How can I give a <table> </table> with all of it's parameters in PHP in each of the cells there is a variable that gives me the data back but I can't get the table to show as it always gives me either this error "Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_LNUMBER, expecting ',' or ';' in C:\FoxServ\www\Dad\proofing\index.php on line 41" or this one when I don't put in the quotes "Parse error: parse error, unexpected '<', expecting ',' or ';' in C:\FoxServ\www\Dad\proofing\index.php on line 41". Here is the PHP code I'm using: <?php $datei="c:\licence.txt"; if(file_exists($datei)){ $nachricht="The licence has been validated thank-you!"; $fp = fopen($datei,"r"); fpassthru($fp); fclose($fp); } else{ $nachricht="The licence doesn't exist please contact us! echo <table width="694" height="501" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td height="109" colspan="7"><img src="images/1.jpg" width="857" height="109" border="0" usemap="#Map"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="39" rowspan="2"><img src="images/lefty.jpg" width="39" height="394"></td> <td width="8" height="369"> </td> <td width="240" class="style5"></td> <td width="12" height="369" class="style5"> </td> <td width="407" height="369" class="style5"><span class="style3"><b>$nachricht</b></span><br></td> <td width="346" rowspan="2"><img src="images/righty.jpg" width="346" height="394" border="0" usemap="#Map2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="23" colspan="5"><img src="images/bottom.jpg" width="472" height="23"></td> </tr> </table>; } ?>