so im connecting my netbeans php to phpmyadmin (database).. now in this i am trying to create a php code statement which will take the inserted data into the html fields and insert them into my database successful.. anybody know what im doing wrong here is the error message:
Warning: mysql_query() expects parameter 1 to be string, resource given in C:\xampp\htdocs\PhpProject1\New Review.php on line 27
error inserting new record
<?php
if (isset($_REQUEST['submitted'])) {
include('connect database.php');
$showtitle = $_POST['SHOWTITLE'];
$showreview =$_POST['SHOWREVIEW'];
$sqlinsert = "INSERT INTO reviews (SHOWTITLE,SHOWREVIEW) VALUES('$showtitle', '$showreview')";
if (!mysql_query($dbConn,$sqlinsert)) {
die('error inserting new record');
}
here is my html coding with it
<form method="post" action="New Review.php">
<input type="hidden" name="submitted" value="true" />
<fieldset>
<legend> New Reviews</legend>
<label> Enter show title:<input type ="text" name="SHOWTITLE" /></label>
<label> Enter Review: <input type ="text" name="SHOWREVIEW" /></label>
</fieldset>
<br />
<input type ="submit" value ="add new review" />
</form>
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