Question

<?php
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'sc2broad_testing', '1BananA2');
if (!$link) {
    die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo 'Connected successfully';


mysql_query("INSERT INTO Persons (re) VALUES ('Peter')");

mysql_close($link);

?>

This code isnt taking the value ‘peter’ and inserting it into persons row ‘re’?? should i attempt to tell it which database somewhere? thanks . it is saying it connects successfully even if i am not telling it which database to connect to? only the server and user? i am confused.

Answer 1

I think you may need to specify the database that you are querying to?

mysql_select_db('db_name', $link)

If not try changing the mysql_query to:

print("INSERT INTO Persons (re) VALUES ('Peter')");

You can then check the query is correct and test it works outside of the php.