unexpected T_STRING ???

Hello could you help me someone
I am a newbie so please don't flame me

I got an error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/xxx/public_html/xxxxxx.php on line 8

here is the line 8

$fname = mysql_query(SELECT FName FROM members WHERE Username=$username)

PHP:

Thanks
Sam

 

$fname = mysql_query("SELECT FName FROM members WHERE Username='$username'");

PHP:

Make sure to escape $username before you execute that query.

$username = mysql_escape_string($username);

PHP:

 

I did but I still got the same error

 

How about the semi-colon at the end? Also, look for a missing semi-colon above that line, too.

 

here is the code before:

<?php
session_start();
$username = $_SESSION[MM_Username];
?>
<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", ":p:p:p:p:p:p", ":p:p:p:p:p");
mysql_select_db("members") or die(mysql_error());

$fname = mysql_query(SELECT FName FROM members WHERE Username=$username);

mysql_close();
?>

PHP:

help me please

 

Even if your code will work, $fname will not recieve the Fname from the function mysql_query,

Check out this page for a better example : http://il2.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-query.php

Good luck

 

Thank you all
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