Simple table query syntax error?
<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['sessionemail'] = $_POST['email'];
$_SESSION['sessionpassword'] = $_POST['password'];
$_SESSION['authuser'] = 0;

$dbhost = 'somewhere.com';
$dbuser = 'user';
$dbpass = 'pw';

$conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die ('Error connecting to mysql');

$dbname = 'medreunten_db1';
mysql_select_db($dbname) or die(mysql_error($conn));


$query = 'SELECT
    name, smacker, surname, sex, age, nationality, email
    FROM
    employee
    WHERE
    email = ' . $_POST['email'];
$result = mysql_query($query, $conn) or die (mysql_error($conn));
extract(mysql_fetch_assoc($result));


while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
echo $row['name'];
echo $row['surname'];
echo $row['age'];
}
?>

$email = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['email']);

$query = "
SELECT name, smacker, surname, sex, age, nationality, email
FROM employee
WHERE email = '$email'
";

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['sessionemail'] = $_POST['email'];
$_SESSION['sessionpassword'] = $_POST['password'];
$_SESSION['authuser'] = 0;

$dbhost = 'dedi147.cpt2.host-h.net';
$dbuser = 'medreunten_1';
$dbpass = 'AGqrVrs8';

$conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die ('Error connecting to mysql');

$dbname = 'medreunten_db1';
mysql_select_db($dbname) or die(mysql_error($conn));


$query = "SELECT name, smacker, surname, sex, age, nationality, email FROM employee WHERE email = '" . $_POST['email']."'";
$result = mysql_query($query, $conn) or die (mysql_error($conn));
extract(mysql_fetch_assoc($result));


while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
echo $row['name'];
echo $row['surname'];
echo $row['age'];
}
?>