I get "website can't handle request" when trying to add form data into mysql using php

Question

This is my code:

<?php 

    $link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "user", "pw", "dbname");

    //if( mysqli_connect_error()){ 

        //echo "There was an error"; 
    //}else{ 

        //echo "Database connection successful"; }

    // Check connection
    if ($link->connect_error) {
        die("Connection failed: " . $link->connect_error);
    } 

//The problem started after I added the following code

    mysqli_query($link,"INSERT INTO posts (name, email, phonenumber, billAddress, billCity, billProvince, billPC)
    VALUES ('$_POST[name]', '$_POST[email]', '$_POST[phonenumber]', '$_POST[billAddress]', '$_POST[billCity]', '$_POST[billProvince]', '$_POST[billPC]')";



?>

Before adding the last bit of code, it was working fine. After I added the code and hit refresh, I received http 500 error. It also said my webpage isn't working and my webpage is currently unable to handle the request.

I am not sure if it is my coding problem or something else. Please help and thank you in advance.

Answer 1

You have missed out a closing bracket:

mysqli_query($link,"INSERT INTO posts (name, email, phonenumber, billAddress, billCity, billProvince, billPC))

VALUES ('$_POST[name]', '$_POST[email]', '$_POST[phonenumber]', '$_POST[billAddress]', '$_POST[billCity]', '$_POST[billProvince]', '$_POST[billPC]')";

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Also, remember to escape the string using mysqli_real_escape_string() to prevent MySQL Injection.

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Tip: You should turn on Error Reporting by adding this code to the top of your PHP files which will assist you in finding errors.

<?php 
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);