How can I correct this Syntax error in php?

Question

Why am I getting this Syntax error on line 3 in config.php? syntax error, unexpected '$username' (T_VARIABLE) in This is my config.php file:

<?
$host='localhost'; 
$username="xxxxxxx"; 
$dbname="xxxxxxx"; 
$password="xxxxxxx";

$mysqli = new mysqli($host,$username,$password,$dbname);
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
?>

Short tags would not produce any kind of error, it would just output as HTML — rndus2r, Sep 11 '17 at 18:59
Still getting this error PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$username' (T_VARIABLE) — Nalin Nishant, Sep 11 '17 at 19:00
Maybe for some reason, check if there are any weird characters in the file. Re-type the quotes just in case.. — FirstOne, Sep 11 '17 at 19:00
From the code you have here, there's no reason for the error; Do you call for `$username` anywhere else? — Sam, Sep 11 '17 at 19:00
Usually this error is triggered because you are missing a ";" (semi-colon) or you have a random character in you code in the line above... Check wherever you are calling for `$username` — Sam, Sep 11 '17 at 19:02
K I am checking wait.... And this is not duplicate question :-( — Nalin Nishant, Sep 11 '17 at 19:03
No I am not calling anywhere username with missing ; ..... @samuel . This is config.php file through which I connect with my database..... Wait I am showing you full screenshot — Nalin Nishant, Sep 11 '17 at 19:04
https://ibb.co/mZV8Rv -> screenshot 1. https://ibb.co/k6EreF ->screenshot 2. https://ibb.co/fLWnKF ->screenshot 3. — Nalin Nishant, Sep 11 '17 at 19:07
So you are actually getting a `500 Internal Error`. So something may be wrong with your request and it is not working on your server. Now I am not sure exactly why it's triggering the error. Do you have any more information? — Sam, Sep 11 '17 at 19:10
500 comes from the corrupted PHP @Samuel. His error.log shows that. Nalin Nishant rewrite the file in a new document, don't copy paste anything. Write it manually from the beginning. — rndus2r, Sep 11 '17 at 19:13
I would not mark this as a duplicate to the given list since none of the solutions there can be applied to this one. — rndus2r, Sep 11 '17 at 19:17

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 11 '17 at 19:04

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This is due to php short opening tags are not enabled. You should either enable it or use full tags instead.

Use <?php instead of just <?

OR

Follow this thread to enable short tags.

answered Sep 11 '17 at 19:04

Abdur Rehman

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This would not cause the error he is getting. Short tag would have nothing to do with the `$username` mate; if any variable it would be `$host` – Sam Sep 11 '17 at 19:05
Got you. Thanks! – Abdur Rehman Sep 11 '17 at 19:07

How can I correct this Syntax error in php?

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