[treyp]

not sure what the reason was, but it's simply a missing >. other files were leaked, and you can see the same pattern elsewhere:

  if ($user > 0 && is_unregistered($user))

searching the web for this comment might be helpful if you'd like more source code:

  $user can be < 0 in AIM mode, just use 0 there

[warpech]

This might be due to the code pasted in some markdown editor at a point. This often strips the < and > characters.