Cant add new record to database

Question

I am trying to add new records into my database via php but I can not get it to work. I Triple checked all my values, the correct table/row names but still not working. Perhaps a second pair of eyes can see my issue.

Here is my form...

<form action="" method="POST">
        <table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="2" border="0">
        <?php
            echo '<textarea name="addname" cols="20" rows="1">Enter new name</textarea>';
            echo '<textarea name="adddescription" cols="110" rows="5">Enter new Description</textarea>';
            echo '<textarea name="addpagetitle" cols="100" rows="3">Enter new Page Title</textarea>';
            echo '<textarea name="addpagetags" cols="100" rows="2">Enter new Page Tags</textarea>';
            echo '<textarea name="addmetadescription" cols="100" rows="5">Enter new Meta Description</textarea>';
        ?>
        </table>
    </form>

Here us my button...

<input type="hidden" name="addedit" value="" />
<input type="submit" value="add" name="add" style="background:#e5f9bb; cursor:pointer;  cursor:hand;" />

Here is my function for adding new record.

if (isset($_POST['add'])){
    $newname = $_POST['addname'];
    $newdescription = $_POST['adddescription'];
    $newpagetitle = $_POST['addpagetitle'];
    $newmetakey = $_POST['addpagetags'];
    $newmetadescription = $_POST['addmetadescription'];


    //adds new destination and info...
    mysql_query("INSERT INTO destination(name, description, page_title, page_tags,  page_description_tag) VALUES ('$newname','  $newdescription','$newpagetitle','$newmetakey','$newmetadescription')");


}

Also I wanted to double check that If when added, does sql assign the new record a primary key which in my case would be IDDestination. Or do I need to code that in myself? which could be my problem. Thanks!

Answer 1

Try change your query to this:

mysql_query("INSERT INTO destination(name, description, page_title, page_tags,  page_description_tag) VALUES ('". $newname ."','".  $newdescription ."','". $newpagetitle ."','". $newmetakey ."','". $newmetadescription ."')");

For your primary key you can use auto increment (sorry, may be I bad understand your last question)