Hi Larry, Thank you very much for the very quick response, I set my php.ini file (located /etc/php.ini ) for the register_globals = On (it was off by default) Now however I get an error Error adding entry: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 's spanish driver is found shot dead, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is the first off' at line 8 My Database is a movie database of my dvd's that I own (for insurance reasons) My addmovie.php is this <? mysql_connect("localhost","username","password"); mysql_select_db("movies"); $add = "INSERT INTO movies SET movie_name='$movie_name', genre='$genre', director='$director', star1='$star1', star2='$star2', star3='$star3', brief_synopsis='$brief_synopsis', imdb_link='$imdb_link'"; if (@mysql_query($add)) { echo("<p>Your entry has been added. <br> $movie_name</p>"); } else { echo("<p>Error adding entry: " . mysql_error() . "</p>"); } ?> And the addmovie.htm page (atleast the form action is this) <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <form method="post" action="addmovie.php" name="addmovies"> <table width="300" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" bordercolordark="#FF0033" bordercolorlight="#FFFF66"> <tr> <td width="41%" bgcolor="#999999">Movie Name </td> <td width="59%" bgcolor="#99FFCC"> <input type="text" name="movie_name"> </td> </tr> Andrew -----Original Message----- From: Larry E. Ullman [mailto:LarryUllman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 11:22 AM To: Andrew Rothwell Cc: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Mysql not receiving the data > Online I could see everything, and the pages gave the appearance of > working, however when I went into the DB using PHPMYADMIN to check the > status of the new data entered, all I found was blank rows ( for the > new data since the rebuild, all the old data was there) There were the > correct number of new rows for the amount of records that I had > entered, which tells me (unless I am nistaken) that the PHP is talking > to the DB, and is atleast sending a insert command, but the rest of > the data is not getting in. - Without seeing any code whatsoever and since this worked before but no longer works on a new install, I can only assume that your code was written with the assumption that register_globals was turned on and it's not on in your current configuration. If that is the case, see the PHP manual or search the Web for the solution ($_POST, $_GET, etc.). Larry -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php