Trouble connecting to my MSSQL server with the Help Center

I'm trying to install the Help Center on my company's server, but keep running into the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_NEW in /usr/home/fluenz/www/htdocs/getsat_eric/helpcenter/Sprinkles.php on line 55

Line 55 in this file has to do with connecting to our MSSQL server. However, I've created the database "sprinkles," added to it the sprinkles-schema.sql data, and have entered our MSSQL username and password into the boot.php file.

Perhaps the problem is that I'm not executing this command properly: % cp -R . /var/www/html/xxxxx

I'm using SmartFTP, and I've created a command with the correct directory. When I try executing the command, nothing seems to happen.

Thanks in advance for your help.