insert $_POST[] in echo statement

Jim_Madrid

In the final echo statement I am trying to insert the information from the form field $POST['first_name'] in the following sentence. "Thank you $POST['first_name'], please log in now". But I keep getting a parse error. What am I doing wrong?

 $sql = "INSERT INTO USERS (first_name, last_name, email_address, username, password, signup_date) 
   VALUES('$first_name', '$last_name', '$email_address', '$username', '$password', NOW())"; 
   @mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error().'<p>'.$sql.'</p>'); 

   if (mysql_affected_rows() < 1) { 
      echo 'There has been an error creating your account. Please contact the webmaster.'; 
      } 
	  else
	  { 
     echo 
  '<div align="center">
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Successfully submitted, please <a href="bd_login.php"><font color="#FFFF00">login </font></a>now.</strong></font></p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
</div>';
 	}
	}
} 

?>

ir4z0r

i suggest, you put the line into your code, whereever you think it fits.
Then somebody can help you.

in general
echo "Thank you $_POST['first_name'], please log in now";
should work

jpmoriarty

from my experience that doesnt usually work - i always break out of the echo to put an array in:

echo "Thank you ".$_POST['first_name'].", please log in now".

Jim_Madrid

thanks very much for your responses. I found that jpmoriarty´s suggestion worked perfectly.

Again, thanks

Kong_Ming

When you echo a string that has a variable inside, the type of quotes you use has an effect on the outcome. Variables in single quote strings don't get parsed.

$name = "Bill";

echo "Hello $name<br />";

echo 'Hello $name<br />';

output will be:

Hello Bill
Hello $name

Perhaps your original problem had something to do with this?