retrieving variables from a form and putting them into a session

tigger

hi everyone. long time since I last posted here!
right I have a slight problem. I am attempting to make a login page/form that will the go to a verify.php script that will check it with a database and put it into a session. for the moment I am just trying to recover the variables from the form and putting them into a session (learning sessions you see).
here is the code for the verify.php:

session_start();

include ('conf.php');

if ($submit)
{
// Register the input with the value
$SESSION['username']=$POST['username']; //this is line 8
}

but it comes up with this error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /data/htdocs/fichier/login.php on line 8

Whats wrong with the $POST? I tried also doing:
$name = $POST['username'];
$SESSION['username']= $name;
btu that didn't work either.
I guess I'm just missing something, but it's really bugging me!
please help!
jon

anthill

its = thats messing it up. I tested it with:

<html>
<?

$SESSION['username']=$POST['username']; //this is line 8

echo $_SESSION['username'];
?>

</html>

and it works fine, lemme now how you get on

Ant

tigger

yep, it really didn't like the spaces aroudnt he "=".
thanks a lot
jon