Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or

[baranwalpk]

Hi,
I'm new in using php. I am finding this error in my code when I run the file,
I'm using php5.2, mysql5 and apache2.2
error:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\create_entry.php on line 20
The part of the program I'm running is:
<?php
mysql_connect("127.0.0.1:3306", "root", "swarajpkb") or
die("Could not connect to database");
mysql_select_db("guestbook") or
die("Could not connect to database");

if($REQUEST['submit']=="Sign!")
{
$query="insert into guestbook(name) values $REQUEST['name']";
mysql_query($query) or
die(mysql_error());
?>

Can anybody help to find out the error.
Thanks

[bogu]

Well u open a loop:

if($_REQUEST['submit']=="Sign!")
{

where do u close it?

[baranwalpk]

bogu wrote:

Well u open a loop:

if($_REQUEST['submit']=="Sign!")
{

where do u close it?

Thanks for early reply
See below the complete code:

<?php
#include("dbconnnect.php");
#phpinfo();
mysql_connect("127.0.0.1:3306", "root", "swarajpkb") or
die("Could not connect to database");
mysql_select_db("guestbook") or
die("Could not connect to database");
if($_REQUEST['submit']=="Sign!")
{

$query="insert into guestbook(name) values $_REQUEST['name']";

mysql_query($query) or
	die(mysql_error());

?>
<h2>Thanks
<h2><a href="view.php">View My Guest Book!!!</a></h2>
<?php
}
else
{
include("sign.php");
}
?>

[bogu]

This line:

$query="insert into guestbook(name) values $_REQUEST['name']";

Should be like this:

$query="insert into guestbook(name) values {$_REQUEST['name']}";