Installation problem with piwik/index.php on line 11

I have just installed a fresh version of piwik on my linux server. However, when I try to login to the appropriate page I get this error -

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING or ‘(’ in /hsphere/local/home/a937019/wealthyaffiliatemarketer.com/Course/piwik/index.php on line 11

my hosting providor assures me it is a coding error on piwiks script. Please help?

what version of php is running?

http://piwik.org/faq/troubleshooting/faq_17045/