SIMPLE FAST EASY HELP!!!

[phpwiz]

ok i have a navigation.php that holds the nav stuff and i am trying to display the number of messages in the users' inbox and it isnt working can you please help here is the code

 

<?php

session_start();

require "connect.php";
$userfinal=$_SESSION['username'];
$user=$userfinal;

$namecheck = mysql_query("SELECT `message_id`  FROM messages WHERE `to_user`='$userfinal'");
$count = mysql_num_rows($namecheck);
?>
	<div class='test'><div class='float'><div class='nav_top'</div>
	<table class='nav_mid'>
	<tr>
	<td>
	<div class='header_large'>
	General Options
	</div>
<a href='home.php'>Homepage</a><br>
<a href='logout.php'>Logout</a><br>
<a href='news.php'>News/Updates</a><br><br>
        <div class='header_large'>
	PM options
	</div>
<a href='inbox.php'>inbox[<?php $count ?>]</a><br>
<a href='new_message.php'>Send a message</a><br><br>
        <div class='header_large'>
	Other Options
	</div>
<a href='#'><s>Request a tutorial</s></a><br>
<a href='#'><s>Request a graphic</s></a><br><br>
        <div class='header_large'>
	Tutorials
	</div>
<a href='#'><s>Coding Tutorials</s></a><br>
<a href='#'><s>Graphic Tutorials</s></a><br>
<a href='#'><s>Random Tutorials</s></a><br><br>
        <div class='header_large'>
	Freebies
	</div>
<a href='#'><s>Free codes</s></a><br>
<a href='#'><s>Free graphics</s></a><br><br>
	</td>
	</tr>
	</table>
	<div class='nav_bot'></div><br><br><br></div></div>

 

 

 

[Mark Baker]

You might consider actually echoing the value of $count. That way, it might actually appear on the page.

inbox[<?php $count ?>]</

to

inbox[<?php echo $count ?>]</