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sigridish

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Hi all! I would like to ask for help. i have a code that i got from youtube. my problem is i cant connect to my database and i dont know why. i dont think that i have a problem in my code. i have 2 php file. reg.php for the connection and demo-form.php for adding the record.

 

 

demo-form.php



<form action="reg.php" method="post" />
<p>First Name: <input type="text" name="fname" /> </p>
<p>Middle Name: <input type="text" name="mname" /> </p>
<p>Last Name: <input type="text" name="lname" /> </p>
<p>Home address: <input type="text" name="homeadd" /> </p>
<p>Email address: <input type="text" name="emailadd" /> </p>
<p>Office/project number: <input type="text" name="ofcnum" /> </p>
<p>Mobile number: <input type="text" name="mobilenum" /> </p>
<p>Home number: <input type="text" name="homenum" /> </p>
<p>Position: 
<select name="position">
 <option value ="">Select</option>
 <option value ="Project Manager">Project Manager</option>
 <option value ="Practice Lead">Project Manager</option>
 <option value ="Team Leader">Team Leader</option>
 <option value ="Team Member">Team Member</option>
</select>
<p>Practice: 
<select name="position">
 <option value ="">Select</option>
 <option value ="Solutions">Solutions</option>
 <option value ="Outsourcing">Outsourcing</option>
</select>
<p>Project Name: <input type="text" name="projname" /> </p>
<p>Project Manager: <input type="text" name="projmgr" /> </p>
<p>Team Leader: <input type="text" name="teamlead" /> </p>

<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
<body bgcolor="cccccc">
</form>

 

 

reg.php

 

<?php[/b]


[b]define ('DB_NAME', 'emp');
define ('DB_USER', 'root');
define ('DB_PASSWORD', '');
define ('DB_HOST', 'localhost');[/b]


[b]$link = mysql_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD);[/b]


[b]if (!$link) {
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}[/b]


[b]$db_selected = mysql_select_db(DB_NAME, $link);[/b]


[b]if (!$db_selected) {
die('Can\'t use ' . DB_NAME . ': ' . mysql_error());
}[/b]


[b]$value1 = $_POST["fname"];
$value2 = $_POST["mname"];
$value3 = $_POST["lname"];
$value4 = $_POST["homeadd"];
$value5 = $_POST["emailadd"];
$value6 = $_POST["ofcnum"];
$value7 = $_POST["mobilenum"];
$value8 = $_POST["homenum"];
$value9 = $_POST["position"];
$value10 = $_POST["practice"];
$value11 = $_POST["projname"];
$value12 = $_POST["projmgr"];
$value13 = $_POST["teamlead"];[/b]


[b]$sql = "INSERT INTO employee (fname, mname, lname, homeadd, emailadd, ofcnum, mobilenum, homenum, position, projname, projmgr, teamlead) 
 VALUES ('$value1', '$value2', '$value3', '$value4', '$value5', '$value6', '$value7', '$value8', '$value9', '$value10', '$value11', '$value12')";

if (!mysql_query($sql)) {
die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
}[/b]


[b]mysql_close();[/b]


[b]?>
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