imap_open function php3 works php4 not ?

hello

got a litte script which does a global expunge on all
our imap mailboxes.
apache + php3 worked fine for an year.

upgraded to: apache1.3.17-php404 with imap-4.6
all that on an solaris7.0 sparc machine.

now my scripts got an error:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `'}'' in
xxx.php3 on line 37

$mb = imap_open("{$mailhost:143}",$uid,$passwd);

i searched the web but failed to find an solution for my
problem.

does anybody know why my script works anymore ?

thanks ! werner

the file name .php3 ok .. i added that to the httpd.conf so
i dont have to rename all my scripts.

Try to escape the '{', it works for me...

$mb = imap_open("{$mailhost:143}",$uid,$passwd);

WORKS !!!

thank you. i tried several things before .. even escaping but only this way

imap_open("{$mailhost:143}",....

and this does NOT work

only after your suggestion to escape only the
first { it worked.

again .. thanks a lot !!!

bye werner