Horizontal Looper IE error

Hi,

I am using the Horizontal Looper extension, and have a strange problem in IE8.

I say strange as FF does not have the error nore does Chrome or Opera.

$sql="SELECT * FROM industry WHERE industry LIKE '".$q."%' ORDER BY industry ASC";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
'<table>'
    '<tr>'
$sql_endRow = 10;
$sql_columns = 6; // number of columns
$sql_hloopRow1 = 0; // first row flag
do {
    if($sql_endRow == 0  && $sql_hloopRow1++ != 0) echo "<tr>";
   ?>
      <td><div id="bdTagLinks"><a href="search_by_industry.php?id=<?php echo $row_sql['ind_id']; ?>"><?php echo $row_sql['industry']; ?></a></div></td>
      <?php  $sql_endRow++;
if($sql_endRow >= $sql_columns) {
  ?>
    </tr>
    <?php
$sql_endRow = 0;
  }
} while ($row_sql = mysql_fetch_array($result));
if($sql_endRow != 0) {
while ($sql_endRow < $sql_columns) {
    echo("<td> </td>");
    $sql_endRow++;
}
echo("</tr>");
}
'</table>'

mysql_close($con);
?>

This is where the result displays:

<div id="txtHint">

</div>