[Skeleton Man]

You need to put backticks (`) around the table name (it's a good idea to use them all the time even if the name doesn't have spaces).

PHP Code:

$query= "CREATE TABLE `$tablename` (

         time datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 

         first_name varchar(30) NOT NULL, 

         last_name varchar(30) NOT NULL, 

         email varchar(50) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (time))"; 

The backtick on most keyboards is at the top left, next to the number 1 (it will have ` and ~ on it). Other than that it should be fine.. your MySQL syntax is fine.