[RESOLVED] Error check says form field empty...but its not!

[rogueblade]

EDIT: sorry for being a waste, I figured it out, it was an embarrassing html error

Hey guys I have a validation for required form fields in a sign up form. So I have a few required fields like first name, last name and email. My problem is that weather or not I actually put text into the required form fields my error check always states the field is empty! Please take a look at my code below.

$errors = array();
$fname = mysql_escape_string($_POST['fname']);
if($fname == NULL) {
    $errors[] = "First name field is empty.";    
}


$errcount = count($errors);
if($errcount > 0) {
    echo "The following errors occurred when your form was submitted:<br /><br />";
    for($i=0; $i< $errcount; $i++) {
        $errmsg .= $errors[$i]."<br />";
    }
    echo "<span class=\"hilite\">".$errmsg."</span>";
}else{
    $querystring = "INSERT INTO...."