Odd PHP error

So I have this script running on my development server.

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<?php

class model_base {
    public $columns = array();
    public $validations = array();
    public $cur_val = 0;
    public $prev_id = 0;
    function column($name, $properties) {
        $this->columns[$name] = $properties;
    }
.....

It works fine. But when I upload it to my actual server i get this error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in "myfile.php" on Line 4 (Line 4 is the "public $columns...." one)

You might not be able to figure it out with that snippet of code, so I'll have to do it myself. But what does that error mean?

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Weird. How come it works locally but not on the server? Wouldn't be anything to do with the server running a different version of PHP or something? Just a guess.

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I'm guessing it is. but what does that error mean? its pretty much senseless to me.

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