Wibbs Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Hey all, i'm new to php but i've been doing Java for 4 years and so far i'm really enjoying it. I have an issue though, i keep getting the error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in D:\wamp\www\test website\people.php on line 18 my code is below: <?php require "connect.php"' $query = "select * from person"; $result = @mysql_query($query, $connection) or die ("unable to perform query.<br /> $query<br/>" .mysql_error()); ?> <html> <body> <h1>List all the people</h1> <?php while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { ?> Name: <?=$row[ 'name' ]?> Job: <?=$row[ 'job' ]?> <br /> <?php } ?> </body> </html> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pocobueno1388 Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Change require "connect.php"' To require "connect.php"; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibbs Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 i'm a bit embarrased i missed that! thankyou very much! I have a new error now: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in D:\wamp\www\test website\people.php on line 4 Going to work on it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibbs Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 scrap that, got it working now! thanks for your help mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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