Unexpected T_STRING?

Can anyone tell me why I'm getting a PARSE error, Unexpected T_STRING on this line?

PHP Code:

$pmgiveuser = $DB_site->query("INSERT INTO privatemessage (privatemessageid,userid,touserid,fromuserid,title,message,dateline,messageread,folderid) VALUES (NULL,'$thread[postuserid]','$thread[postuserid]','$originatinguser','adskasfjsaf','".addslashes($pmgivemessage)."',".time().",0,0)"); 

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Use:

PHP Code:

$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO privatemessage (privatemessageid,userid,touserid,fromuserid,title,message,dateline,messageread,folderid) VALUES (NULL,'$thread[postuserid]','$thread[postuserid]','$originatinguser','adskasfjsaf','".addslashes($pmgivemessage)."',".time().",0,0)"); 

instead.

You are using an INSERT command, not SELECT, so why to assign the result to a variable ($pmgiveuser)?