T_Variable Error

[davidf85]

I am writing a script to insert data from 2 text fields, into a database.
I am getting this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in d:\hshome\c239198\local54memberforum.com\submitcomment.php on line 26

Here is lines 21 - 28:

if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
   echo "Error: Could not connect to database. Please try again later.";
   exit;
}

$query = "INSERT INTO comments VALUES ('"$name"', '"$comment"')";

$result = $db->query($query);

any ideas?

[bradgrafelman]

You forgot periods (the concatenation operator) between each string piece in $query. See the manual for examples of how to work with a [man]string[/man].

Also, when posting PHP code, please use the board's [noparse]

[/noparse] bbcode tags as they make your code much easier to read and analyze.