Problem with XML_parser

Hi everyone, This is my first time posting so excuse me if I miss any list etiquette. I've just installed pear onto my Mac (OS 10.3.4) and really need to use the XML_parser package for a project I'm currently involved in. I have been reading the documentation and on the second page sadly entitled "Basic Example" I copy the example and save it locally then try to test the script. But I get the error: "Parse error: parse error, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION' or T_FUNCTION' or T_VAR' or '}'' in /Users/admin/Sites/downloaded source/parse_using_pear.php on line 3" So scratching my head I check whats going on on line 3 and find that there are no curly brackets yet??? Here are the first 10 lines of the code: 1 <?php 2 require_once 'XML/Parser.php'; 3 4 class myParser extends XML_Parser 5 { 6   function myParser() 7   { 8     parent::XML_Parser(); 9   } 10 As you can see, theres nothing there that should be throwing this error up???? Or is there. Thanks for any help you can offer Alex