it looks like you have defined $ADDDATE and it is not a posted variable. what happens if you just have: <?php $ADDDATE=date("Y-m-d"); mysql_query ("INSERT INTO client (cl_add_date, cl_first_name, cl_last_name, cl_company, cl_phone, cl_email, cl_address, cl_city, cl_state, cl_zip, cl_web) VALUES ('$ADDDATE', '$_POST[cl_first_name]', '$_POST[cl_last_name]', '$_POST[cl_company]', '$_POST[cl_phone]', '$_POST[cl_email]', '$_POST[cl_address]', '$_POST[cl_city]', '$_POST[cl_state]', '$_POST[cl_zip]', '$_POST[cl_web]') "); ?> </body> </html> Jeff David Jackson <info@mustardandr To: php-db@lists.php.net elish.com> cc: Subject: Inserting current date(MySQL)? 10/30/2002 01:31 PM Howdy -- I'm my trying to insert to current date from a php form? I know that MySQL has a CURDATE() fucntion and PHP has several date function, but I cann't seem to get either to work? Here is my existing code: TIA, David Jackson ---------- client_add.php -------- </html> <body> <?php require('connect.php'); ?> <?php $ADDDATE=date("Y-m-d"); mysql_query ("INSERT INTO client (cl_add_date, cl_first_name, cl_last_name, cl_company, cl_phone, cl_email, cl_address, cl_city, cl_state, cl_zip, cl_web) VALUES ('$_POST[ADDDATE]', '$_POST[cl_first_name]', '$_POST[cl_last_name]', '$_POST[cl_company]', '$_POST[cl_phone]', '$_POST[cl_email]', '$_POST[cl_address]', '$_POST[cl_city]', '$_POST[cl_state]', '$_POST[cl_zip]', '$_POST[cl_web]') "); ?> </body> </html> -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php