Simple class declaration returns error

PHP List, I am in the preliminary stages of designing my first object oriented PHP based web site. I've created file called "article.class" and included it in my index.php file. I put in a very simple echo statement, just as a place marker before I put in the real code, and just to make sure that the index.php file is successfully including the class. So far, it just looks like this (including line numbers): 4. class article{ 5. public function edit(){ 6. echo "test"; 7. } 8. } However, when I view my index.php, it says: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /web/article.class on line 5 Of course I consulted the PHP manual to make sure that I had the class syntax correct, and it seems that I've followed the basic structure as described there. Where have I gone wrong? Thank you for any advice. -- Dave M G