Easy Link Script?

[Anon]

I am a beginner to php and am looking to put a simple script together where i can set up a form where i can submit a single short line of text and tie a url to it. This is basicly to setup an easy way to update a column of links on my web page. So i want to send this info to a mysql database and draw it back out to a section of my web page. I know this is a very basic task, but unfortuneatly most of the info ive found doesnt cover it because it is so basic. I would appreiciate any suggestions or some sample scripts to look through and build off of. thanks. -JB

[Anon]

To get you started:

<form method="post" action="<? echo "$PHP_SELF"; ?>">
Description: <textarea cols="" rows="" name="description"></textarea><br><br>
Url: <input type="text" name="url" size="25">
<br><br>
<input type="submit" name="send" value="SEND">

<?
if ($send) {
$connection = mysql_connect ("host", "username", "password") or die ( "Couldn't connect to server.");
$db = mysql_select_db ("database_name", $connection) or die ( "Couldn't select database.");

$sql = "insert into links (description, url) values ('$description', '$url')";
$dosql = mysql_query($sql) or die("Couldn't execute query.");
}
?>

That's it as far as adding description and url to the database, into a table called "links". Sorry can't help with the output (pulling data out of database) - don't have time!

[Anon]

Thanks man, that gets me going in the right direction!