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Asked: 2026-06-12T07:22:46+00:00

I’m sending a form to a php page, which then saves to a mysql

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I’m sending a form to a php page, which then saves to a mysql database. The code seems to execute without errors, but no values are saved to the database.

Have I missed something out from my code?

Form:

<form action="newcourse.php" method="post">
<input name="title" type="text" id="title" value="">
<br /><br />
  <input name="location" type="text" id="location" value="">
<br /><br />
<input name="datestart" type="text" id="datestart" value="">
<br /><br />
<input name="dateend" type="text" id="dateend" value=""><br /><br />
<select name="noofweeks" id="noofweeks">
  <option value="1" selected>1</option>
  <option value="2">2</option>
  <option value="3">3</option>
  <option value="4">4</option>
  <option value="5">5</option>
  <option value="6">6</option>
  <option value="7">7</option>
  <option value="8">8</option>
  <option value="9">9</option>
  <option value="10">10</option>
  <option value="11">11</option>
  <option value="12">12</option>
</select><br /><br />
<select name="wheelchair" id="wheelchair">
  <option value="yes">yes</option>
  <option value="no" selected>no</option>
</select>
<br /><br />
<input name="time" type="text" id="time" value=""><br /><br />
<input name="courseleader" type="text" id="courseleader" value=""><br /><br />
<input name="pack" type="hidden" id="pack" value="participants_pack.pdf">
<input name="price" type="text" id="price" value=""><br /><br />
<input name="group" type="text" id="group" value=""><br /><br />
<input name="numberofplaces" type="text" id="numberofplaces" value=""><br /><br />
<select name="bookings" id="bookings">
  <option value="1">1</option>
  <option value="2">2</option>
  <option value="3">3</option>
  <option value="4">4</option>
  <option value="5">5</option>
  <option value="6">6</option>
  <option value="7">7</option>
  <option value="8">8</option>
  <option value="9">9</option>
  <option value="10">10</option>
  <option value="11">11</option>
  <option value="12">12</option>
  <option value="0" selected>0</option>
</select>
<br /><br />
<br /><br />
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="Save"></p></form>

Save to mysql database:

<?php
$title=$_POST['title'];
$location=$_POST['location'];
$datestart=$_POST['datestart'];
$dateend=$_POST['dateend'];
$noofweeks=$_POST['noofweeks'];
$wheelchair=$_POST['wheelchair'];
$time=$_POST['time'];
$courseleader=$_POST['courseleader'];
$pack=$_POST['pack'];
$price=$_POST['price'];
$group=$_POST['group'];
$numberofplaces=$_POST['numberofplaces'];
$bookings=$_POST['bookings'];
//
require_once('connecttodatabase.php');
//
mysql_query("INSERT INTO courses (title, location, datestart, dateend, noofweeks, wheelchair, time, courseleader, pack, price, group, numberofplaces, bookings)  VALUES('$title', '$location', '$datestart', '$dateend', '$noofweeks', '$wheelchair', '$time', '$courseleader', '$pack', '$price', '$group', '$numberofplaces', '$bookings')");
mysql_close();
echo "Database updated!";
?>

The connecttodatabase.php just connects to the database and works for other scripts, so I know this isn’t the problem.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You are using time and group too as a column name which is a reserved sql keyword, use back ticks around column names.. And I am re-writing your code a lil..moreover dont use name of submit as submit, use something else like any_name //Change anyname to whatever you like

    <?php
require_once('connecttodatabase.php');

if(isset($_POST['any_name'])) {
$title=$_POST['title'];
$location=$_POST['location'];
$datestart=$_POST['datestart'];
$dateend=$_POST['dateend'];
$noofweeks=$_POST['noofweeks'];
$wheelchair=$_POST['wheelchair'];
$time=$_POST['time'];
$courseleader=$_POST['courseleader'];
$pack=$_POST['pack'];
$price=$_POST['price'];
$group=$_POST['group'];
$numberofplaces=$_POST['numberofplaces'];
$bookings=$_POST['bookings'];

   if(mysql_query("INSERT INTO courses (title, location, datestart, dateend, noofweeks, wheelchair, `time`, courseleader, pack, price, `group`, numberofplaces, bookings)  VALUES('$title', '$location', '$datestart', '$dateend', '$noofweeks', '$wheelchair', '$time', '$courseleader', '$pack', '$price', '$group', '$numberofplaces', '$bookings')")) {
     echo 'success';
      } else {
         echo 'Failed'.' '.mysql_error();
       }
    }
?>

    P.S Start using mysqli – Reference

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