ok i have a form with 7 fields and a database with 8 fields what i want to do is instead of peeps entering data in a 8th field on form i want it to be a fixed text entry eg "pic0.jpeg" and then that will go to last field in database hope you can understand what i am trying to do this is the form <form action="add.php" method="post"> <div id="info" style="width:360px;"> <div align="left"> <input type="text" name="name"> <strong>Name:</strong> <br> <br /> <input type="text" name="username"> <strong>Username:</strong> <br> <br /> <input type="text" name="password"> <strong>Password:</strong> <br> <br /> <input type="text" name = "email"> <strong>Email </strong><br> <br /> <input type="text" name="parkname"> <strong>Park Name:</strong> <br> <br /> <input type="text" name="parklocation"> <strong>Park Location</strong>: <br> <br /> <input type="text" name="caravandetails"> <strong>Caravan Details</strong>: <p><strong> <br/> <input type="submit" value="submit"/> </div> </form> HTML: <?php //This gets all the other information from the form $name=$_POST['name']; $username=$_POST['username']; $password=$_POST['password']; $email=$_POST['email']; $parkname=$_POST['parkname']; $parklocation=$_POST['parklocation']; $caravandetails=$_POST['caravandetails']; $pname=$_POST['pname']; // Connects to your Database mysql_connect("s", "d", "s") or die(mysql_error()); mysql_select_db("u") or die(mysql_error()); //Writes the information to the database mysql_query("INSERT INTO `members` VALUES ('$name', '$username', '$password', '$email', '$parkname', '$parklocation', '$caravandetails', '$pname')"); ?> PHP:
I think i know what you mean if i understand correctly you could simply just add a hidden input field e.g. <form action="add.php" method="post"> <div id="info" style="width:360px;"> <div align="left"> <input type="hidden" name="pname" value="pic0.jpeg"> <input type="text" name="name"> <strong>Name:</strong> <br> <br /> <input type="text" name="username"> <strong>Username:</strong> <br> <br /> <input type="text" name="password"> <strong>Password:</strong> <br> <br /> <input type="text" name = "email"> <strong>Email </strong><br> <br /> <input type="text" name="parkname"> <strong>Park Name:</strong> <br> <br /> <input type="text" name="parklocation"> <strong>Park Location</strong>: <br> <br /> <input type="text" name="caravandetails"> <strong>Caravan Details</strong>: <p><strong> <br/> <input type="submit" value="submit"/> </div> </form> Code (markup): That would add pic0.jpeg in the last field of the table.