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[Bryan]

When running the script up to and including page 63 I get the following error message:
bryan@Second:~$ cd /var/www
bryan@Second:/var/www$ php project4.php
PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '/' in /var/www/project4.php on line 19
bryan@Second:/var/www$

I have tried amending the lines adjacent to line 19 but without success.
Have I made a mistake or is there a printing error in the booklet?
This is my code listing:
<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "bryan");
msql_select_db("testing");
if(isset($_POST["task_name"])){
$task_name=$_POST["task_name"];
$task_description=$_POST["task_description"];
$task_name=mysql_real_escape_string($task_name);
$task_description=mysql_real_escape_($task_description);
mysql_query("insert into todo(Name,Description)values ('$task_name', '$task_description');");
}
$tasks=mysql_query("select ID, Name, Description from todo;");
if(msql_num_rows($tasks)){
print "<h1>Existing tasks</h>";
print "<ul>";
while($task=mysql_fetch_assoc($tasks)) {
extract($task, EXTR_PREFIX_ALL, "task");
print "<li><strong>$task_Name</strong>-$task_Description</li>;
}
print "</ul>";
}
?>

<h1>Add new task</h1>
<form method="post" action="project4.php">
<p>Name it:<input type="text" name="task_name" /> </p>
<p>Describe it: <input type="text" name="task_description" /> </p>
<input type="submit" value="Add" />
</form>

[bobthebob1234]

[Bryan]

Thank you for taking the time to spot my error.
At age 78 my observation skills are not quite as good as they used to be!

[bobthebob1234]

I missed it as well when i was reading your post. It was only when I got the highlighting up that I saw that there was something wrong!
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For certain you have to be lost to find the places that can't be found. Elseways, everyone would know where it was

[madoba]

I've completed project 4 and now have a question about it?

When I submit an item for the todo list and wait for the page to post back and then refresh or postback the page, the item is added into the database again. Why does this happen and How do I prevent this behavior? The project just doesn't seem complete without addressing this problem.