Google API - URL Shortener with PHP

Question

My code is below. The URL shortening service works, but it doesn\'t when I insert my $POST. Does anyone know how to fix this my looking at the code?

Answer 1

replace $longUrl = 'http://www.example.com/XXXXX/XX/$_POST['qrname']';

with the following

$longUrl = 'http://www.example.com/XXXXX/XX/{$_POST['qrname']}';