PHP File Crashes Dreamweaver CS3

We'll, I'm stuck again...

I’m using a PayPal Website Standard shopping cart form on my client’s site and need to pull price data from my CMS database.

The form works on line as expected in both IE7 and FF3 at http://www.thecraftgallery.net/mayco11.php

I’m also testing to make sure that a size and price are selected before submission, but that does not seem to be part of the problem.

I can open the PHP file in Dreamweaver CS3, but when I try to edit the PHP file the program crashes as soon as I click anywhere in the file.

The code in the form that’s seems to be in question is:

<input type="hidden" name="xxx">
<select name="amount" style="width:150px;font:9px;margin-top:4px">
<option selected>Select a Size</option>
<?php if ($record['8_oz_price']): ?><option value="<?php echo $record['8_oz_price'] ?>">8 Ounce Size - <?php echo $record['8_oz_price'] ?></option><?php endif ?>
<?php if ($record['16_oz_price']): ?><option value="<?php echo $record['16_oz_price'] ?>">16 Ounce Size - <?php echo $record['16_oz_price'] ?></option><?php endif ?>
<?php if ($record['64_oz_price']): ?><option value="<?php echo $record['64_oz_price'] ?>">64 Ounce Size - <?php echo $record['64_oz_price'] ?></option><?php endif ?>
</select>

I validated the xml and I get a error message that says, “<“ can not be used in attribute “value”, except through &lt; (xml).

I’ve tried to replace the offending “<“ with “&lt;” but then the php doesn’t seem to work.

If I take the PHP code out entirely and substitute specific coded values all is well.

There must be something that I’m missing.

Any ideas guys?

Thanks,

Jerry Kornbluth