[RESOLVED] Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$name' (T_VARIABLE)

[tendemo]

Thanks so much didnt have a look at it that way . It was worth the experience. Cheers

You need to use a period / decimal point to concatenate that string. You can also encapsulate the entire string with double quotes and use the string name alone.

$msg_to_user='<br/></br><h4><font color= "FF0000">Please input a Valid Email Address ' . $name . ' </font></h4>';

// or: 

$msg_to_user="<br/></br><h4><font color= 'FF0000'>Please input a Valid Email Address {$name} </font></h4>";   
//I also changed the font color quotes. 

Its also not recommended to put very much HTML in php Strings. It is considered good practice to separate PHP from HTML as much as possible.