Present data from a MySQL view into HTML using PHP [closed] - mysql

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I am trying to simply show a view in MySQL using PHP but I keep getting and error. Any advice on what the T_STRING error might be? Thanks.
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in
/home/theaudit/public_html/_sandbox/index.php on line 14
<?php
// connection parameters
$db_host="a";
$username="b";
$password="c";
$db_name="d";
// connection variables
$db_con=mysql_connect($db_host,$username,$password);
$connection_string=mysql_select_db($db_name);
// page variables
$query = SELECT * FROM a_aif_remaining;
$result = mysql_query($query);
// connection to mysql and db
mysql_connect($db_con) or die("Unable to connect to MySQL");
mysql_select_db($db_name) or die("Unable to select database");
// successful result
echo "<table border=1>
<tr>
<th>aif</th>
<th>fee_source</th>
<th>company_screename</th>
<th>filing_date</th>
<th>document_subtype</th>
</tr>";
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['aif_id'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['fee_source_id'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['company_name_per_sedar'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['document_filing_date'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['document_subtype'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
mysql_close($con);
?>

Answer 1

$query = SELECT * FROM a_aif_remaining;
needs to be:
$query = "SELECT * FROM a_aif_remaining";

Answer 2

Get yourself a better editor and you can fix and improve your code in no time:
<?php
// connection parameters
$db_host = "a";
$username = "b";
$password = "c";
$db_name = "d";
// connection variables + connection to mysql and db
$db_con = mysql_connect($db_host, $username, $password);
$result = mysql_select_db($db_name, $db_con);
// page variables
$query = 'SELECT * FROM a_aif_remaining';
$result = mysql_query($query, $db_con);
// successful result
echo '<table border=1>
<tr>
<th>aif</th>
<th>fee_source</th>
<th>company_screename</th>
<th>filing_date</th>
<th>document_subtype</th>
</tr>';
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['aif_id'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['fee_source_id'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['company_name_per_sedar'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['document_filing_date'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['document_subtype'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
mysql_close($db_con);
?>