Can't figure out php error...

[phpmikey]

I'm pretty new to php/mysql, and I'm getting the following error on the code
segment below:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting
T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in
/home/hserco10/public_html/online-reg/CheckPresence.php on line 114

mysql_query("LOCK TABLES Registrants READ");

$thisquery = "SELECT * FROM Registrants
WHERE (firstname = $firstname) and (lastname = $lastname) and (email = $email)";

$result = mysql_query($thisquery)
or die (LooksLikeWeGoofed);

mysql_query("UNLOCK TABLES");

mysql_close($connection);

if (!result)
{
header("Location: ErrorNoAccess.php");
die();
}

$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);

if ($num_rows == 1)
{
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);

 $_SESSION['XRecordID'] = $row['RegistrantID'];   // *** LINE 114 ***

 header("Location: GetAccessCode.php");

}

Can anyone help?
Thanks.

[harmor]

I don't know, sorry.

I do have a security question
If I were to use
CheckPresence.php?firstname=andrew&lastname=harmor&email=my_email_address&num_rows=1
with registered_globals set to "on" wouldn't that work?

[phpmikey]

Thanks for looking at it.

I did finally find the problem:
Getting rid of a HEREDOC statement fixed it.
I'm not sure if my version of php doesn't like them or what.
Oh, well.

[harmor]

I found a typo.

This

if (!result)
{
header("Location: ErrorNoAccess.php");
die();
}

Should be

if (!$result)
{
header("Location: ErrorNoAccess.php");
die();
}

"result" is now a variable.