simplest form mysqli post to db ever
<?php
// php file that receives form POST
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "root", "", "forms");
if ($mysqli->connect_error) :
echo "Failed to connect to database.\n" ;
else :
echo "Connected!\n";
endif;
$form = $_POST;
$query = $mysqli->prepare("INSERT INTO name(name, age) VALUES (?, ?)");
$query->bind_param("si", $name, $age);
$name = $_POST['name'];
$age = $_POST['age'];
$query->execute();
var_dump($form);
echo "sent to db!\n";
$mysqli->close();