I'm getting a semicolon error in PHP and can't understand why it's a problem [closed]

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This is the error message:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';' in /home1/goldensu/public_html/camira/contactForm.php on line 155

and this is the code:

      $sendMessage = "Someone is interested in becoming a reseller or installer.<br /><br /><br />
        <b><u>Country</u>:</b> "
        .stripslashes($country)."<br /><br />\n
        <b><u>Company Name</u>:</b> "
        .stripslashes($companyName)."<br /><br />\n
        <b><u>Office Address</u>:</b> "
        .stripslashes($officeAddress)."<br /><br />\n
        <b><u>Company Phone</u>:</b> "
        .stripslashes($companyPhone)."<br /><br />\n
        <b><u>Company Email</u>:</b> "
        .stripslashes($companyEmail)."<br /><br />\n
        <b><u>Web page</u>:</b> "
        .stripslashes($webPage."<br /><br />\n
        <b><u>Number of emplyees</u>:</b> "
        .stripslashes($numberEmployees)."<br /><br />\n
        <b><u>Yearly turnover</u>:</b> "
        .stripslashes($turnover)."<br /><br />\n
        <b><u>Marketing Activities</u>:</b> "
        .stripslashes($marketingActivities)."<br /><br />\n
        <b><u>Annual marketing budget</u>:</b> "
        .stripslashes($marketingBudget)."<br /><br />\n
        <b><u>Current renewable energy products</u>:</b> "
        .stripslashes($energyProducts)."<br /><br />\n
        <b><u>Length of agreements</u>:</b> "
        .stripslashes($agreements)."<br /><br />\n
        <b><u>Territories</u>:</b> "
        .stripslashes($territories)."<br /><br />\n
        <b><u>Staff Qualifications</u>:</b> "
        .stripslashes($staffQualifications)."<br /><br />\n";

It's complaining about the semicolon at the end. Is it something stupid?

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Problem is here:

.stripslashes($webPage."<br /><br />\n

it appears you have missed a closing bracket ) :

.stripslashes($webPage)."<br /><br />\n

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In this context it's most likely a missing paranthesis in the previous expressions.

It seems this one:

    .stripslashes($webPage."<br /><br />\n
    <b><u>Number of emplyees</u>:</b> "

(A error that could have been avoided by applying a magic_quotes workaround centrally.)

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Just seen the missing closing bracket... Silly me!

.stripslashes($webPage."<br /><br />\n