# Error message

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-message/315898>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 7, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-message/315898 "2010-11-07T05:32:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![freshy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@freshy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/freshy)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/error-message/315898/1 "2010-11-07T05:32:33Z")

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Hi, I encounter an error message that I am not able to fix it. Seeking help from those expert, thanks beforehand.

\<?php  
$users="";  
$host=“localhost”;  
$password="";  
$database=“kirupa”;  
$connection=mysql\_connect($host,$users,$password)  
or die(“Couldn’t connect to server”);  
$db=mysql\_select\_db($database,$connection)  
or die(“Couldn’t connect to server”);  
$query="INSERT INTO users SET;  
name=“John”,location=“Tanjung Karang”,date=“CURDATE()”;  
$result=mysql\_query($query) or die (“Couldn’t execute query”);  
echo “New name added to database\<br\>”;  
?\>

**Parse error** : syntax error, unexpected T\_STRING in **C:\xampp\htdocs\Database.php** on line **11**