unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE,

[gumby51]

I'm trying this query....
$query = mysql_db_query($db, "SELECT passwd FROM properties.authorization WHERE username = $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']" );

$cnt = mysql_num_rows($query);
$ret = mysql_fetch_array($query);

But, I'm getting a parse error....
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in C:\Web\WebServer\Apache2\htdocs\admin.php on line 62 (the query line number)

And I've tried everything I can think of to fix it. I would appreciate any help. TIA

[bogu]

"SELECT passwd FROM properties.authorization WHERE username = '{$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']}'"

This is how u should write it ...