Question

Using a form I am adding some basic fields to my table.

I also want to add the current date the data from the form is posted.

Any suggestions on how to do this would be appreciated.

Thanks.

$sql="INSERT INTO Experiments(Author, Title, Description) 
    VALUES
('$_POST[author]','$_POST[title]','$_POST[description]')";

if (!mysql_query($sql,$connection))
    {
die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
    }
header('Location: http://example.com');

Answer 1

You don’t need to enter it with PHP. Add a TIMESTAMP column to your table and set its default value to CURRENT_TIMESTAMP:

ALTER TABLE `Experiments` ADD COLUMN `time` TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

Oh, and please sanitize your data entry!