Parse error - T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE

[abkdesign]

I am trying to pass data from a HTML form.

The following query gets an error when executed:
$request = 'SELECT * FROM user WHERE username="'.$POST['username'].'" AND password="'.$POST['password'].'"';

I get the following error:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/httpd/vhosts/advantitle.com/httpdocs/abktest.php on line 8

[abkdesign]

In addition, is this the right way to user superglobals?

[Rodney_H_]

Maybe try it this way:

<?php
$request = "SELECT * FROM user WHERE username='" . $_POST['username'] . "' AND password='" . $_POST['password'] . "'";?>

I think you forgot your closing quote and the semi-colon.