Running MySQL from .php files [resolved]

[Acidic]

I'm very new to PHP, I've read tutorials, been introduced to Mr. MySQL and tickered. I have been wondering, how to do you run MySQL code from a php file?

All the tutorials I've read talk about using MS-DOS prompt to create the database. Well that is all fine and dandy, until I need a visitor to be able to add to my DB.

Let's say I wanted to add a new record in a table called "mydb", where all the data is taken from textfields in the HTML. How would I do this?

[kows]

Assuming that you're using the POST method to send information from your HTML form to the PHP file, you can look at this code for a small reference:

mysql_add.php:

<?
  mysql_connect("localhost", "user", "pass");
  mysql_select_db("database_name");
  //make sure the form has been submitted
  if(!empty($_POST)){
    //do some error checking here if you want, to make
    //sure that all of the variables in $_POST are found
    //that you are requesting. this is not needed, but
    //does come in handy

    //POST variables can be retrieved with:
    //                $_POST['varname']
    //where 'varname' is retrieved from your HTML form's
    //"name" parameter.
    //ie: <input type='text' name='user'>
    //could be retrieved with $_POST['user']

    //if you're wanting to make some sort of registration
    //system, i suggest checking if some primary fields
    //are duplicates before you actually insert the info..
    //  (ie: usernames, id numbers, etc)

    //insert the database with your information
    mysql_query("INSERT INTO table_name (names, of, fields, to, insert, into) VALUES('values', 'of the', 'fields', 'that', 'you are', 'inserting', 'into')");

    //echo a success message
    echo "Successfully done something!\n";
  }else{
    echo "you can put your form here\n";
  }
?>

It's untested, so you might have to make sure it works.. but it should work anyway. My comments might suck, along with my MySQL query.. ask questions if you have any about the above code.

[Acidic]

Thank you very much, I'll test it out later when I have time. Those coments were very helpful.

[Acidic]

Had some problems, fixed them. never mind