help with hit counter

[sonicfusion]

i can't work out what's wrong with this:

<?
function hit_count() {
/* unique hit counter */
 setcookie (cookie, count, time()+604800);
 $count = $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['count'];
 if (!$count){
 mysql_pconnect("$host","$user","$pass");
 mysql_select_db("$base");
 $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $prefix" . "count");
 while($r=mysql_fetch_array($result))
 {
 $count=$r["count"];
 $count++;
 mysql_query("UPDATE $prefix" . "count SET count='$count' WHERE id=1");
 }
 echo ('$count unique visits');
 }
?>

anyone know?... thanks

[sonicfusion]

it says something about E_PARSE and unexpected $end on the last line when i put it through a debugger

[sonicfusion]

lol i feel kinda silly i missed a bracket