INSERT problem, very odd

[jmcnamee]

Whenever I run this command in my script, a new row is created with the correct date, autonumber, and user, but the message column is not given a value!

INSERT INTO news (creator, message) VALUES ('$user', '$message')")

Please Help! I've attached the whole php file (as txt), it's not commented (bad habit)

[ultraslacker]

Is $POST['newitem'] a typo? Should it be $POST['newsitem']?

[jmcnamee]

Nope, that's the correct one. "newitem" is the new post that the user wants to upload. Everything in the script works except inserting the message itself, which is why it's so frustrating.