A Couple of Bugs

I wanted to make you aware of a couple of bugs. I say they're bugs, but honestly, they were problems that just resulted in errors for me. I'll post what PHPRunner built, and then I'll post what I used to resolve the problem.
For the record, I'm using PHPRunner 3.0, build 83.
I have my script to send an email of old data when a record is updated, and an email of new data when a new record is added.
The error I get right after logging in is:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONCAT_EQUAL in /home/xx/xx/xx.com/public_html/xx/xx/xx/managers/include/ManagerProductivity_events.php on line 17

Line 17 reads:

If I add a "$" in front of message.= the error dissapears.
The corrected line looks like this:

This same error occurs on the same page on line 49. This is the event that sends the new data.
Again the error and correction read as follows:
Problematic Code:

Solution:

Once these two errors are fixed, I'm able to get to the list page.
(Edited to Add)
I removed a suggestion of a bug with the date function. I realized this was a function that I entered into my project manually. I apologize for any confusion.
Also (I noticed this with the previous PHPRunner version as well), when you change the alignment of the fields it should also change the alignment of the headings right? This is not the case. Whether it's a bug or not, I don't know.
Once these corrections are made, I have no other problems. I'm not a PHP guru or anything, I just stumbled upon these "fixes" within the PHP documentation, so please only take my suggestions as that, suggestions. I hope this helps administrators improve this great product.