connect statement

[darbok 1]

<?php

$con = mysqli_connect("localhost","mark","library","markdb");

// Check connection

if (mysqli_connect_errno())

{

echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();

}

$sql = "INSERT INTO UserNames (FirstName, LastName)

VALUES ('John', 'Doe')";

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

echo "New record created successfully";

} else {

echo "Error: " . $sql . "<br>" . $conn->error;

}

$conn->close();

?>

i have my table set to varchar (16)

[thescientist 231]

what's your question?

[darbok 1]

I feel stupid, I can't figure out why i kept getting the error message "is currently unable to handle this request."

[justsomeguy 1,135]

Add this to the top of your code and see if it gives a better error message:

 

ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);