Getting errors, need help

Hello all, I am new to PHP so I am going to need some help. I am trying to create a admin login page. But I am getting this error message: Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\sunwestsilver\admin\tmpi5pcf76sy9.php on line 43 tmpi5pcf76sy9.php is generated by Dreamweaver MX as a temp file from admin.php It is coming from this line: this is line 43 code # $myquery = .'" AND password = '" . crypt($password, "xpz8ty") . "'"; The complete code is: // Query Database with username and encrypted password #$myquery = "SELECT * FROM user WHERE username = '" . $user #$myquery = .'" AND password = '" . crypt($password, "xpz8ty") . "'"; #$result = mysql_query($myquery); #if (!$result) #{ # $error = "Cannot run Query"; #return($error); #} Any help will be nice. I got this code from Dreamweaver MX: PHP Web Development pg. 257 Thanks David