Please help me resolve this error

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /mnt/web_g/d20/s22/a000skup/www/awesome/forum/linkerintegrated.php on line 69

<?php
# Email address for link submissions to be sent to. (Required)
$sendto = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";

# Set this to a password you will have to enter to approve links (Required)
$approvepass = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";

# Subject line in the email notification. (Required)
$subject = pun_htmlspecialchars($pun_config['o_board_title']) . ' / New Link';

# Form position. Top = 1, Bottom = 0. (Required)
$form = "0";

# Display name of link submitter with link? yes = 1, no = 0. (Required)
$submitname = "1";

# Link descriptions? yes = 1, no = 0. (Required)
$description = "1";

# Page title, e.g. the text between <title></title>. (Required)
$title = "Links";

# Text at the top of the page, leave blank for none. (Optional)
$toptext = "Member Links";

# For text longer than a few words, put it in a txt file, put the file in the same directory as linker.php, and give the filename here. (Optional)
$longtext = "";

# End of config section, do not edit below this line
/*==================================================================================*/
$version = 1.3;
 
define('PUN_ROOT', './');
define('PUN_QUIET_VISIT', 1);
require PUN_ROOT.'include/common.php';
 
//Set the page title here
$page_title = pun_htmlspecialchars($pun_config['o_board_title']) . ' / ' . $title;
define('PUN_ALLOW_INDEX', 1);
require PUN_ROOT.'header.php';
require PUN_ROOT.'include/parser.php';
 
?>
        <div class="block">
            <h2><span><?php echo($toptext); ?></span></h2>
            <div class="box">
                <div class="inbox">
                    <?php
        if (!isset($_GET['action'])) {
            ob_start();
            include_once("links.dat");
            $rawdat = ob_get_contents();
            ob_end_clean();
            $dat = strip_tags($rawdat, '<a><b><i><u><br><p>');
    
        if ($longtext != "") {
            include("$longtext");
            print ("<p>");
        };
        if ($form == "0") {
            print ($dat);
        };
        ?>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
<?php
 
require PUN_ROOT.'footer.php';