As we all know, PHP provides us with a function called mysql_query for inserting data into an existing MySQL table.
To illustrate this, we insert data into a table named "Tutorials_tbl" with the help of PHP script in the following example -
<html> <head> <title>Add New Record in MySQL Database</title> </head> <body> <?php if(isset($_POST['add'])) { $dbhost = 'localhost:3036'; $dbuser = 'root'; $dbpass = 'rootpassword'; $conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass); if(! $conn ) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); } if(! get_magic_quotes_gpc() ) { $tutorial_title = addslashes ($_POST['tutorial_title']); $tutorial_author = addslashes ($_POST['tutorial_author']); } else { $tutorial_title = $_POST['tutorial_title']; $tutorial_author = $_POST['tutorial_author']; } $submission_date = $_POST['submission_date']; $sql = "INSERT INTO tutorials_tbl ". "(tutorial_title,tutorial_author, submission_date) "."VALUES ". "('$tutorial_title','$tutorial_author','$submission_date')"; mysql_select_db('TUTORIALS'); $retval = mysql_query( $sql, $conn ); if(! $retval ) { die('Could not enter data: ' . mysql_error()); } echo "Entered data successfully</p><p>"; mysql_close($conn); } else { ?> <form method = "post" action = "<?php $_PHP_SELF ?>"> <table width = "600" border = "0" cellspacing = "1" cellpadding = "2"> <tr> <td width = "250">Tutorial Title</td> <td> <input name = "tutorial_title" type = "text" id = "tutorial_title"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width = "250">Tutorial Author</td> <td> <input name = "tutorial_author" type = "text" id = "tutorial_author"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width = "250">Submission Date [ yyyy-mm-dd ]</td> <td> <input name = "submission_date" type = "text" id = "submission_date"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width = "250"> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width = "250"> </td> <td> <input name = "add" type = "submit" id = "add" value = "Add Tutorial"> </td> </tr> </table> </form> <?php } ?> </body> </html>
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