I have created a form in html and I would like that the dataentered in the form is sent to a mysql database in XAMMP. I created the database, the table and the connectivity.php file that manages the connection to the database and data entry, but when I try I get the following error:
"Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in C:\xampp\htdocs\example\connectivity.php:8 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\example\connectivity.php on line 8"
I post all the code that I wrote. Does anyone know where I'm wrong?
here is the form index.html
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title>Contact Us</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
<?php include("connectivity.php"); ?>
</head>
<body>
<div id="contact">
<h3>Contact Us For Any Query</h3>
<form method="POST" action="connectivity.php">
Name
<br>
<input type="text" name="name">
<br> Email
<br>
<input type="text" name="email">
<br> Message
<br>
<textarea rows="10" cols="50" maxlength="100" name="message"></textarea>
<br>
<input type="submit" value="Send Message">
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Then the code used to define database and the table:
CREATE DATABASE practice;
USE practice;
CREATE TABLE contact
(
contactID INT(9) NOT NULL auto_increment,
contactName VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
contactEmail VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
message VARCHAR(250) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(contactID)
);
Finally the connectivity.php file:
<?php
//connecting to the database
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_NAME', 'practice');
define('DB_USER','root');
define('DB_PASSWORD','');
$con=mysql_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD) or die("Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysql_error());
$db=mysql_select_db(DB_NAME,$con) or die("Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysql_error());
//inserting Record to the database
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$query = "INSERT INTO contact(contactName,contactEmail,message)VALUES('$name','$email','$message')";
$result = mysql_query($query);
if($result)
{
echo "Successfully updated database";
}
else
{
die('Error: '.mysql_error($con));
}
mysql_close($con);
?>
P.S: I installed the latest version of XAMMP (5.6.15)
$con=mysqli_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD,##TABLE NAME##) or die("Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysql_error());
$query = "INSERT INTO contact(contactName,contactEmail,message)VALUES('$name','$email','$message')"; $result = mysqli_query($con,$query);
Firts you see your phpinfo:
Then see in here ,
php_mysql
is enabled or disabled?If there not
php_mysql
, changephp.ini
file: Uncommentextension=php_mysql.dll
If you are using one of the latest version of
xampp
therefore you have to use PDO or MySQLi .Your have to change your codes to something like this.
Your connectivity page
Your home page
Hope this helps