HTTP 500 Error

[mjtweaver]

I am learning PHP using the book "Beginning PHP and MySQL 5 - From Novice to Professional", and I have come across a lesson in the book which I am stuck on.

The lesson is on using the echo() statement. I've typed in the following code and saved it as a php file....

 

<?php
$heavyweight = "Lennox Lewis";
$lightweight = "Floyd Mayweather";
echo &heavyweight, " and ", $lightweight, " are great fighters.";
?>

 

My Apache and PHP is working fine as my other PHP files work properly.

 

When I try and view the file it says...

"The website encountered an error while retrieving http://localhost:8888/phpdocs/multiplestringsecho.php. It may be down for maintenance or configured incorrectly."

 

and when I click on more information it says...

"HTTP Error 500 (Internal Server Error): An unexpected condition was encountered while the server was attempting to fulfill the request."

 

Any ideas? Have I done something wrong? Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Rifts]

<?php
$heavyweight = "Lennox Lewis";
$lightweight = "Floyd Mayweather";
echo $heavyweight . " and ". $lightweight . " are great fighters.";
?>

[BlueSkyIS]

 

if it is actually the way you have it in the book, i would return the book.

[mjtweaver]

Thanks for your help guys, much appreciated.