putting 2 variables side by side?

[Elliott]

Hello,

please can anyone suggest how i can put 2 variables side by side, without a space to make another variable.

<?php

$hours = $_POST['hours'];
$mins = $_POST['mins'];

$time = $hours$mins;

?>

need something like that please, but keep getting errors when i try it.

Thanks

[Elliott]

$time = $hours.$mins;

why is it, just after i post for help, i stumble accross the answer myself, after 30 mins of error messages!!!

Typical.