Go4Expert - error in inserting record

hi all i have been inserting records in to database using php using the below program which is saved as "insert.php".
but it is displaying the following error
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in C:\xampp\htdocs\insert1.php on line 18

dont no what went wrong.
can u tell me how to solve it.....

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php
$host="localhost"; // Host name 
$username="root"; // Mysql username 
$password=""; // Mysql password 
$db_name="test"; // Database name 
$tbl_name="emp"; // Table name
// Connect to server and select databse.
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect"); 
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");
$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
// Count table rows 
$count=mysql_num_rows($result);
<?php
while($rows=mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
?>
<tr>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><input name="checkbox[]" type="checkbox" id="checkbox[]" value="y" /></td>
<td align="center"><input name="empno[]" type="text" id="name" value="<? echo $rows['empno'];?>"></td>
<td align="center"><input name="empname[]" type="text" id="empname" value="<? echo $rows['empname'];?>"></td>
<td align="center"><input name="desig[]" type="text" id="desig" value="<? echo $rows['desig'];?>"></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
?>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
<?php
// Get values from form 
$no=$_POST['empno'];
$name=$_POST['empname'];
$desig=$_POST['desig'];
// Check if button name "Submit" is active, do this 
if(array_key_exists('Submit', $_POST))
{
for($i=0;$i<count($count);$i++)
{
     //protect form sql injection
    $a = (int) $_POST['empno'][$i]; 
    $b = mysql_real_escape_string( $_POST['empname'][$i] ); 
    $c = mysql_real_escape_string( $_POST['desig'][$i] ); 
 //read the query
 $sql="INSERT INTO '$tbl_name' (empno, empname, desig) VALUES('{$a}', '{$b}', '{$c}')";
 mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
}
}