passing parameters via a form to a php page

[csxpcm]

hello all
i have the following login.html page.

---

<form name="form1" method="post" action="create.php">
<p>
<input type="text" name="$username" size="20" value="username">
<br>
<input type="text" name="$password" size="20" value="password">
<br>
<input type="submit" name="Go" value="login">
</p>

</form>

and then a php page, called 'create.php' that takes these parameters and uses them in a function.

create.php

function newuser($username,$password)
{
...

}

Ive been trying for ages to get the parameters to be passed, can anyone spot where i'm going wrong?

Thanks in advance, all help is much appreciated.
- Pete

[gtibok]

in the input statement!!!!!!!!
<input ... name=$var ...>
if this is in a php block statement ( <? ... <input .. ?>) than your html page would look like this :
....
<input ... name ="" ...>
That's because u use a variable with no value associated to it.
Just replace $name with name
The input is a variable ... not it's name .
If u are using multi page forms, to pass the input fields values use :
<?
<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"name\" value=\"$name\">
.......
?>