error on line 27

I've downloaded the examples and created a simple database to show the total people in each postcode of our mailing list. But when I load the page I get this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in drasticSrcMySQL.class.php on line 27

Line 27 for that page is the first line of the class which is this: public $add_allowed = true; // may the user add records? Default is true.

I haven't altered that page at all and it doesn't matter what example.php pages I test - I always get that error. All I change in the example pages is the database table name and the fields I want to test the pages with. What am I doing wrong because this should be very straight forward.

Thanks in advance for any help

Sounds to me like a syntax error somewhere in the php part of your example file or in the examplemysqlconfig.php

I found the problem - seems like our server was running PHP4.0 so I downloaded xampp to a mac and have php and sql running on it and everything is working fine now. Thanks all for your help/