I am using phpMyAdmin to create databases. I need a very basic guide in these areas: i) how do you make a form that uploads information and ii) how do I make a simple searching mechanism. Assume I know nothing. I would appreciate any help. thanks.
to upload info you need to create a form like this with name form.php <html> <body><form action="insert.php" method="post"> Firstname: <input type="text" name="firstname" /> Lastname: <input type="text" name="lastname" /> Age: <input type="text" name="age" /> <input type="submit" /> </form></body> </html> then create a second file insert.php <?php $con = mysql_connect("localhost","yourmysqldbusername","yourmysqldbpassword"); //localhost refers to your server name and its normally localhost ,for godaddy and some other hosts its // not localhost if (!$con) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); }mysql_select_db("yourmysqldbname", $con);$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) ?>