thx it worked... now i have that working how do i make it so the ppl signing up cant sign up if there is sum who alredy has that account name or email address...
signup.php
<html>
<head>
<title>Members List</title>
</head>
<body>
<p> Signup:</p>
<form name="form1" id="form1" method="post" action="signupuser.php">
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="50%" height="26"> <div align="right">Username:</div></td>
<td><input name="username" type="text" id="username" value="" size="16" maxlength="16" />
(max 16 char)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> <div align="right">Password:</div></td>
<td><input name="password" type="password" id="password" value="" size="16" maxlength="16" />
(max 16 char)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> <div align="right">DOB:</div></td>
<td><input name="dob" type="text" id="dob" value="" size="10" maxlength="10" />
(dd/mm/yyyy)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%" height="26">
<div align="right">Email:</div></td>
<td><input name="email" type="text" id="email" value="" size="20" maxlength="20" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> <div align="right">Newsletter:</div></td>
<td><input name="newsletter" type="radio" value="Yes" checked>
Yes
<input type="radio" name="newsletter" value="no">
No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> <div align="right">AIM:</div></td>
<td><input name="aim" type="text" id="aim" value="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> <div align="right">ICQ:</div></td>
<td><input name="icq" type="text" id="icq" value="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> <div align="right">MSN:</div></td>
<td><input name="msn" type="text" id="msn" value="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> <div align="right">YIM:</div></td>
<td><input name="yim" type="text" id="yim" value="" />
<input name="permissions" type="hidden" id="permissions" value="member"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<div align="center"><br>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Signup!" />
<input type="reset" name="Submit2" value="Clear" />
</div>
</form>
<p align="center"><a href="memberlist.php">Back</a></p>
</body>
</html>
signupuser.php
<html>
<head>
<title>Members List</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
// Connect to the database server
$dbcnx = @mysql_connect("localhost", "dbaccess", "1234");
if (!$dbcnx) {
echo( "<p>Unable to connect to the " .
"database server at this time.</p>" );
exit();
}
// Select the jokes database
if (! @mysql_select_db("communitydb") ) {
echo( "<p>Unable to locate the joke " .
"database at this time.</p>" );
exit();
}
?>
<p>Signup:
<?php
$sql = mysql_query("INSERT INTO members (username, password, dob, email, newsletter, aim, icq, msn, yim, permissions) VALUES ('$username', '$password', '$dob', '$email', '$newsletter', '$aim', '$icq', '$msn', '$yim', '$permissions')");
?>
</p>
<p align="center"><font color="#FF0000">Signup Compleat!</font></p>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="50%" height="26"> <div align="right">Username:</div></td>
<td><?php echo $username ?> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> <div align="right">Password:</div></td>
<td><?php echo $password ?> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> <div align="right">DOB:</div></td>
<td><?php echo $dob ?> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> <div align="right">Email:</div></td>
<td><?php echo $email ?> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> <div align="right">Newsletter:</div></td>
<td><?php echo $newsletter ?> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%" height="23"> <div align="right">AIM:</div></td>
<td><?php echo $aim ?> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> <div align="right">ICQ:</div></td>
<td><?php echo $icq ?> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> <div align="right">MSN:</div></td>
<td><?php echo $msn ?> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> <div align="right">YIM:</div></td>
<td><?php echo $yim ?> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%"> <div align="right">Permissions:</div></td>
<td><?php echo $permissions ?> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<div align="center"></div></p>
<p align="center"><a href="memberlist.php">Back</a></p>
</body>
</html>