Cannot delete a row with PHP & MySQL

[Kasracer]

I cannot for the life of me get this to work with my web site.

Invalid query: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '=' at line 1

I get that error with the following code:

if ($_POST['delete'] == "news" || "articles"){  	$data = array($_POST['delete'], $_POST['id']);  	$result = mysql_query("DELETE FROM $data[0] WHERE ID =$data[1]");  	if (!$result) {  		die('Invalid query: ' . mysql_error());}

I've also tried the following

if ($_POST['delete'] == "news" || "articles"){  	$data = array($_POST['delete'], $_POST['id']);  	$result = mysql_query("DELETE QUICK FROM $data[0] WHERE ID =$data[1]");  	if (!$result) {  		die('Invalid query: ' . mysql_error());}

and

if ($_POST['delete'] == "news" || "articles"){  	$data = array($_POST['delete'], $_POST['id']);  	$result = mysql_query("DELETE FROM $data[0] WHERE ID IN($data[1])");  	if (!$result) {  		die('Invalid query: ' . mysql_error());}

I've also tried encapsulating my php variables and my column names with single quotes to no avail.

This code works without issue with my blogging software I made a long time ago... at least I thought it did but I don't even remember anymore. I'd have to double check