Hello, I am trying to get a form to work integrating html with PHP. the code I have is: <? $form_block = " <FORM METHOD=\"POST\" ACTION=\"$PHP_SELF\"> <p><strong>Your Name:</strong>< /br> <INPUT type=\"text\" NAME=\"senders_name\" SIZE=30></p> <p><strong><p><Your E-mail Address:</strong>< /br> <INPUT type=\"text\" NAME=\"senders_email\" SIZE=30></p> <p><strong>Message:</strong>< /br> <TEXTAREA NAME=\"message\" COLS=30 ROWS=5 WRAP=virtual></TEXTAREA></p> <INPUT type=\"hidden\" name=\"op\" value=\"ds\"> <p><INPUT TYPE=\"submit\" NAME=\"submit\" VALUE=\"Send this Form\"></p> </FORM>"; if ($_POST['op'] !="ds") { // they need to see the form echo "$form_block"; } else if ($_POST['op'] =="ds") { //check value of $_POST['sender name'] if ($_POST['sender_name'] =="") { $name_err = "<font color=red>Please enter your name!</font>< /br>"; $send ="no"; } //check value of $_POST['sender_email'] if ($POST['sender_email'] =="") { $email_err ="<font color=red>Please enter your email address!</font>< /br>"; $send= "no"; } //check value of $_POST['message'] if ($POST['message'] =="") { $message_err = "<font color=red>Please enter a message!</font>< /br>"; $send ="no"; } if ($send !="no") { //it's o.k to send, so build the mail $msg ="E-MAIL SENT FROM WWW SITE\n"; $msg .="Senders Name: $POST['senders_name']\n"; $msg .="Senders E-MAIL: $POST['senders_email']\n"; $msg .="Senders Name: $POST['message']\n\n"; $to ="webguync@xxxxxxxxx"; $subject = "There has been a disturbance in the Force"; $mailheaders .="Reply-To: $_POST['sender_email']\n"; //send the mail mail ($to, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders); //display confirmation to user echo "<p>mail has been sent!</p>"; } else if ($send =="no") { //print error messages echo "$name_err"; echo "$email_err"; echo "$message_err"; echo "$form_block"; } } ?> and the error I get is: Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /hsphere/local/home/bruceg/inspired-evolution.com/Contact_Form_test.php on line 58 the above code is just the php form part of the page not the entire code, so it would be impossible to determine line 58, but I was hoping someone would be able to spot the problem or at least explain the error to a relative newbie. thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php