i didnt want to post here cuz everyone hates me but i cant find how to fix it heres the code [code] <?php ob_start(); $conn = mysql_connect("localhost","user","pass"); mysql_select_db(database) or die(mysql_error()); $logged = MYSQL_QUERY("SELECT * from users WHERE id='$_COOKIE[id]' AND password = '$_COOKIE[pass]'"); $logged = mysql_fetch_array($logged); $fffquery = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM profile WHERE ip='$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']'") or die(mysql_error());// this is line 7 $coninfo = mysql_fetch_array($fffquery); if($coninfo[banned]=="yes") { echo("You are banned!"); } ?> [/code] heres the error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/dreamsh/public_html/config.php on line 7