i uploaded my backup footer.php without the analytics code then the problem vanished. but when i tried to added the code the '<' again came.
my original footer.php is given below
<?php
/***********************************************************************
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Rickard Andersson (rickard@punbb.org)
This file is part of PunBB.
PunBB is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
or (at your option) any later version.
PunBB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
MA 02111-1307 USA
************************************************************************/
// Make sure no one attempts to run this script "directly"
if (!defined('PUN'))
exit;
$tpl_temp = trim(ob_get_contents());
$tpl_main = str_replace('<pun_main>', $tpl_temp, $tpl_main);
ob_end_clean();
// END SUBST - <pun_main>
// START SUBST - <pun_footer>
ob_start();
?>
<div id="brdfooter" class="block">
<h2><span><?php echo $lang_common['Board footer'] ?></span></h2>
<div class="box">
<div class="inbox">
<?php
// If no footer style has been specified, we use the default (only copyright/debug info)
$footer_style = isset($footer_style) ? $footer_style : NULL;
if ($footer_style == 'index' || $footer_style == 'search')
{
if (!$pun_user['is_guest'])
{
echo "\n\t\t\t".'<dl id="searchlinks" class="conl">'."\n\t\t\t\t".'<dt><strong>'.$lang_common['Search links'].'</strong></dt>'."\n\t\t\t\t".'<dd><a href="search.php?action=show_24h">'.$lang_common['Show recent posts'].'</a></dd>'."\n";
echo "\t\t\t\t".'<dd><a href="search.php?action=show_unanswered">'.$lang_common['Show unanswered posts'].'</a></dd>'."\n";
if ($pun_config['o_subscriptions'] == '1')
echo "\t\t\t\t".'<dd><a href="search.php?action=show_subscriptions">'.$lang_common['Show subscriptions'].'</a></dd>'."\n";
echo "\t\t\t\t".'<dd><a href="search.php?action=show_user&user_id='.$pun_user['id'].'">'.$lang_common['Show your posts'].'</a></dd>'."\n\t\t\t".'</dl>'."\n";
}
else
{
if ($pun_user['g_search'] == '1')
{
echo "\n\t\t\t".'<dl id="searchlinks" class="conl">'."\n\t\t\t\t".'<dt><strong>'.$lang_common['Search links'].'</strong></dt><dd><a href="search.php?action=show_24h">'.$lang_common['Show recent posts'].'</a></dd>'."\n";
echo "\t\t\t\t".'<dd><a href="search.php?action=show_unanswered">'.$lang_common['Show unanswered posts'].'</a></dd>'."\n\t\t\t".'</dl>'."\n";
}
}
}
else if ($footer_style == 'viewforum' || $footer_style == 'viewtopic')
{
echo "\n\t\t\t".'<div class="conl">'."\n";
// Display the "Jump to" drop list
if ($pun_config['o_quickjump'] == '1')
{
// Load cached quickjump
@include PUN_ROOT.'cache/cache_quickjump_'.$pun_user['g_id'].'.php';
if (!defined('PUN_QJ_LOADED'))
{
require_once PUN_ROOT.'include/cache.php';
generate_quickjump_cache($pun_user['g_id']);
require PUN_ROOT.'cache/cache_quickjump_'.$pun_user['g_id'].'.php';
}
}
if ($footer_style == 'viewforum' && $is_admmod)
echo "\t\t\t".'<p id="modcontrols"><a href="moderate.php?fid='.$forum_id.'&p='.$p.'">'.$lang_common['Moderate forum'].'</a></p>'."\n";
else if ($footer_style == 'viewtopic' && $is_admmod)
{
echo "\t\t\t".'<dl id="modcontrols"><dt><strong>'.$lang_topic['Mod controls'].'</strong></dt><dd><a href="moderate.php?fid='.$forum_id.'&tid='.$id.'&p='.$p.'">'.$lang_common['Delete posts'].'</a></dd>'."\n";
echo "\t\t\t".'<dd><a href="moderate.php?fid='.$forum_id.'&move_topics='.$id.'">'.$lang_common['Move topic'].'</a></dd>'."\n";
if ($cur_topic['closed'] == '1')
echo "\t\t\t".'<dd><a href="moderate.php?fid='.$forum_id.'&open='.$id.'">'.$lang_common['Open topic'].'</a></dd>'."\n";
else
echo "\t\t\t".'<dd><a href="moderate.php?fid='.$forum_id.'&close='.$id.'">'.$lang_common['Close topic'].'</a></dd>'."\n";
if ($cur_topic['sticky'] == '1')
echo "\t\t\t".'<dd><a href="moderate.php?fid='.$forum_id.'&unstick='.$id.'">'.$lang_common['Unstick topic'].'</a></dd></dl>'."\n";
else
echo "\t\t\t".'<dd><a href="moderate.php?fid='.$forum_id.'&stick='.$id.'">'.$lang_common['Stick topic'].'</a></dd></dl>'."\n";
}
echo "\t\t\t".'</div>'."\n";
}
?>
<p class="conr">Powered by <a href="http://punbb.org/">PunBB</a><?php if ($pun_config['o_show_version'] == '1') echo ' '.$pun_config['o_cur_version']; ?><br />© Copyright 2002?2005 Rickard Andersson</p>
<?php
// Display debug info (if enabled/defined)
if (defined('PUN_DEBUG'))
{
// Calculate script generation time
list($usec, $sec) = explode(' ', microtime());
$time_diff = sprintf('%.3f', ((float)$usec + (float)$sec) - $pun_start);
echo "\t\t\t".'<p class="conr">[ Generated in '.$time_diff.' seconds, '.$db->get_num_queries().' queries executed ]</p>'."\n";
}
?>
<div class="clearer"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php
// End the transaction
$db->end_transaction();
// Display executed queries (if enabled)
if (defined('PUN_SHOW_QUERIES'))
display_saved_queries();
$tpl_temp = trim(ob_get_contents());
$tpl_main = str_replace('pun_footer>', $tpl_temp, $tpl_main);
ob_end_clean();
// END SUBST - <pun_footer>
// START SUBST - <pun_include "*">
while (preg_match('#<pun_include "([^/\\\\]*?)">#', $tpl_main, $cur_include))
{
if (!file_exists(PUN_ROOT.'include/user/'.$cur_include[1]))
error('Unable to process user include <pun_include "'.htmlspecialchars($cur_include[1]).'"> from template main.tpl. There is no such file in folder /include/user/');
ob_start();
include PUN_ROOT.'include/user/'.$cur_include[1];
$tpl_temp = ob_get_contents();
$tpl_main = str_replace($cur_include[0], $tpl_temp, $tpl_main);
ob_end_clean();
}
// END SUBST - <pun_include "*">
// Close the db connection (and free up any result data)
$db->close();
// Spit out the page
exit($tpl_main);