Question

Here’s my code:

<?php db_connect.php

    echo "connecting to DB..."
    $host = "localhost";
    $user = "root";
    $pass = "*****";

    $databaseName = "atlas_test";
    $tableName = "sites";

    $con = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass);

        if(!$con){
            die ('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
        }

    echo "DB connect successful..."

?>

…and I’m getting the following error message when attempting to run the page:

“parse error…expecting ‘,’ or ‘;’ in db_connect.php, line 4…”

Answer 1

echo needs to end with a ;.

This is not a connection error; a basic PHP mistake. The parse error is a good hint. Missing ; errors will often have the error line on the next, because that’s where php first notices it should have seen a ; on the line before.