please read the following chain of emails...I'm at my wits end. ________________________________ From: David Savage Sent: Thu 10/13/2011 11:09 AM To: php-general-digest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: FW: parse error How can I find the answer to the following php issue? I am not sure how to post a question to the general digest from php.net. The email address who I initially sent this email to, is not valid, and I cannot find any details on what the following PHP Parse error: parse error refers to, in the context of the line that the error points to. ________________________________ From: David Savage Sent: Thu 10/13/2011 9:56 AM To: ha-phpug@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: parse error I'm sorry....I need help with php v. 4.3.9 (cgi). I don't know where else to turn. I've looked on the php.net web site for details on this particular error, but am unable to find any. this is the version I use. php -v PHP 4.3.9 (cgi) (built: Jun 26 2006 09:46:03) Copyright (c) 1997-2004 The PHP Group Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies I run the following command, and getting the following compile error on a linux environment: php -l voip_cdrs.php PHP Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /usr/local/cytrex/voip_cdrs.php on line 1050 Errors parsing voip_cdrs.php here is a portion of the code that includes the line number mentioned: if ($destlen==11) { $start_from_which_offset=1; } if ($destlen==10) { $start_from_which_offset=0; } $termnum10=substr($dest, $start_from_which_offset,10); $alias_sql_stmt="SELECT ani FROM ldrates WHERE ani='$termnum10'"; // <-----this is line 1050 print "$alias_sql_stmt\n"; $alias_result = $db->sql_query($alias_sql_stmt); if ($alias_result==TRUE) { if($db->sql_numrows($alias_result) > 0) { print "Found alias...\n"; continue; } } else { die("problem with sql: $alias_sql_stmt"); } Could you please tell me what's wrong with the line 1050 ? I've been pulling my hair out (figuratively speaking) trying to understand why the compiler sees this line as a problem. Thanks for whatever help you can give.