Parse Error in script, any ideas?

[rastem]

Hey all,

I have this little script to display one set of html depending on a function that I defined to check an email address, or another set of html if the email addy was false. But I keep getting a parse error (expecting '")' on designated line). The thing is that an error on this line doesn't make sense. Any ideas?

Ras.

<?php if(!email_check($email)) // email checking function included
          			{ ?>
										<div align="center">
			<table width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
				<tr>
					<td>
						<div align="center">
							<h3>The Email address you entered was invalid. </h3>
						</div>
					</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>
						<div align="center">
							Please click 'OK' and try again.</div>
					</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>
						<div align="center">
							<input type="Button" value="OK" onclick="javascript: history.back(-1);"></div>
					</td>
				</tr>
			</table>
			<p></p>
		</div><?php
				}else{  // the line with the error...but the error has to be elsewhere...
	$count = count($HTTP_POST_VARS);
	extract($HTTP_POST_VARS);		
	for($i=1; $i<=$count; i++)
	{
		$shows= "show$i";
		$tradeshows = "Desired Shows: <br>";
		$tradeshows .= $$shows."<br>";
	}
// mail out info
	$info = "\n"."\n"
	.$tradeshows."\n"."\n"
	.'Name: '.$name."\n"
	.'Address: '.$address."\n".$city.", ".$state.", ".$zip."\n"
	.'Phone: '.$phone."\n"
	.'Email: '.$email."\n"
	.'Comments: '."\n".$body."\n";				
	$mail1_headers = "From: $email <$email>\n";
	$mail1_headers .= "Reply-To: $email\n";
	$mail1_headers .= "Cc: \n";
	$mail1_headers .= "omitted\n";
	$mail1_headers .= "Content-type: text/html";
	mail("[e-mail]","title", "body", $mail1_headers);
	?>

[lazzerous]

here's a problem:
$tradeshows .= $$shows."<br>";

$$shows?

try $shows

Also:
"\n"."\n"

isn't this a waste of space?

what's wrong with "\n\n"

-=Lazz=-

[meediake]

you don't have a closing bracket for if at the end of that script

$mail1_headers .= "omitted\n";
$mail1_headers .= "Content-type: text/html";
mail("[e-mail]","title", "body", $mail1_headers);
} //here is an error(at least i think it)

?>