Re: parse-error MySQL - PhP @ win2000

Hi Jelle, ----- Original Message ----- I have recently installed an apache server, PhP4 and MySql on my win2000 machine (I know, I should be running linux; That will have to come with time). But now I am trying to learn PhP - MySQL. When running the script below I get the error message: Parse error: parse error in c:\phpdev\www\public\test2.php on line 25 Is there anybody who knows what the problem might be? I think is in the result display part, considering how things run properly when I leave it out. Hopefully you ca get me going, since I do not know what I am doing wrong!! Thanks for the help, Jelle <? $host="localhost"; $username=""; $password=""; $database="jelle_test"; $table="pet"; $db = mysql_connect($host) or die ("verbinding maken met de server is mislukt"); Echo "gefeliciteerd, de verbinding is tot stand gebracht, de handle is $db"; @mysql_select_db($database, $db) or die ("Helaas geen verbinding kunnen maken met de database"); $sql_select = "Select * from pet"; $result = mysql_query($sql_select, $db); if($result) { echo "Selectie succesvol"; while ( $resultaat = mysql_fetch_row($result)) { printf($resultaat[0]); } mysql_close($db); ?> =an error message that quotes a line number AFTER the end of the script indicates that some entity has been opened but not closed. In this case curly brackets. =Various source code formatting conventions exist to try to avoid the situation (that we have here) where the appearance of the source code works to deceive brain and eye. There has been some debate in PHP forums about the 'best' way (FWIW my opinion: whatever works=best), and this is an excellent illustration of why coding the opening bracket of a code block this way, may not be "best" way! The code-block indentation is not consistent which further disguises the omission. =Regards, =dn