I have a problem posting data in my database with a form. Very basic stuff I’m sure but Im quite stuck :/
I am able to get stuff out of my database using the select from database routine. So I know that the connection with the databse is probably not the problem.
This is my ‘upload.php’:
<html>
<head>
<title>Upload</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="action.php" method="post">
<fieldset class="first">
Name:
<input type="text" name="author" />
Heading:
<input type="text" name="heading" />
Text:
<textarea type="text" name="thecontent"> </textarea>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<input type="submit"/>
</fieldset>
</form>
</body>
</html>
And this is my ‘action.php’:
<html>
<head>
<title>Send!</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1); error_reporting(E_ALL);
$link = mysql_connect('localhost','name','pasword')
or die ("Unable to connect");
$mydb = mysql_select_db('the_database',$link)
or die ("No database found");
$author = $_POST['author'];
$heading = $_POST['heading'];
$thecontent = $_POST['thecontent'];
$mysql_query="INSERT INTO articles ('heading', 'author', 'content')
VALUES ('$heading','$author','$thecontent')" or die(mysql_error());
echo "This was send: $author $heading $thecontent <br> ";
mysql_close()
?>
</body>
</html>
All help would be much appreciated!!
Cheers,
Ziggy
Thanks for all the help guys! I’m trying to use mysqli to insert the data however it’s not yet working this is my new code in action.php:
<html>
<head>
<title>Send!</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1); error_reporting(E_ALL);
$DB_HOST = 'localhost';
$DB_USER = '**';
$DB_PASS = '***';
$DB_NAME = '***';
@ $db = new mysqli($DB_HOST, $DB_USER, $DB_PASS, $DB_NAME);
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
echo 'Error.';
exit();
}
$author = $_POST['author'];
$heading = $_POST['heading'];
$thecontent = $_POST['thecontent'];
$query = 'INSERT INTO articles ('heading', 'author', 'content')
VALUES ('$heading','$author','$thecontent')';
$result = $db->query($query);
if ($result) {
echo $db->affected_rows."This was added.";
}
else {
echo "somethings gone very wrong.";
}
$db->close();
?>
</body>
</html>
What am I doing wrong guys?
Help is much appreciated!
Cheers,
Ziggy
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