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I have created a form that i can see the form input info in to the form boxes but once submitted it is not updating or adding new input to the database. I am trying to keep it as simple as possible. I am also new at PHP. Here is my code: <?php // define variables and set to empty values $amp_20_parts_idErr = $part_numberErr = $locationErr = $quantityErr = ""; $amp_20_parts_id = $part_number = $discription = $location = $quantity = ""; if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") { if (empty($_POST["amp_20_parts_id"])) { $amp_20_parts_idErr = "ID is required."; } else { $amp_20_parts_id= test_input($_POST["amp_20_parts_id"]); } if (empty($_POST["part_number"])) { $part_numberErr = "Part number is required."; } else { $email = test_input($_POST["part_number"]); } if (empty($_POST["description"])) { $descriptionErr = ""; } else { $description = test_input($_POST["description"]); } if (empty($_POST["location"])) { $locationErr = "A location is required."; } else { $location = test_input($_POST["location"]); } if (empty($_POST["quantity"])) { $quantityErr = "Quantity is required"; } else { $quantity = test_input($_POST["quantity"]); } } function test_input($data) { $data = trim($data); $data = stripslashes($data); $data = htmlspecialchars($data); return $data; } ?> <div id="update_form"> Please follow instructions for updating the data base.<br>instructional text goes here.<br/><br/> <table><tr><form method="POST" action="new path"> <td>ID: <input name="amp_20_parts_id" type="text"><span><?php echo $amp_20_parts_idErr; ?></span><br/><br/></td> <td>Part Number: <input name="part_number" type="text"><span><?php echo $part_numberErr; ?></span><br/><br/></td> <td><label>Discription: <textarea name="description" rows="3" col="20"></textarea> <br/><br/></td> <td>Location: <input name="location" type="text"><span><?php echo $locationErr;?> </span><br/><br/></td> <td>Quantity: <input name="quantity" type="text"><span><?php echo $quantityErr; ?> </span><br/><br/></td><br/> <td><input type="submit"></td> </form></tr></table> <?php $con=mysqli_connect("server","user","password","db"); // Check connection if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { echo("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error()); // escape variables for security $amp_20_parts_id = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['amp_20_parts_id']); $part_number = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['part_number']); $discription = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['description']); $location = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['location']); $quantity = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['quantity']); $sql="INSERT INTO amp_20 (amp_20_parts_id, part_number, description, location, quantity) VALUES ('$amp_20_parts_id', '$part_number', '$description', '$location', '$quantity')"; if (!mysqli_query($con,$sql)) { die('Error: ' . mysqli_error($con)); } echo "1 record added"; mysqli_close($con); } ?>