Syntax Error help

[jj12689]

I am using php and mysql for this application.

<?php
include_once('config.php');
$user = $_POST['username'];
$pass = md5($_POST['password']);
$connection = @mysql_connect($server, $dbusername, $dbpassword) or die(mysql_error());
$db = @mysql_select_db($db_name,$connection)or die(mysql_error());
$sql = "SELECT usr_id FROM $tb_users WHERE usr_username = '$user' and usr_password = '$pass'"; //line 12
$result = @mysql_query($sql,$connection) or die(mysql_error());
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
?>

I am getting the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=' in /home/admin/public_html/SMET/scripts/config.php on line 12

I can not locate the issue where this problem is occurring, any help would be appreciated.

p.s. Also I just included the portion of code that is effected on my script and marked line 12 as a comment.

~justin

[bregent · Accepted solution]

It's telling you the error is in config.php. You should post the contents of that script instead.

[jj12689]

forgot to place a $ sign on a variable in my config file. Didn't even look at it closely...Thank you