MySql connect. What to do? - php

Question

I am really new to php and I am trying to use simple insert to my mysql database from the form.
I know that this mysql connection/insertion is dangerous and not used anymore. so can anyone please help me with this simple thing? I tried to google, but nothing is working so far :/
<?
$text=$_POST['name'];
$text=$_POST['surename'];
mysql_connect("localhost", "db_name", "pass") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("db_name") or die(mysql_error());
$result = mysql_query("INSERT INTO `table` (name, surename)
VALUES (NOW(), '".mysql_real_escape_string($name)."', '".mysql_real_escape_string($surename)."')");
if (!$result) {
die('Invalid query: ' . mysql_error());
}
?>

Answer 1

Maybe change
$text=$_POST['name'];
$text=$_POST['surename'];
to
$name = $_POST['name'];
$surename = $_POST['surename'];
PS: And also your column names don't match your values. Your query, after inserting params
"INSERT INTO `table` (name, surename) VALUES (NOW(), '".mysql_real_escape_string($name)."', '".mysql_real_escape_string($surename)."')"
will probably look like this
INSERT INTO `table` (name, surename) VALUES (NOW(), 'Jhon', 'Wick')
As you can see there's name, surename (which probably should be surname) and (NOW(), 'Jhon', 'Wick'). So either add a column (if you have that column in your database):
INSERT INTO `table` (created_at, name, surename) VALUES (NOW(), 'Jhon', 'Wick')
or remove NOW() from your values
INSERT INTO `table` (name, surename) VALUES ('Jhon', 'Wick')