Re: Why parse error?

You have to remember this is PHP and not Perl. You do not need to use the ampersand in front of arrays. You always use the $ for variables, including arrays and hashes. Replace that & with a $, and you should be fine. Good luck ! :) Nicole Amashta www.aeontrek.com "Andrew Ziem" <andyziem@acmemail.net> wrote in message news:3C5AF322.19C5B406@acmemail.net... > Hi, > > I am trying to retreive stored data, and I can't figure out why I > receive this PHP error--even after reading PHP documentation and looking > at examples-- > > "Parse error: parse error in c:\vol\php\e.php on line 10" > > The following is my simplified code: > > <?php > > mysql_connect("localhost", "root"); > > mysql_select_db("volunteers"); > > $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM names WHERE id=$id"); > > &line = mysql_fetch_row(&result); > > $first = $line["first"]; > $middle = $line["middle"]; > $last = $line["last"]; > > $street = $line["street"]; > $city = $line["city"]; > $zip = $line["zip"]; > > ?> > > > > -- > Andy Ziem > Is Jesus Your Answer? > http://www.ChristianAnswers.net/gospel > > > > >