$n = date("Y-m-d");
$now = strtotime($n);

$sdate = "2007-03-21";
$startdate = strtotime($state);

$edate = "2007-04-16";
$enddate = strtotime($edate);

if ($now < $startdate) || ($now > $enddate) { }

keeps spitting out this error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_BOOLEAN_OR in /home/germana/public_html/tggjv/getgifts.php on line 40