Posted by John Nichel on 08/03/05 21:10

George B wrote:
> Ok, I got this far.
>
> include("config.php");
> $username = $_GET['name'];
> $password = $_GET['pword'];
> echo "Username = " . $username . "<br>";
> echo "Password = " . $password . "<br>";
> $query = "INSERT INTO user (name,password) VALUES ($username","$password")
> $result = mysql_query($query)
>
>
> config is just all the info to connect to server. i have to forms. name
> which is a for for entering username, and pword for entering password. I
> would like it so that when I enter the info for the forms, it puts all
> the data that I entered into a database. In this case I THOUGHT this
>
> $query = "INSERT INTO user (name,password) VALUES ($username","$password")

Your query is mis-quotes and missing the semi-colon.

$query = "INSERT INTO user (name,password) VALUES ('$username',
'$password')";

> would do the job but, it dosent. It gives a
>
>
> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in C:\Program
> Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\php\login\registration_action.php on
> line 15
>
> How do I fix this, and make it send the data from the form, into the
> database?
>


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