PHP – MYSQL – Insert Records using a HTML Form

I Records sono le righe della tabella.

insert-form.php (the HTML Form)

<html>
<body>

<!-- Send data to insert.php -->
<form action="insert-engine.php" method="post">
Firstname: <input type="text" name="firstname">
Lastname: <input type="text" name="lastname">
Age: <input type="text" name="age">
<input type="submit">
</form>

</body>
</html>

insert-engine.php (the PHP engine)

Syntax:

INSERT INTO table_name
VALUES (value1, value2, value3,…)

or

INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, column3,…)
VALUES (value1, value2, value3,…)

<?php
// Create connection
// Statement: mysqli_connect(host,username,password,dbname)
// NOTICE: se lo script è installato nello stesso server del Data Base, host->localhost
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","lucedigi_user","mypassword","lucedigi_testphp");

// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
  {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
  }
else
  {
  echo "Great! Connect to MySQL!";
  }
// Aggiungere nuovi record alle colonne con POST - START
$sql="INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName, LastName, Age)
VALUES
('$_POST[firstname]','$_POST[lastname]','$_POST[age]')";

if (!mysqli_query($con,$sql))
  {
  die('Error: ' . mysqli_error($con));
  }
echo "1 record added";
// Aggiungere nuovi record alle colonne con POST - END

mysqli_close($con); 
echo "Great! Connection Closed!"; 
?>