php /mysql coding not working - mysql

Question

i seem to be having an error on this coding any help would be appreciated
Parse error: parse error in C:\wamp\www\espn.com\login.php on line 19
<?php
//Database Information
$dbhost = "localhost";
$dbname = "users";
$dbuser = "root";
$dbpass = "*****";
//Connect to database
mysql_connect ( $dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass)or die("Could not connect: ".mysql_error());
mysql_select_db($dbname) or die(mysql_error());
session_start();
$username = $_POST[‘username’];
$password = md5($_POST[‘password’]);
$query = “select * FROM users where 'username'=$username and 'password'= $password " ;
$result = mysql_query($query);
if (mysql_num_rows($result) != 1) {
$error = “Bad Login”;
include “login.html”;
} else {
$_SESSION[‘username’] = “$username”;
include “memberspage.php”;
}
?>

Answer 1

looks like you have a fancy quote on your query, so it's not a proper string
“ vs "

Answer 2

You are using odd quotes: “ instead of the proper ".
Probably happened while copying code from a web site.
The only valid string-delimiting quotes in PHP (and most other programming languages) are ' and ".

Answer 3

I want to tell you create a separate file/page for database connection. Suppose your connection file name is db_connection.php. Where you want to check only db_connection.php page will include. It saves your codding.
db_connection.php
<?php
//Database Information
$dbhost = "localhost";
$dbname = "users";
$dbuser = "root";
$dbpass = "*****";
//Connect to database
mysql_connect ( $dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass)or die("Could not connect: ".mysql_error());
mysql_select_db($dbname) or die(mysql_error());
session_start();
?>
Now in your login page you include db_connection.php
loginpage:
<?php
include_once('db_connection.php');
if(isset($_POST['submit']) //submit is form button name
{
$username = $_POST[‘username’];
$password = md5($_POST[‘password’]);
$query = mysql_query(“select * FROM users where 'username'=$username and 'password'= $password ") ;
if (mysql_num_rows($result)>0) {
$_SESSION[‘username’] = “$username”;
header(location:memberspage.php);
} else {
$error = “Bad Login”;
header(location:memberspage.php);
}
?>