T_NEW parse error

[cpus]

I have a quiz on my site that is read in php. When people answer the questions, I want 2 things to happen;
1) a score gets calculated - 5 pts for a right answer and 0 for a wrong answer, so I put this code to calculate the score:
if ($POST[Q1] == "1") {
$Q1 = 0;
} else if ($POST[Q1] == "2") {
$Q1 = 5;
} else if ($POST[Q1] == "3") {
$Q1 = 0;
} else if ($POST[Q1] == "4") {
$Q1 = 0;
}

..etc

Where "2" is the right answer.

I also have a calculation to see if it's a passing or failing score:
{$result = $Q1 + $Q2 + $Q3 + $Q4 + $Q5 + $Q6 + $Q7 + $Q8 + $Q9 + $Q10 + $Q11 + $Q12 + $Q13 + $Q14 + $Q15 + $Q16 + $Q17 + $Q18 + $Q19 + $Q20;}
if ($result >= "80") {
$are = Pass;
} else if ($result < "80") {
$are = Fail;
}

2)an answer is displayed.
Depending on the answer given, I want something displayed saying something like "Right answer, because..." or "Wrong answer, because...".
So I put in this code after the result calculation:
if ($POST[Q1] == "1") {
$A1 = Wrong, because...;
} else if ($POST[Q1] == "2") {
$A1 = Right, because...;
} else if ($POST[Q1] == "3") {
$A1 = Wrong, because...;
} else if ($POST[Q1] == "4") {
$A1 = Wrong, because...;
}

but I keep getting the following error:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_NEW in .... on line 195

Any ideas why I keep getting this error?

[madwormer2]

Post the whole error message, and also post lines 190 - 200

Unless the code that you did post is the code that you are using, because there isnt any quotes around the wrong because...

Also, you are doing it in quite a long winded way, perhaps you would want to store all the correct answers in an array, then compare them, it would considerably reduce the amount of code in the script.

[thorpe]

errors everywhere. for starters, post variables need to be wrapped in quotes, so change these;

$_POST[Q1]

to

$_POST['Q1']

strings need to be in quotes... so these lines;

$A1 = Wrong, because...;

need to be

$A1 = 'Wrong, because...';

and ints dont need quotes... so this;

== "4")

becomes...

== 4)

id'e also recommend reading up on [man]switch[/man]

[cpus]

Thanks for your help. I wound up using switch, which helped me out a lot. You can see the functioning quiz here:
http://conservativeposts.us/quiz/immigration.php
Thanks again!