i am new to PHP. i am trying to create a page that will input data into
mysql database. i created a database called 'form1' and a table called 'demo'
with 2 columns ID(auto Increase) and input1(varchar).
i created a html file called demo-form with this codes
!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html" />
<meta name="author" content="gencyolcu" />
<title>Untitled 2</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="demo.php" method="post" />
<p>Input 1: <input type="text" name="input1" /> </p>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
and a PHP file called 'demo' with code
php
/**
* @author gencyolcu
* @copyright 2015
*/
define('DB_NAME', 'form1');
define('DB_USER','root');
define('DB_PASSWORD','');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
$link = mysql_connect(DB_HOST,DB_USER,DB_PASSWORD);
if (!$link) {
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
$db_selected = mysql_select_db(DB_NAME, $link);
if (!$db_selected) {
die('Can\'t use' . DB_NAME . ':' . mysql_error());
}
echo 'Connected successfully';
$value = $_POST['input1'];
$sql = "INSERT INTO demo (input1) VALUES ('$value')";
if (!mysql_query($sql)) {
die('Error: '. mysql_error());
}
mysql_close();
but after running the demo-form in my browser and i enter text into the
textbox and click submit.
no action takes please. dont really no what the problem is. please help me out