clbembry Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I'm trying to create a review system. What I want the user to be able to do is type up a review in a textarea and then submit it. The submitted review will appear on the same page.How would I do this?Would I submit the text to a database. Then receive the information from the database?Edit: I found out what I needed to do. I've tried using the code below to submit what the user types in to the database. Then it is pasted on the page. I can't get it to work and I don't know why.I've read all of the tutorials for php on the w3schools website, but I think I need a better explanation. The code I have doesn't work, it would be a great help if you could tell me why. <html><body><?php$con = mysql_connect("localhost",*****","*****");if (!$con){die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());}?><form action="index.php" method="post"><textarea name="review" cols=40 rows=6></textarea><br><input type="submit"></form><?phpmysql_select_db("******_reviews", $con);$sql = "create table rw;(review varchar(5000),)";mysql_query($sql,$con);mysql_select_db("******_reviews", $con);$result = mysql_query("select * from rw");while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){echo $row['review']}?><br></body></html> Note: I'm a total Newb when it comes to PHP. I hardly even understand what is going on in the code above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 You'll need to store it somewhere, you can use either a database or text files. A database probably makes more sense. Check the MySQL reference in the PHP manual or on the w3schools site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clbembry Posted March 15, 2008 Author Share Posted March 15, 2008 Ok thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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