update mysql database with lots of varabiles in the query

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i need to update a database table using variables in unusual places here are the update statements

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mysql_query("UPDATE 'grades' SET '$class' = '$grade' WHERE student='$student'");

mysql_query("UPDATE 'assignments' SET '$class' = '$grade' WHERE student='$student'");

mysql_query("UPDATE 'comments' SET '$class' = '$grade' WHERE student='$student'");

now i was just showed by ron how to recive post stuff and that is where the variables come from so i am not even sure if i am getting the variables from the other page. i did try to display all of those variables but with my php skills the echo options might have their own problems so here is the rest of the code

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

<html>

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

<title>Untitled Document</title>

<?
 
session_start(); // Use session variable on this page. This function must put on the top of page.

if(!session_is_registered("teacher")){ // if session variable "username" does not exist.

header("location:login.php"); // Re-direct to index.php

}
 
?>

<?

// Connect database.

$host="localhost"; // Host name.

$db_user="rcadmin"; // MySQL username.

$db_password="nsds2004"; // MySQL password.

$database="RCA"; // Database name.

$RCA = mysql_pconnect($host, $db_user, $db_password) or trigger_error(mysql_error(),E_USER_ERROR);

 mysql_select_db($database, $RCA);

 $login=$_POST('login');

 $class=$_POST('job_select');

 $grade=$_POST('job_select');

 $assignment=$_POST('job_select');

 $comments=$_POST('job_select');

//this section updates the database

$grade = "grade";

$assignments = "assignments";

$comments = "comments";

$student = "student";

$class = "class";

if (isset($_POST['grade']))

  $grade = strip_tags($_POST['grade']);

if (isset($_POST['assigments']))

  $assignments = strip_tags($_POST['assignments']);

if (isset($_POST['comments']))

  $comments = strip_tags($_POST['comments']);

if (isset($_POST['student']))

  $student = strip_tags($_POST['student']);

if (isset($_POST['classs']))

  $class = strip_tags($_POST['classs']);
 
mysql_query("UPDATE 'grades' SET $class = '$grade' WHERE student='$student'");

mysql_query("UPDATE assignments SET '$class' = '$grade' WHERE student='$student'");

mysql_query("UPDATE comments SET $class = '$grade' WHERE student='$student'");

?>

 </head>
 
<body>

<?

    echo $grade, "<br />";

    echo $assignments , "<br />";

    echo $comments , "<br />";

    echo $student , "<br />";

    echo $class , "<br />";
 
?>

</body>

</html>

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