Tutorial 4 – MySQL Insert
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File: index.php
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | <?php // MySQL Tutorial 4 - Inserting Data Into A Database /* Syntax: INSERT INTO tableName (field1, field2, field3, ...) VALUES (value1, value2, value3, ...) */ include("config.php"); // connect to database mysql_query("INSERT INTO contacts (firstName, lastName, phoneNumber, zipCode) VALUES ('Tom', 'Green', '5559870123', 40344)") or die('Could not add new contact'); echo "New Contact Added"; ?> |
File: config.php
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | <?php // MySQL Tutorial 3 - Connecting To A Database // CREATE CONNECTION TO DATABASE $user = "root"; $pass = ""; $database = "phoneBook"; $server = "localhost"; // Syntax: mysql_connect("servername","username","password"); $connect = mysql_connect($server, $user, $pass) or die ('Connection To Server Failed'); // Syntax: mysql_select_db("databaseName", $connect); mysql_select_db("$database", $connect) or die ('Connection To Database Failed'); // CLOSE CONNECTION //mysql_close($connect); ?> |
File: contactForm.html
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | <form action="addContact.php" method="post"> First Name: <input type="text" name="firstName"> Last Name: <input type="text" name="lastName"> Phone Number: <input type="text" name="phoneNumber"> Zip Code: <input type="text" name="zipCode"> <input type="submit"> </form> |
File: addContact.php
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | <?php include("config.php"); // connect to database mysql_query("INSERT INTO contacts (firstName, lastName, phoneNumber, zipCode) VALUES ('$_POST[firstName]', '$_POST[lastName]', '$_POST[phoneNumber]', $_POST[zipCode])") or die(mysql_error()); echo "New Contact Added"; ?> |