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Asked: 2026-06-06T04:20:18+00:00

I have looked thoroughly, but I have not found the solution (or perhaps I

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I have looked thoroughly, but I have not found the solution (or perhaps I didn’t realize I had since I’m a novice)… Here is my problem:

My table has these six fields: username,want1,want2,want3,want4,want5. My form has username, and a multiple SELECT box where five wishes are selected. I want to insert that username and those selections together as a record, in their corresponding “cell” in the table. Here is my code (for the submit/$_POST action) so far:

*Note: I have named the multiple SELECT box “wants[]” so that it knows it’s an array. 

<?php
//variables
$username = $_POST['username'];
$want = $_POST['wants'];
//connect
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "password") or die(mysql_error()); 
mysql_select_db("test") or die(mysql_error()); 
//insert 
mysql_query("INSERT INTO The_Table (username,want1,want2,want3,want4,want5) VALUES ('$username','$want[0]','$want[1]','$want[2]','$want[3]','$want[4]')");
?>

When I test, no bugs/errors show, but the table isn’t being filled with a record. I am very new to coding, I apologize. Hopefully there is a simple solution. Thank you so much to any help or advice!!

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try this code i hope its work for you…

    form.php

    <form action="insert.php" method="post" name="form">
user_name : <input name="u_name" type="text" /><br />
wish 1 : <input name="wish_1" type="checkbox" value="1" /><br />
wish 2 : <input name="wish_2" type="checkbox" value="2"/><br />
wish 3 : <input name="wish_3" type="checkbox" value="3"/><br />
wish 4 : <input name="wish_4" type="checkbox" value="4"/><br />
wish 5 : <input name="wish_5" type="checkbox" value="5"/><br />
<input type="submit" />
</form>

    insert.php

    <?php
//variables
$username = isset($_POST['u_name'])?$_POST['u_name']:'';
$wish_1   = isset($_POST['wish_1'])?$_POST['wish_1']:'';
$wish_2   = isset($_POST['wish_2'])?$_POST['wish_2']:'';
$wish_3   = isset($_POST['wish_3'])?$_POST['wish_3']:'';
$wish_4   = isset($_POST['wish_4'])?$_POST['wish_4']:'';
$wish_5   = isset($_POST['wish_5'])?$_POST['wish_5']:'';
//connect
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "password") or die(mysql_error()); 
mysql_select_db("test") or die(mysql_error()); 
//insert 
mysql_query("INSERT INTO The_Table (username,want1,want2,want3,want4,want5) 
VALUES ('".$username."','".$wish_1."','".$wish_2."'
,'".$wish_3."','".$wish_4."','".$wish_5."')");
?>
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