By "content straying" i mean something that isn't being read in; as it it looks fine i have no clue why you're receiving that error...

you could try over writing the file with a blank island, which is merely:
Code
<?php
/* PHP CODE HERE */

/* BODY HERE */
$body = <<<EOF
EOF;


?>

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