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Asked: 2026-05-23T11:26:26+00:00

So I am building a simple question form that allows a user to submit

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So I am building a simple question form that allows a user to submit a question and once the question is submitted it is sent to the database. I can’t figure out why it isn’t working. Here is my code, first one is the ask.html and the second is the ask.php.

<form action="ask.php" method="POST">
            Name: (not your real name)<br/>
            <input type="text" name="name" id="name"/>
            <br/>
            <br/>
            Question: <br/>
            <textarea name="question" cols="60" rows="10" id="question">
            </textarea>
            <br/>
            <input type="submit" />
        </form>

<?php

include('config.php');
include('open_connection.php');



if ((!$_POST[name]) || (!$_POST[question]))
    {
        header ("Location: ask.html");
        exit;
    }


    //Select database and table
    $db_name = "questionme";
    $table_name = "questions";

    //Insert data into database
    $sql = "INSERT INTO $table_name
    (name, question) VALUES
    ('$_POST[name]', '$_POST[question]')";

    $result = @mysql_query($sql, $connection) or die(mysql_error());

?>

<html>
<head>
<title>Ask</title>
<head>
<body>

<h1>Question Submitted</h1>

<p><strong>Name:</strong>
<?php echo "$_POST[name]"; ?></p>

<p><strong>Question:</strong>
<?php echo "$_POST[question]"; ?></p>

</body>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    The following is certainly generating warnings:

    if ((!$_POST[name]) || (!$_POST[question]))

    replace with

    if (!isset($_POST[name]) || !isset($_POST[question]))

    then absolutely take into consideration what the other dudes answered. On your INSERT:

    ('$_POST[name]', '$_POST[question]')";

    would be better off as (they’re also triggering warnings):

    ('{$_POST['name']}', '{$_POST['question']}')";

    And on these

    <?php echo "$_POST[name]"; ?></p>
...
<?php echo "$_POST[question]"; ?></p>

    have them as 

    <?php echo $_POST['name']; ?></p>
...
<?php echo $_POST['question']; ?></p>
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