Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=' in C:\wamp\www\insert_data.php on line 9
<p>So I got this error:</p>

<pre><code>Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=' in C:\wamp\www\insert_data.php on line 9
</code></pre>

<p>On this line:</p>

<pre><code>$std-id = $_POST['std_id'];
</code></pre>

<p>my php code is:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;?php

if ( isset($_POST['submitted'] ) )
{
include ('mysql_connect.php') ;

$std-id = $_POST['std_id'];
$std-name = $_POST['std_name'];
$std-year = $_POST['year'];
$std-degree = $_POST['degree'];

$sqlinsert = "INSERT INTO student ( ID , Name , Year ,  Degree ) VALUES (' $std-id ' ,   ' $std-name ' , ' $std-year ' , ' $std-degree ' ) ";

if (!mysql_query ( $dbcon, $sqlinsert ) ) {
die( ' error inserting new record ' ) ;
} // end of nested if statment

$newrecord = " 1 record added to the database " ;
} // end of the main if statement

?&gt;
</code></pre>
