syntax error, unexpected '$fh' (T_VARIABLE)

16: $myFile = "mems.txt";
17: $fh = fopen($myFile, 'a') or die("can't open file");
18: $stringData = <<<EOF
19: <tr>
20: <td></a href="{$_GET['uname']}.html>{$_GET['uname']}</a></td>
21: <td>Civilian</td>
22: <td>{$_GET['platform']}</td>
23: </tr> \n
24: EOF;