PHP Form No Errors Not Inserting - php

Question

I have a form, below, that was working for a while, however for some reason the code has now stopped inserting what the user would input via the form. Once the form was working, the only things I changed were the style, and nothing on the database site, or with the insertion of the data.
I get zero errors when I hit the Submit button, and it takes me to the page that I want the form to take the user too.
<form action="insert.php" method="post">
<p>
<label for="firstName">First Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="Name">
</p>
<p>
<label for="emailAddress">Email Address:</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email">
</p>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
and my PHP code is:
<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "root", "travelsite");
// Check connection
if($link === false){
die("ERROR: Could not connect. " . mysqli_connect_error());
}
// Escape user inputs for security
$first_name = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['name']);
$email = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['email']);
// attempt insert query execution
$sql = "INSERT INTO subscribe (name, email) VALUES ('$name', '$email')";
if(mysqli_query($link, $sql)){
echo "Records added successfully.";
} else{
echo "ERROR: Could not able to execute $sql. " . mysqli_error($link);
}
// close connection
mysqli_close($link);
?>

Answer 1

Try using $_POST['name'] and $_POST['email'].
Also as mentioned on the comments: you got your variables mixed up. (thx #NitinP)
Try also using a prepare statement like:
/* create a prepared statement */
if ($stmt = mysqli_prepare($link, "INSERT INTO subscribe (name, email) VALUES (?, ?)")) {
/* bind parameters for markers */
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "ss", $name, $email); /*or $first_name*/
/* execute query */
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
printf("%d Row inserted.\n", mysqli_stmt_affected_rows($stmt));
/* close statement */
mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
}
For more information see the link under Procedural style