PHP Code to Connect to a Database Server

	$server = 'localhost';
	$user = 'myusername';
	$pass = 'mypassword';
	$database = 'mydatabase';

	$link = mysql_connect($server,$user,$pass);
	if (!$link) {
    	die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
	}
	
	echo 'Connected successfully<br/><br/>';

	mysql_select_db($database, $link) or die('Could not select database.');

	echo 'Database connected succesfully<br/><br/>';

	$result = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM ContactTable');
	while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
		echo $line["Name"] . '<br/>';
	}

	mysql_close($link);

PHP Code to Insert a Record Into a Database

	// receive information from $_POST
	$name = $_POST["name"];
	$email = $_POST["email"];
	$message = $_POST["message"];

	$server = 'localhost';
	$user = 'myusername';
	$pass = 'mypassword';
	$database = 'mydatabase';

	$link = mysql_connect($server,$user,$pass);
	if (!$link) {
    	die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
	}
	
	echo 'Connected successfully<br/><br/>';

	mysql_select_db($database, $link) or die('Could not select database.');

	echo 'Database connected succesfully<br/><br/>';

	$query = 'INSERT INTO ContactTable (Name, Email, Message) VALUES ("' . $name . '", "' . $email . '", "' . $message . '")';
	if ($result = mysql_query($query)) {
		echo 'Inserted record successfully';
	}