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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/content/00/7882800/html/Connections/dueslogin.php on line 4 trying to connect to godaddy database and unable to connect due to php error. Have looked over the code and not able to figure out what is wrong.

<?php
        //Variables for connecting to your database.
        //These variable values come from your hosting account.
        $hostname = "Squarepants.db.7882800.hostedresource.com";
        $username = "Squarepants";
        $dbname = "Squarepants";

        //These variable values need to be changed by you before deploying
        $password = "***********";
        $usertable = "Spongebob";
        $username = "username";
        $password = "password";

        //Connecting to your database
        mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password) OR DIE ("Unable to 
        connect to database! Please try again later.");
        mysql_select_db($Squarepants);

        //Fetching from your database table.
        $query = "SELECT * FROM $usertable";
        $result = mysql_query($query);

        if ($result) {
            while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
                $name = $row["$yourfield"];
                echo "Name: $name<br>";
            }
        }

?>

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closed as too localized by DCoder, lserni, rene, eckes, ЯegDwight Oct 28 '12 at 19:50

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The error is in the Connections/dueslogin.php file, not the one posted. – erisco Oct 28 '12 at 3:41
    
I posted the Connections/dueslogin.php – user0000013 Oct 28 '12 at 20:52
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I was able to compile this script on my computer without any syntax errors.

$ php yourcodecopiedandpasted.php 
$ php -l yourcodecopiedandpasted.php 
No syntax errors detected in foo.php
$ php --version
PHP 5.3.15 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Jul 31 2012 14:49:18) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies
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Line 4 should be from the included file Connections/dueslogin.php

You may need to post that so that we can check whats wrong. The current file is fine and doesnt seem to have any errors.

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I posted the Connections/dueslogin.php – user0000013 Oct 28 '12 at 20:51

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