problem with script not working

[Linera]

This script will not display the form:

<?php$self = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];$name = $_POST['moviename'];$genre = $_POST['moviegenre'];$year = $_POST['movieyear'];if( ( !$name ) or ( !$genre ) or ( !$year ) ){$form ="Please enter all new movie details..."$form.="<form action=\"$self\"";$form.=" method=\"post\">Movie's Title: ";$form.="<input type=\"text\" name=\"moviename\"";$form.=" value=\"$name\"><br>Genre: ";$form.="<select name=\"moviegenre\" size=\"1\">";$form.="<option value=\"Action/Adventure\">Action/Adventure</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Adaptation\">Adaptation</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Animation\">Animation</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Art/Foreign\">Art/Foreign</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Biopic\">Biopic</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Classics\">Classics</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Comedy\">Comedy</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Crime/Gangster\">Crime/Gangster</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Documentary\">Documentary</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Drama\">Drama</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Features\">Features</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Holiday\">Holiday</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Kids/Family\">Kids/Family</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Miscellaneous\">Miscellaneous</option>";$form.="<option value="Musical/Performing Arts"\>Musical/Performing Arts</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Politics/Religion\">Politics/Religion</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Remake\">Remake</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Romance\">Romance</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Science Fiction/Fantasy\">Science Fiction/Fantasy</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Sequel\">Sequel</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Special Interest\">Special Interest</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Sports\">Sports</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Suspense/Horror\">Suspense/Horror</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Teen\">Teen</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Thriller\">Thriller</option>";$form.="<option value=\"War\">War</option>";$form.="<option value=\"Western\">Western</option>";$form.="</select>";$form.="<br>Year: ";$form.="<input type=\"text\" name=\"movieyear\"";$form.=" value=\"$year\"><br>";$form.="<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\">";$form.="</form>";echo( $form );}?>

[justsomeguy]

You left a semicolon off the first line in the IF block, and probably have errors turned off. You should always develop with errors turned on, that way you don't have to sit around and wait for an answer to an easy problem.

[Linera]

stupid php book shows no ; in the sample script.