Unable to insert data into MySQL table

Question

I've been trying to find a solution, I've found some similar issues but nothing seems to tell exactly how to fix it.

<?php
$connect = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "test") or die("Couldn't connect!");
    $connectdb = mysql_select_db("test") or die("Couldn't connect to database!");
    echo "Connection established to Database.";

    $sql = "INSERT INTO hell (name, age) VALUES ('Josh',17)";

    if ($connect->query($sql) === TRUE) {
        echo "New record created successfully";
            } else {
        echo "Error: " . $sql . "<br>" . $conn->error;
    }
?>

this returns:

Connection established to Database.
Fatal error: Call to a member function query() on resource in C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\php\\connect-database.php on line 8

I'm using a slightly changed version from http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_mysql_insert.asp

Could someone provide me the documentation to fix this or fix the code?

Answer 1

Use:

if (mysql_query($sql) === TRUE) {

instead of

if ($connect->query($sql) === TRUE) {

And please use mysqli or PDO

Answer 2

This should help:

$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

/* check connection */
if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", $mysqli->connect_error);
    exit();
}

/* Select queries return a resultset */
if ($result = $mysqli->query("INSERT INTO hell (name, age) VALUES ('Josh',17)")) {
    printf("New record created successfully\n");

/* free result set */
$result->close();
}

PS: It's recommended to use mysqli instead mysql extension.