PHP MySQL insert not working

Question

Sorry if it\'s a quite simple problem. I am not too experienced with web languages.
Basically, it doesn\'t work.

$insert=
(
  \"INSERT INTO phpbb_members         


        

Answer 1

$insert=("INSERT INTO phpbb_members (emailAddress, uid, valid, firstandlast, propic, memberName) 
VALUES ($me['email'], $uid, 1, $me['name'], $propic, $newuser)"); 

Do wee need those extra brackets in the beginning and end? Try to remove it and execute.

$sql = "SELECT * FROM Person";
mysql_query($sql,$con);