Hi guys hope you can all help me here. im in the middle of making a script ( im still quite new), anyway im getting this error Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in c:\wamp\www\cms\header.inc on line 5 and on line 5 is mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbusername, $dbpassword) , i know its the mysql_connect() function thats giving me the error though cant seem to get it sorted. below is the versions im using Apache version : Apache/1.3.33 (Win32) PHP version : 5.0.4 MySQL version : 4.1.10a-nt - extension : mysqli all the above come in a bundle package called ( wampserver ) have also posted on wampservers forums for help im using windows xp home. Hope you guys can help me. Thanks Steve -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php