and it generates a error in cpanel saying the following: [09-Dec-2013 13:20:15 America/Chicago] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/matureuk/public_html/core/inc/user.inc.php on line 62
if anyone can help would be much help
heres the coding for user.inc.php:
<?php
// checks if the given username exists in the database.
function user_exists($user){
    $user = mysql_real_escape_string($user);
    
    $total = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(`user_id`) FROM `users` WHERE `user_name` = '{$user}'");
    return (mysql_result($total, 0) == '1')? true : false;
}
// checks if the given username and password combination is valid.
function valid_credentials($user, $pass){
    $user = mysql_real_escape_string($user);
    $pass = mysql_real_escape_string($pass);  
    
    $total = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(`user_id`) FROM `users` WHERE `user_name` = '{$user}' AND `user_password` = '{$pass}'");
    return (mysql_result($total, 0) == '1') ? true : false;
}
//checks if the given user account is active.
function is_active($user){
    $user = mysql_real_escape_string($user); 
    
    $sql = "SELECT
                COUNT(`user_activation`,`user_id`)
            FROM `users`
            INNER JOIN `user_activations`
            ON `users`,`user_id` = `user_activations`,`user_id`
            WHERE `users`,`user_name` = '{$user}'"; 
            
    $result = mysql_query($sql);
    
    return (mysql_results($result, 0) == '0') ? true : false;          
}
// activates the account related to the given activation code.
function activate_account($aid){
    $aid = mysql_real_escape_string($aid);
    
    mysql_query("DELETE FROM `user_activations` WHERE `activation_code` = '{$aid}'");
}
//adds a user to the database.
function add_user($user, $email, $pass){
    $user = mysql_real_escape_string(htmlentities($user));
    $email = mysql_real_escape_string($email);
    $pass = sha1($pass);
    
    $charset = array_flip(array_merge(range('a', 'z'), range('A', 'Z'), range('0', '9')));
    $aid = implode('', array_rand($charset, 10));
    
    $body ="
    
    Hi,
    
    Thanks for registering, before you login you need to activate your account.
    
    To do that simply click the following link.
    
    http://www.matureukswingers.co.uk/activ ... ?aid={$aid}}
    
"; 
  
    mail($email, 'Your new account at matureukswingers.co.uk', $body, 'From: matureukswingers.co.uk');   
    
    mysql_query("INSERT INTO `users` (`user_name`, `user_password`, `user_email`) VALUES ('{$user}', '{$pass}', '{$email}')");
    
    $user_id = mysql_insert_id();
    
    mysql_query("INSERT INTO `user_activations` (`user_id`, `activation_code`) VALUES ({$user_id},'{$aid}')");
}   
?>