Simple Insert Variable PHP into MySQL - php

Question

I have a simple bit of code that I can't get working.
<?php
$mysqli_connection = new MySQLi('localhost', 'root', 'secret', 'edgeserver');
if ($mysqli_connection->connect_error) {
echo "Not connected, error: " . $mysqli_connection->connect_error;
$username = 'Eddie';
$username = mysql_real_escape_string($username);
$email = 'eddie_the_eagle#hotmail.com';
$email = mysql_real_escape_string($email);
$sql = "INSERT INTO `users` (`username`, `email`)
VALUES ( '".$username."', '".$email."')";
$res = $mysqli_connection->query($sql);
}
?>
When I run the code no error appears but the users table remains empty.

Answer 1

Try This
<?php
$mysqli_connection = new MySQLi('localhost', 'root', 'secret', 'edgeserver');
if ($mysqli_connection->connect_error)
{
echo "Not connected, error: " . $mysqli_connection->connect_error;
}//Change
$username = 'Eddie';
$username = mysqli_real_escape_string($mysqli_connection,$username);//Change
$email = 'eddie_the_eagle#hotmail.com';
$email = mysqli_real_escape_string($mysqli_connection,$email); //Change
$sql = "INSERT INTO users (username, email) VALUES ( '".$username."', '".$email."')";
$res = $mysqli_connection->query($sql);
?>

Answer 2

You were mixing two API's mysql and mysqli. Stop using deprecated mysql
$username = mysqli_real_escape_string($mysqli_connection,$username);
$email = mysqli_real_escape_string($mysqli_connection,$email);
And you forgot to close your if condition too
if ($mysqli_connection->connect_error) {
echo "Not connected, error: " . $mysqli_connection->connect_error;
}//<------forgot

Answer 3

There are two problems:-
you are mixing mysql_* with mysqli_*
no error checking is done.
Try like this:-
<?php
$mysqli_connection = new MySQLi('localhost', 'root', 'secret', 'edgeserver');
if ($mysqli_connection->connect_error)
{
echo "Not connected, error: " . $mysqli_connection->connect_error;
}//Change
$username = 'Eddie';
$username = mysqli_real_escape_string($mysqli_connection,$username);//connection link must be provided as a first parameter
$email = 'eddie_the_eagle#hotmail.com';
$email = mysqli_real_escape_string($mysqli_connection,$email); //same here
$sql = "INSERT INTO users (username, email) VALUES ( '".$username."', '".$email."')";
$res = $mysqli_connection->query($sql);
?>
Note:-Please habitat yourselves to use error reporting when you are going to do any stuff. thanks.

Answer 4

You forgot to close your if statement, so your insert logic will only run if there is an connect error.
Move the last } to a new line after
$mysqli_connection->connect_error;