Need to display a MySQL table on a page using PHP - php

Question

I'm trying to get a table to display and keep getting an error. Could someone out there with better coding skills help me?
Here is the code:
<?php
// connect to the database
$host = "###";
$username = '###';
$pass = '###';
mysql_connect($host,$username,$pass) or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("Employees") or die(mysql_error());
// select everything from the table
$query = "SELECT * FROM Employees";
$result = mysql_query($query') or die(mysql_error());
echo "<table>";
echo "<tr>";
while( ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)))
{
echo "<td>".$row['employeeid']."</td>";
echo "<td>".$row['firstname']."</td>";
echo "<td>".$row['lastname']."</td>";
echo "<td>".$row['department']."</td>";
}
echo "</tr>";
echo "</table>";
// disconnect from the database
mysql_close();
?>
When the page runs it yields the following error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/content/35/4683335/html/crosshill/display.php on line 36
Line 34 is: echo "<td>".$row['employeeid']."</td>";

Answer 1

I suggest that you need check 3 points:
You could use or die(mysql_error()) in dev environment to check if you have an error (with sql functions related).
Connection
mysql_connect($host,$username,$pass) or die(mysql_error());
Select db
mysql_select_db("Employees") or die(mysql_error());
Query (I see that you query are correct, but probably you table name are wrong, remember that names are case sensitive)
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());

Answer 2

I noticed your database is called Employees as well as your table, is this a mistake or are they both the same name?
You also have syntax error here:
$query = "SELECT * FROM Employees";
$result = mysql_query($query') or die(mysql_error());
Remove the ' so it is like this:
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
Try this:
$query = "SELECT * FROM Employees";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
if(mysql_num_rows($result)< 1){
echo 'no rows founds';
} else {
echo "<table>";
echo "<tr>";
while( ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)))
{
echo "<td>".$row['employeeid']."</td>";
echo "<td>".$row['firstname']."</td>";
echo "<td>".$row['lastname']."</td>";
echo "<td>".$row['department']."</td>";
}
echo "</tr>";
echo "</table>";
}
Side note:
As suggested by others you should switch to either mysqli_* or perhaps pdo.