Can't insert data via PDO using associative array - php

Question

That's how I'm trying to do it:
database.php:
<?php
$host = "host";
$user = "user";
$pass = "password";
$dbname = "database";
try {
# MySQL with PDO_MYSQL
$DBH = new PDO("mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbname", $user, $pass);
$DBH->setAttribute( PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION );
}
catch(PDOException $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}
?>
file that must insert data:
<?php
include 'database.php';
$_POST['name'] = 'test';
$_POST['message'] = 'test';
$_POST['date'] = 'test';
var_dump($_POST);
if(isset($_POST['name']) && isset($_POST['message'])){
$data = array(
'name' => $_POST['name'],
'shout' => $_POST['message'],
'date' => $_POST['date']
);
$STH->bindParam(':name', $_POST['name']);
$STH->bindParam(':message', $_POST['message']);
$STH->bindParam(':date', $_POST['date']);
try {
$STH = $DBH->prepare("INSERT INTO shouts (name, message, date) value (:name, :message, :date)");
$STH->execute($data);
}
catch(PDOException $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}
}
?>
According to this http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/why-you-should-be-using-phps-pdo-for-database-access--net-12059 it should accept associative array. But instead it does nothing and says that I have an error in this line:
$STH = $DBH->("INSERT INTO shouts (name, message, date) value (:name, :message, :date)");
What can be causing it, and how I can actually use an associative array to insert data into MySQL database using PDO?

Answer 1

Hmmmm... There are some flaws I can see:
database.php
$host = "us-cdbrbababababableardb.net";
$user = "b9bababababefc";
$pass = "9c4ababab";
$dbname = "heroku_aabababab49";
$DBH = null;
try {
# MySQL with PDO_MYSQL
$DBH = new PDO("mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbname", $user, $pass);
$DBH->setAttribute( PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION );
}
catch(PDOException $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}
?>
file that must insert data
<?php
include 'database.php';
$_POST['name'] = 'test';
$_POST['message'] = 'test';
$_POST['date'] = 'test';
var_dump($_POST);
if(isset($_POST['name']) && isset($_POST['message'])){
$data = array(
'name' => $_POST['name'],
'shout' => $_POST['message'],
'date' => $_POST['date']
);
try {
// NOTICE: prepare() used and VALUES instead of VALUE
$STH = $DBH->prepare("INSERT INTO shouts (name, message, date) values (:name, :message, :date)");
$STH->bindParam(':name', $_POST['name']);
$STH->bindParam(':message', $_POST['message']);
$STH->bindParam(':date', $_POST['date']);
// NOTICE: $data has allready been supplied by bindParam()
$STH->execute();
}
catch(PDOException $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}
}
?>
These are just the first few things I could find wrong with the code... Try reading up on the PDO tutorials and functions for better info on what they would need as input.