PHP Parse error on install.php

Hello,

When I try to install I get:

PHP Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /tmp/trunk/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php on line 36

Notice: installing from trunk; same result when installing from .gz file.

In looking at 'installer_base.lib.php', line 36 looks like this:

31 class installer_base {
32
33 var $wb = array();
34 var $language = 'en';
35 var $db;
36 public $conf;
37 public $install_ispconfig_interface = true;
38 public $is_update = false; // true if it is an update, falsi if it is a new install
39
40
41 public function __construct()
42 {
43 global $conf; //TODO: maybe $conf should be passed to constructor
44 //$this->conf = $conf;
45 }

I don't see anything wrong with this code.

Please, help. Much appreciated.

 

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