[RESOLVED] defining a plain text and post variable together as arrays of another variable

[polarexpress]

i defined a plain text and post variable together as arrays of another variable in the following way which i shall explode later on

$color = "red ( $_POST['blue']; )";

here red is plain text and $_POST['blue']; is POST variable

but but it returns the following error

unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE

what's the mistake in the syntax?

thanks,

[NogDog]

$color = "red ( {$_POST['blue']}; )";
// or
$color = "red ( ".$_POST['blue']."; )";

[polarexpress]

many thanks,