On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:35:22 -0000, Slippyaah wrote: >Well basically I think it's a problem with the declaration of variables >and/or the way they are being processed by the form. > >Here is the individual addNews function: > >function addNews() { > global $db; > > /* declare variables here? */ > > > > /* insert the new news entry */ > $query = "INSERT INTO news" . > "VALUES('',$id,'{$_POST['postdate']}'," . > "'{$_POST['title']}',". > "'{$_POST['newstext']}')"; I haven't been following this thread, but you need to do your part to help the parser. $query = "INSERT INTO news "; $query .= "VALUES('',$id,'".$_POST['postdate']."',"; $query .= "'".$_POST['title']."',"; $query .= "'".$_POST['newstext']."')"; You should also add some db error checking and reporting, then you wouldn't get the erroneous "success" message. hth, Doug -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php