Parsing error with JSON

I am using some coding from datatables - and yes a newbie,
I have problems with the data not being pulled and after some debugging, I have this error:

Parse error on line 1:
SSP: : simple($_GET,
^
Expecting '{', '['

I have attached the snippet of coding and have tried several syntax but can not seem to get it right. Long day.
I have also posted the coding from the entire page...
Could someone be as so kind as to help with it? Thank you...


);

echo json_encode(
	SSP::simple( $_GET, $sql_details, $table, $primaryKey, $columns )
);

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<?php

/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 * Easy set variables
 */

// DB table to use
$table = 'datatables_demo';
echo $table;

// Table's primary key
$primaryKey = 'id';
echo $primaryKey;

// Array of database columns which should be read and sent back to DataTables.
// The `db` parameter represents the column name in the database, while the `dt`
// parameter represents the DataTables column identifier. In this case object
// parameter names
$columns = array(
	array( 'db' => 'first_name', 'dt' => 'first_name' ),
	array( 'db' => 'last_name',  'dt' => 'last_name' ),
	array( 'db' => 'position',   'dt' => 'position' ),
	array( 'db' => 'office',     'dt' => 'office' ),
	array(
		'db'        => 'start_date',
		'dt'        => 'start_date',
		'formatter' => function( $d, $row ) {
			return date( 'jS M y', strtotime($d));
		}
	),
	array(
		'db'        => 'salary',
		'dt'        => 'salary',
		'formatter' => function( $d, $row ) {
			return '$'.number_format($d);
		}
	)
);

// SQL server connection information
$sql_details = array(
	'user' => 'root',
	'pass' => '1Lanceandme2',
	'db'   => 'testexample',
	'host' => 'localhost'
);


/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 * If you just want to use the basic configuration for DataTables with PHP
 * server-side, there is no need to edit below this line.
 */

require( 'ssp.class.php' );

echo json_encode(
	SSP::simple( $_GET, $sql_details, $table, $primaryKey, $columns )
);

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