unexpected T_VARIABLE

[MourningStar]

Can't figure out what I am doing wrong here. I pulled the script right out of the PHP manual. Please help!

Script:
<?php
$mysql_connect(( string $server = ini_get("127.0.0.1") (, string $username = ini_get("root") (, string $password = ini_get(" ") (, bool $new_link = false (, int $client_flags = 0 ))))) );
?>

Full error message:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in C:\EasyPHP-5.3.5.0\www\SQLtest1.php on line 2

[bradgrafelman]

MourningStar wrote:

I pulled the script right out of the PHP manual.

That's your problem.

What you posted isn't PHP code, it's a function prototype used in documentation (only) to describe how the function works.

You might want to find some basic PHP tutorials before you go copying-and-pasting random lines from the manual.

[MourningStar]

I looked for some tutorials on the subject and tried those methods with no luck either. Any recommended sites I can look into?