[Resolved] Missing T-Variable or $

[Napster]

I am getting a error message for this code

$q1 = "INSERT INTO messages (sender,reciever,subject,message) VALUES ('$username','$reciever','$subject','$message')";
$r1 = mysql_query($1) or die (mysql_error());

the error is: Parse error: parse error, expecting T_VARIABLE' or'$'' in /home/elarune/public_html/messages.php on line 64
line 64 is

$r1 = mysql_query($1) or die (mysql_error());

What would be the problem?

[tekky]

Since you didnt post the resolution for future people to reference....

if you try to call a function with an undefined variable like $1 instead of $q1 ... you are likely to get this error

[Moonglobe]

also variables that start with a numeric character aren't allowed in PHP IIRC