I am having trouble saving my PHP data to MySQL database - php

Question

My .php page is connected to mySql database successfully. It can see the table and pull from the tables but won't save data from the text-box in my php form to the database.
config.php
<?php
try{
$db = new PDO("mysql:host=localhost;dbname=nolarec;port=3307","root","");
$db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
$db->exec("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
} catch(Exception $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
exit;
}
?>
fball_event.php
<form method="post" action="fball_create.php">
<input type="hidden" name="submit" value="true">
<fieldset>
<legend>New Event</legend>
Id: <input type="text" name="id"/> <br/>
Name: <input type="text" name="name"/> <br/>
Time: <input type="text" name="time"/> <br/>
Type: <input type="text" name="type"/> <br/>
</fieldset>
<br />
<input type="submit" value="Create New Event" />
</form>
<?php
require_once('config.php');
if (isset($_POST['submit'])){
include ('config.php');
$id = $_POST['id'];
$name = $_POST['name'];
$time = $_POST['time'];
$type = $_POST['type'];
$results = $db->prepare ("INSERT INTO nolarec.fball_event (id, name, time, type) VALUES ('$id','$name','$time','$type')");
}
?>

Answer 1

First of all you should be using placeholders for your data inputs in the query, second of all you need to actually execute it, you've just prepared it. Try:
$id = $_POST['id'];
$name = $_POST['name'];
$time = $_POST['time'];
$type = $_POST['type'];
$results = $db->prepare ("INSERT INTO nolarec.fball_event (id, name, time, type) VALUES (:id,:name,:time,:type)");
$results->bindValue(":id", $id);
$results->bindValue(":name", $name);
$results->bindValue(":time", $time);
$results->bindValue(":type", $type);
$results->execute();