    break; 
    default: 
  error_reporting(7);
  $templatesused = 'confessions,confessionbit,confession_adminoptions,confession_error,confession_pagenav,confession_leftside,confession_privacy,confession_confess';
  require("./global.php");
  
  if (($bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 5 || $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 6 || $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 7) && $action == 'delete' && $confessionid) {
  $DB_site->query("DELETE FROM confessions WHERE confessionid = $confessionid");
     header("Location: $PHP_SELF?s=$sessionhash[sessionid]");
    }
  $total = $DB_site->query("SELECT confessionid FROM confessions");
    $num = number_format($DB_site->num_rows($total));
  $confession_limit=15;
  $last = $start - $confession_limit;
  $next = $start + $confession_limit;
  if ($start) {
      $last      = $start - $confession_limit;
      $last_link = "<smallfont><a href=\"confessions.php?start=$last\">Last Page</a></smallfont>";
  } else {
      $last_link = '';
  }
  if ($num - $confession_limit > $start) {
   $next      = $start + $confession_limit;
   $next_link = "<smallfont><a href=\"confessions.php?start=$next\">Next Page</a></smalllfont>";
  } else {
   $next_link = '';
     }
 
  eval("\$confession_pagenav = \"".gettemplate("confession_pagenav",1,0)."\";");
 
 
  if (!is_numeric($start))
   $start = 0;
 
  if ($confessionid!='') {
   $clause="WHERE confessionid = $confessionid ";
   $num=0;
   $limit='LIMIT 1';
  }
 
  else {
   $limit  = ("LIMIT ".$start.",".($confession_limit + 1));
  }
   $confessions = $DB_site->query("SELECT confessionid, text, timestamp FROM confessions $clause ORDER BY confessionid DESC $limit");
            
   if (!$DB_site->num_rows($confessions)) {
                  eval("\$confessionbits = \"".gettemplate("confession_error",1,0)."\";");
   } else {
    while ($confession_info = $DB_site->fetch_array($confessions)) {
    extract($confession_info);
    
    $color       = ($num++ % 2 == 0) ? '{firstaltcolor}' : '{secondaltcolor}';
    $totalconf = number_format($DB_site->num_rows($confessions));
    $time_posted = vbdate('n-j-y, g:i:s a', $timestamp);
    $text  = bbcodeparse($text);
            
    if ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 5 || $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 6 || $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 7) {
     eval("\$adminoptions = \"".gettemplate("confession_adminoptions",1,0)."\";");
    }
   eval("\$confessionbits .= \"".gettemplate("confessionbit",1,0)."\";");
   }
  }

} 
  $frmjmpsel[sb] = 'selected';
  makeforumjump();
  eval("\$confessionside = \"".gettemplate("confession_rightside",1,0)."\";");
  eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("confessions")."\");"); 


[Lesane]

Take the \ of the first output away, so it will look like this:

PHP Code:

dooutput("" . gettemplate("confession_privacy") . ""); 


[sabret00the]

thanks lesane, just what the error was