why can't i assign this string....?

[ShawnD]

$post = "<hr><br>
<table>
	<td>
	  <tr>
	  	  Date: <b>$date</b>
	  </tr>
	  <tr>
	  	  Posted By: <b>$HTTP_POST_VARS['name']</b>
	  </tr>
	  <tr>
	  	  Title: $HTTP_POST_VARS['title']
	  </tr>
	  <tr>
	  	  $HTTP_POST_VARS['post']
	  </tr>
	</td>
</table>
<br>";

i thought white space didn't matter to PHP 🙁

here is the error:
PHP Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in (folder path)\post_tfc.php on line 18

line 18 is the one that starts "Posted by:". i hope you guys can help me here 🙂

[hand]

Leave the '

$post = "<hr><br>
<table>
    <td>
      <tr>
            Date: <b>$date</b>
      </tr>
      <tr>
            Posted By: <b>$HTTP_POST_VARS[name]</b>
      </tr>
      <tr>
            Title: $HTTP_POST_VARS[title]
      </tr>
      <tr>
            $HTTP_POST_VARS[post]
      </tr>
    </td>
</table>
<br>";