The length arc of parabola

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Find the length of the arc of the parabola $y^2=4x$ from $x=0$ to $x=4$.

In the manual solution is $2\sqrt{5}+\ln(2+\sqrt{5}).$

My answer is

$\displaystyle 2\int_0^4 \! \sqrt{1+\frac{\mathrm{d}x}{\mathrm{d}y}} \, \mathrm{d}x$

$\displaystyle 2\int_0^4 \! \sqrt{1+\frac{y^2}{4}} \, \mathrm{d}x$

$\displaystyle 2\int_0^4 \! \sqrt{4+y^2} \, \mathrm{d}x= 4 \sqrt{5}+2\ln(2+\sqrt{5})$

But my answer is $4 \sqrt{5}+2\ln(2+\sqrt{5})$ As I doubled the length, Do we need to double the arc length?