Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in c:\wamp\www\php_excercises\schedule.php on line 81: line 81 is all the way at the bottom. Here is my code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Listing 13.1 Opening a Connection to a Database</title> </head> <body> <?php if ( ! empty( $_REQUEST['sound'] )&& ! empty( $_REQUEST['equip'] )&& ! empty( $_REQUEST['food'] )&& ! empty( $_REQUEST['drink'] )&& ! empty( $_REQUEST['comp'] ) ){ // check user imput here! $dberror = ""; $ret = add_to_database( $_REQUEST['sound'], $_REQUEST['equip'], $_REQUEST['food'], $_REQUEST['drink'], $_REQUEST['comp'], $dberror ); if ( ! $ret ) { print "Error: $dberror<br />\n"; } else { print "Thank you very much<br />\n"; } } else { write_form(); } function add_to_database( $sound, $equip, $food, $drink, $comp, &$dberror ) { $sound = mysql_real_escape_string( $sound ); $equip = mysql_real_escape_string( $equip ); $food = mysql_real_escape_string( $food ); $drink = mysql_real_escape_string( $drink ); $comp = mysql_real_escape_string( $comp ); $link = mysql_pconnect( "localhost", "", "" ); if ( ! $link ) { $dberror = mysql_error(); return false; } if ( ! mysql_select_db( "schedule05", $link ) ) { $dberror = mysql_error(); return false; } $query = "INSERT INTO specs( sound, equip, food, drink, comp ) values('$sound', '$equip', '$food', '$drink', '$comp' )"; if ( ! mysql_query( $query, $link ) ) { $dberror = mysql_error(); return false; } return true; } function write_form() { print <<<EOF <form method="post" action="{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}"> <p><input type="text" name="sound" /> Does venue have mixer?</p> <p><input type="text" name="equip" /> Does venue have its own equipment?</p> <p><input type="text" name="food" /> What kind of food deal?</p> <p><input type="text" name="drink" /> What kind of drink deal?</p> <p><input type="text" name="comp" /> What is our compensation?</p> <p><input type="submit" value="submit!" /></p> </form> FORM; } ?> </BODY> </HTML> Thanks- ===== ---------------- "forget your lust for the rich man's gold. All that you need, is in your soul. You can do this if you try. All that I want for you my son, is to be satisfied" ~ Lynard Skynard -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php