Sidebar

Im getting this error :
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home/a3950032/public_html/wp-content/themes/freshnews/includes/sidebar-init.php on line 5

Below is part of my sidebar-init.php file, it says on line 5, yet i can seem to find the issue with it.

<?php

// Register widgetized areas

function the_widgets_init() {
    if ( !function_exists('register_sidebars') )
        return;

    register_sidebar(array('name' => 'Sidebar Top','id' => 'sidebar-1','before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="block widget %2$s">','after_widget' => '</div>','before_title' => '<h3 class="hl">','after_title' => '</h3>'));