PHP syntax - novice question

Hi, all. I’m new to the list & PHP in general & have a syntax question. I have a script that calls both DB & MDB2. This is the part of the script where the error occurs: ################################################################ if($type == "DB")

      {
        $db = DB::connect($dsn);
        if (PEAR::isError($db)) { die($db->getMessage()); }
        $db->setFetchMode(DB_FETCHMODE_ASSOC);
        $res = $db->query( 'SELECT * FROM users');

        if (PEAR::isError($res)) {
          die($res->getMessage());
        }
        echo ‘<pre>’;
        while( $res->fetchInto( $row ) ) {
          print_R($row);
        }
        echo ‘</pre>’;
      } else if($type == "MDB2") {
        $mdb2 =& MDB2::connect($dsn);
        if (PEAR::isError($mdb2)) { die($mdb2->getMessage()); }

        $res = $mdb2->query( 'SELECT * FROM users');

        // Always check that result is not an error
        if (PEAR::isError($res)) {
          die($res->getMessage());
        }

        echo ‘<pre>’;
        while ($row = $res->fetchRow(MDB2_FETCHMODE_ASSOC)) {
          print_R($row);
        }
        echo ‘</pre>’;
      }

###################################################################

The syntax checker calls the first instance of    echo ‘<pre>’;   saying unexpected >

I’m at a loss to understand why... I’m using PHP 5.3.8 & PEAR 1.9.4 with MySQL 5.1.59 on Mac OS X 10.6..8. Any help appreciated. Cheers,

    Phil.

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