PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘>’

Hey there, first post here.

This is a simple code (I’m a beginner) that I’ve been writing with a video tutorial:

<?php

$con = mysqli_connect(“localhost”,”username”,”blabla”,”db”);

//getting the categories

function getCats(){

global $con;

$get_cats = “select * from categories”;

$run_cats = “mysqli_query($connection, $get_cats);

while ($row_cats = mysqli_fetch_array($run_cats)){

$cat_id = $row_cats [‘cat_id];
$cat_title = $row_cats [‘cat_title];

echo “<li><a href=”#”>cat_title</a></li>”;

}

}

?>

The error points up to “echo “<li><a href=”#”>cat_title</a></li>”;” saying PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘>’ . The thing is, this is exactly written in the same way as the video tutorial. This keeps giving me this error and I believe it’s the reason when I try to include this function on my html page all the content disappears.

Thanks in advance.

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