Hello this is the first time I've ever used a function and was wondering if someone could please help me with a parse error. [code] <?php //<!-- mysql connection function --> function &dbconnection($host, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbname) { if (!dbconn = @mysql_connect($host, $dbuser, $dbpass)) { <=== line 5 return false; } if (!@mysql_select_db($dbname)) { return false; } return $dbconn; } //<!-- mysql config --> $host = 'localhost'; $dbuser = 'root'; $dbpass = ''; $dbname = 'cms'; $dbconn = &dbconnection($host, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbname); ?> [/code] The error says: [quote] Parse error: parse error, unexpected '=' in C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\www\band\config.php on line 5 [/quote] Any help would be greatly appretiated, thanx in advance!