How can PHP be used to store selected items from a form into a MySQL database?

To store selected items from a form into a MySQL database using PHP, you can first establish a connection to the database, retrieve the form data using $_POST or $_GET, sanitize the input to prevent SQL injection, and then insert the data into the database using SQL queries. 

<?php
// Establish a connection to the MySQL database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "database_name";
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

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

// Retrieve form data
$item1 = $_POST['item1'];
$item2 = $_POST['item2'];

// Sanitize input
$item1 = mysqli_real_escape_string($conn, $item1);
$item2 = mysqli_real_escape_string($conn, $item2);

// Insert data into the database
$sql = "INSERT INTO table_name (item1, item2) VALUES ('$item1', '$item2')";

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

$conn->close();
?>

Keywords

PHP MySQL form submission database storage SQL queries

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