Question

hi Please help me on this.. i hv created a form & trying to post data to mysql database. but after submitting form i am getting following error..

Notice: Undefined index: month in C:\xampp\htdocs\auto\insert_ac.php on line 14
Notice: Undefined index: listner_name in C:\xampp\htdocs\auto\insert_ac.php on line 15
Notice: Undefined index: rj_name in C:\xampp\htdocs\auto\insert_ac.php on line 16
Notice: Undefined index: channel in C:\xampp\htdocs\auto\insert_ac.php on line 17
Notice: Undefined index: year in C:\xampp\htdocs\auto\insert_ac.php on line 18
Notice: Undefined index: country in C:\xampp\htdocs\auto\insert_ac.php on line 19

& when i check a blank row entry inserted in to my database

  <?php

$host="localhost"; // Host name
$username="root"; // Mysql username`
$password=""; // Mysql password
$db_name="auto"; // Database name
$tbl_name="song_request"; // Table name

// Connect to server and select database.
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");

// Get values from form
$month=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['month']);
$listner_name=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['listner_name']);
$rj_name=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['rj_name']);
$channel=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['channel']);
$year=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['year']);
$country=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['country']);

// Insert data into mysql

$sql="INSERT INTO song_request (month, listner_name, rj_name, channel, year, country)VALUES('$month', '$listner_name', '$rj_name', '$channel', '$year', '$country')";
$result=mysql_query($sql) or die ('error Updating database');

// if successfully insert data into database, displays message "Successful".
if($result){
echo "Successful";
echo "<BR>";
echo "<a href='index.html'>Back to main page</a>";
}

else {
echo "ERROR";
}

// close connection
mysql_close();
?>

Answer 1

I don’t know what your form looks like, but basically PHP tells you there is no $_POST['month']. What you really should do is start debugging. See what is in $_POST and what is not. Try to find out why PHP is telling you that $_POST['month'] is non-existing.