Parse error when submiting Constituent Information with drupal 4.5.3

I just installed CiviCRM, Running civicrm-Drupal-php4-v1.2-rev3721 with Drupal 4.5.3 when submitting information for user/1 I get the following error message. also does the same when adding an individual.

I don't know what the problem is, help would be appreciated

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Parse error*: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_VARIABLE or '$' in /home/*/***/modules/civicrm/CRM/Utils/Geocode/ZipTable.php on line 71

From civicrm/CRM/Utils/Geocode/ZipTable.php

function format( &$values ) {
// we need a valid zipcode and country, else we ignore
if ( ! CRM_Utils_Array::value( 'postal_code', $values ) &&
! CRM_Utils_Array::value( 'country' , $values ) &&
$values['country'] != 'United States' )

{ return false; }

//** line 71 below **//

if ( empty( trim( $values['postal_code'] ) ) )

{ return false; }

$query = 'SELECT latitude, longitude FROM zipcodes WHERE zip = ' .

CRM_Utils_Type::esape( $values['postal_code'], 'String' );

$dao =& CRM_Core_DAO::executeQuery( $query );

if ( $dao->fetch( ) )

{ $values['geo_code_1'] = $dao->latitude ; $values['geo_code_2'] = $dao->longitude; return true; }

return false;

}

}