php form script - php

Question

I'm very new to PHP and am having some trouble. I have a form using HTML which is action=.php method=post
The form is using text boxes and select options, I'm not sure if it makes a difference in sqldatabase. I've tried about 30 different combinations of this script and can only get a connect successfully message but nothing is posted.
<?php
$link = mysql_connect('everybodyslistcom.ipagemysql.com', 'accounts', 'accounts');
if (!$link) {
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo 'Connected successfully';
mysql_select_db("user");
$FName = $_POST["FName"];
$LName = $_POST["Lname"];
$Phone = $_POST["Phone"];
$EmailAddress = $_POST["EmailAddress"];
$Month = $_POST["Month"];
$Day = $_POST["Day"];
$Year = $_POST["Year"];
$Username = $_POST["Username"];
$Password = $_POST["Password"];
$sql = 'INSERT INTO Members (ID, FName, LName, Phone, EmailAddress, Month, Day, Year, Username, Password) VALUES'
. '(\'\', \'$FName\', \'$LName\', \'$Phone\', \'$EmailAddress\', \'$Month\', \'$Day\', \'$Year\', \'$Username\', \'$Password\')';
mysql_close();
php?>

Answer 1

try to execute your query
mysql_query($sql);
EDIT: I see you are doing this:
$sql = 'SELECT bla bal $variable';
PHP will not parse the variable. The right way:
$sql = "SELECT bla bla $variable"; // valid
$sql = "SELECT bla bla {$variable}"; // also valid
$sql = 'SELECT bla bla '.$variable; // also valid

Answer 2

your closing php tag is not correct, it should be
?>
rather than
php?>
Also u r not executing your query using:
mysql_query('your query here');
this might cause the problem.

Answer 3

Your variables are not interpreted by PHP. If you want variable to be parsed in string, it should be wrapped in double-quote (")
It may fail if any of your posted data contains some quote character, so you must apply mysql_real_escape_string to all of them.
I hope that database connection credentials are not real you posted here? :D

Answer 4

You said that your form contains "action=.php" literally, you have to turn it into :
<form name="form_name" method="post" action="your_script.php">

Answer 5

You need to execute the query too:
mysql_query($sql, $link);

Answer 6

you should also check whether POST was really sent:
if (!empty($_POST)) {
// ... your code here
}
next thing: you don't need closing tag ?> if your *.php file consist only PHP code - end of file is also correct end of PHP block of code - it's "good-to-have" habit, because in some cases it helps you to avoid error: "Cannot add/modify header information - headers already sent by..."
next problem - wrong way of inserting variables into string:
$sql = 'INSERT INTO Members (ID, FName, LName, Phone, EmailAddress, Month, Day, Year, Username, Password) VALUES'
. '(\'\', \'$FName\', \'$LName\', \'$Phone\', \'$EmailAddress\', \'$Month\', \'$Day\', \'$Year\', \'$Username\', \'$Password\')';
correct way:
$sql = "INSERT INTO Members (ID, FName, LName, Phone, EmailAddress, Month, Day, Year, Username, Password) VALUES (null, '$FName', '$LName', '$Phone', '$EmailAddress', '$Month', '$Day', '$Year', '$Username', '$Password')";
more info here
next - as Deniss said, instead of:
$FName = $_POST["FName"];
should be:
$FName = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST["FName"]);
actually you should fist check weather magic quotes gpc are on or off:
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
if (!empty($_POST)) {
array_walk_recursive($_POST, 'stripslashes_value');
}
}
function stripslashes_value(&$value) {
$value = stripslashes($value);
}
without this you could have problem with double \\ inserted into db (it depends on your server configuration)
and last but not least: as Robert said you miss one more important thing:
mysql_query($sql);

Answer 7

I think your error because your have not call mysql_query function
can try my code edit
<?php
$link = mysql_connect('everybodyslistcom.ipagemysql.com', 'accounts', 'accounts');
if (!$link) {
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo 'Connected successfully';
mysql_select_db("user",$link);
$FName = $_POST["FName"];
$LName = $_POST["Lname"];
$Phone = $_POST["Phone"];
$EmailAddress = $_POST["EmailAddress"];
$Month = $_POST["Month"];
$Day = $_POST["Day"];
$Year = $_POST["Year"];
$Username = $_POST["Username"];
$Password = $_POST["Password"];
$sql = "INSERT INTO Members SET FName='{$FName}', LName='{$LName}', Phone='{$Phone}', EmailAddress='{$EmailAddress}', Month='{$Month}', Day='{$Day}', Year='{$Year}', Username='{$Username}', Password='{$Password}'";
// Call Function mysql_query insert new record in mysql table
mysql_query($sql,$link);
mysql_close($link);
?>
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good day