[SOLVED] need help with code

[skbanta]

I'm not sure whats wrong with this but I keep getting and error.

 

<?php
$con=mysql_connect(******) or die
('A problem has occurred');
mysql_select_db(write);

$query="INSERT INTO articles (title, article, author, topic) 
VALUES ('$_POST[title]','$_POST[article]','$_POST[author]','$_POST[topic])";


if (!mysql_query($query,$con))
  {
  die('Problem Encountered');
  }
echo "Thank You";
mysql_close($con)
?>

[pocobueno1388]

I went through and commented your mistakes. If this doesn't fix it, tell us what the error is.

 

<?php
$con=mysql_connect(******) or die
('A problem has occurred');

//You should use quotes around the DB name
mysql_select_db("write");

//Your were missing a single quote on the last variable
$query="INSERT INTO articles (title, article, author, topic) 
VALUES ('$_POST[title]','$_POST[article]','$_POST[author]','$_POST[topic]')";


if (!mysql_query($query,$con))
  {
  die('Problem Encountered');
  }
echo "Thank You";

//Missing a semi-colon after line
mysql_close($con);
?>

[DarkWater]

When echoing an array, you must enclose it in { }, like {$_POST['title']}.  Also, use ' ' to mark off your associative array keys.

[skbanta]

I followed your comments and got this error:

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\wamp\www\write\article.php on line 12

[skbanta]

I've fixed it.  Thank you for the help.