How to Transfer Data in Web Form to a Database - html

Question

I'm sure this has been asked 1000 times, but I have looked all over and can't seem to get this to work.
form:
<form action="sendinfo.php" method="post">
<h4>ID:</h4>
<input type="text" name="CustomerID">
<h4>First name:</h4>
<input type="text" name="FirstName">
<h4>Last Name:</h4>
<input type="text" name="LastName">
<h4>Street:</h4>
<input type="text" name="Street">
<h4>City:</h4>
<input type="text" name="City">
<h4>Zip:</h4>
<input type="text" name="Zip">
<h4>State:</h4>
<input type="text" name="State">
<h4>Phone:</h4>
<input type="text" name="Phone">
<h4>Email:</h4>
<input type="text" name="Email">
<input type="submit">
</form>
sendinfo.php
<?php
include('connection.php');
$dbh = con();
$dbh->query = "INSERT INTO Customer (CustomerID, FirstName, LastName, Street, City, State, Zip, Phone, Email)
VALUES ('$_POST[CustomerID]', ('$_POST[FirstName]', ('$_POST[LastName]', ('$_POST[Street]', ('$_POST[City]', ('$_POST[State]', ('$_POST[Zip]', ('$_POST[Phone]', ('$_POST[Email]')";
if (!mysql_query($user_info, $connect)) { die('Error: ' . mysql_error()); } echo “Your information was added to the database.”; mysql_close($connect);
?>
connection.php
<?php
define("DB_HOST", "localhost");
define("DB_NAME", "Impact_Technologies");
define("DB_USER", "root");
define("DB_PASS", "password");
function con(){
try {
$db_connection = new PDO('mysql:host='. DB_HOST .';dbname='. DB_NAME . ';charset=utf8', DB_USER, DB_PASS);
return $db_connection;
} catch (PDOException $e) {
echo "Sorry, there was a problem connecting to the database." . $e->getMessage();
}
}
?>
When submit is clicked, no messages displayed and no information entered into the db

Answer 1

I see what's the problem, ('$_POST[CustomerID]', ('$_POST[FirstName]', ('$_POST[LastName]', ('$_POST[Street]', ('$_POST[City]', ('$_POST[State]', ('$_POST[Zip]', ('$_POST[Phone]', ('$_POST[Email]')
You're opening a parenthesis before every value, it should be like this:
('$_POST[CustomerID]', '$_POST[FirstName]', '$_POST[LastName]', '$_POST[Street]', '$_POST[City]', '$_POST[State]', '$_POST[Zip]', '$_POST[Phone]', '$_POST[Email]')

Answer 2

First, Simplify your code by doing this
$id = $_POST['custormerID'];
$firstName = $_POST['FirstName'];
//and so on
Secondly, Remove all the opening parenthesis before every value
$dbh->query = "INSERT INTO Customer (CustomerID, FirstName,
LastName, Street, City,
State, Zip, Phone, Email)
VALUES ('$id', '$FirstName',
'$LastName', '$Street', '$City',
'$State', '$Zip', '$Phone', '$Email')";
if (!mysqli_query($user_info, $connect)) {
die('Error: ' . mysqli_error());
}
echo “Your information was added to the database.”; mysql_close($connect);
Thirdly, mysql is depreciated, use mysqli or PDO instead
if (!mysql_query($user_info, $connect)) {
die('Error: ' . mysql_error()); }
echo “Your information was added to the database.”; mysql_close($connect);
do this instead:
if (!mysqli_query($user_info, $connect)) {
die('Error: ' . mysqli_error());
}
echo “Your information was added to the database.”; mysqli_close($connect);
Side Note: Is either you use mysqli or PDO, don't use the both.
You can learn about PDO http://wiki.hashphp.org/PDO_Tutorial_for_MySQL_Developers and http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_mysql_intro.asp