php help

[deco]

Hi, I'm creating a chat script.. I'm pretty new to PHP.

 

Basically im using a html file for the index where the user sets their nickname and gender and click to join the chatroom. The script is navigated to chatroom.php.

 

Now i need to fetch the username setting, With html i can use these values

 

<? echo $_POST['nickname'] ?>">

But the variables are set as $username

 

The code is taken from a phpbb script but as im not using phpbb i need to reconfigure the $username variable which is originally

 

$username = $userdata[username];

}

I've tried

 

$username = <? echo $_POST['nickname'] ?>">

But it gives this error

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/deco/public_html/deco/x/chatroom.php on line 17

How can i set the variable to perform this function by fetching the nickname in chatroom.php without it returning an error?

 

<? echo $_POST['nickname'] ?>

[mikesta707]

$username = $_POST['nickname'];

 

?

 

[bbaker]

$username = $_POST['nickname'];
echo $username;

[deco]

$username = $_POST['nickname'];
echo $username;

 

Thanks, its working now