Does anyone know the meaning behind this php error message?

Question

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING is the message. It came up from this line of code:

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Answer 1

$username = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST["user_username"]);
$password = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST["user_password"]);
$type = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST["user_type"]);

mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE user_name='$username' AND user_password='$password' AND user_type='$type' LIMIT 1");