Ok, I am trying to insert the data from a form into a table on my MySQL database. I have been going through some tutorials on how to do this, and have found slightly different answers. I'm assuming that they both kind of do the same thing, but what would be the differences betwen them and why would someone use one over the other.
First tutorial:
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}mysql_select_db("my_db", $con);$sql="INSERT INTO person (FirstName, LastName, Age)
VALUES
('$_POST[firstname]','$_POST[lastname]','$_POST[age]')";if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))
{
die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo "1 record added";mysql_close($con)
?>Second tutorial:
<?
$username="username";
$password="password";
$database="your_database";
$first=$_POST['first'];
$last=$_POST['last'];
$phone=$_POST['phone'];
$mobile=$_POST['mobile'];
$fax=$_POST['fax'];
$email=$_POST['email'];
$web=$_POST['web'];
mysql_connect(localhost,$username,$password);
@mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");
$query = "INSERT INTO contacts VALUES ('','$first','$last','$phone','$mobile','$fax','$email','$web')";
mysql_query($query);
mysql_close();
?>