WP Installation: Parse error

I’m trying to install wordpress 2.6.1. When I get to the running the installation script I get the following error message:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/sites/site21/web/wp-includes/taxonomy.php on line 2134

I’ve tried uploading all the files again but the error persists.

Here is the code for the taxonomy file:

foreach ( $terms as $term )
			$links[] = "<a href="%22%20.%20attribute_escape(get_term_link($term,%20$taxonomy))%20.%20%22">$term->name</a>";

Thanks in advance for any help.