Windows XP Pro Sp2:
XAMPP: latest version
Firewall: Norton internet Security.
On xampp startup - (Norton IS) options: mysql to listen for connection from other computers (block).
@ $db = mysql_pconnect 'localhost', 'root', '');
error message:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in C:\Program Files\apachefriends\xampp\htdocs\xampp\reto\CSG_A2\test_connection.php on line 18
thank you (can understand german)