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HTML to MySQL using PHP (code to accompany https://youtu.be/Y9yE98etanU)
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form.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Contact</title>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/water.css@2/out/water.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<h1>Contact</h1>
<form action="process-form.php" method="post">
<label for="name">Name</label>
<input type="text" id="name" name="name">
<label for="message">Message</label>
<textarea id="message" name="message"></textarea>
<label for="priority">Priority</label>
<select id="priority" name="priority">
<option value="1">Low</option>
<option value="2" selected>Medium</option>
<option value="3">High</option>
</select>
<fieldset>
<legend>Type</legend>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="type" value="1" checked>
Complaint
</label>
<br>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="type" value="2">
Suggestion
</label>
</fieldset>
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="terms">
I agree to the terms and conditions
</label>
<br>
<button>Send</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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process-form.php
<?php
$name = $_POST["name"];
$message = $_POST["message"];
$priority = filter_input(INPUT_POST, "priority", FILTER_VALIDATE_INT);
$type = filter_input(INPUT_POST, "type", FILTER_VALIDATE_INT);
$terms = filter_input(INPUT_POST, "terms", FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOL);
if ( ! $terms) {
die("Terms must be accepted");
}
$host = "localhost";
$dbname = "message_db";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$conn = mysqli_connect(hostname: $host,
username: $username,
password: $password,
database: $dbname);
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
die("Connection error: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}
$sql = "INSERT INTO message (name, body, priority, type)
VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)";
$stmt = mysqli_stmt_init($conn);
if ( ! mysqli_stmt_prepare($stmt, $sql)) {
die(mysqli_error($conn));
}
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "ssii",
$name,
$message,
$priority,
$type);
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
echo "Record saved.";
@paulagliano
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Here is my php code. I get the following error when I hit submit.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected identifier "sisis" in C;\xampp\htdocs\SAR\process-timesheet.php on line 32

1 <?Php
2
3 $member = $_POST["member"];
4 $date = $_POST["date"];
5 $type = $_POST["type"];
6 $hours = $_POST["hours"];
7 $note = $_POST["note"];
8
9 $host = "localhost";
10 $dbname = "lcsar_db";
11 $username = "root";
12 $password = "";
13
14 $conn = mysqli_connect(hostname:$host,
15 username: $username,
16 password: $password,
17 database: $dbname);
18
19 if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
20 die("Connection error: " . mysqli_connect_error());
21 }
22
23 $sql = "INSERT INTO timesheet (member, date, type, hours, note);
24 VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?);
25
26 $stmt = mysqli_stmt_init($conn);
27
28 if ( ! mysqli_stmt_prepare($stmt, $sql)) {
29 die(mysqli_error($conn));
30 }
31
32 mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "sisis", $member, $date, $type, $hours, $note);
33
34 mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
35
36 echo "Record saved";

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daveh commented Jun 13, 2025

@paulagliano I can't see anything wrong with your code - the error says it's on line 32, perhaps with the second argument to the function there - try using single quotes around the "sisis" string to see if that makes a difference: 'sisis'

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