[PHP-DB] REVISED; need INSERT help

[Addison Ellis]

hello again and i am sorry i was not more specififc in my last post.
here is where i am confused:
else { $today = date("Y-m-d h:m:s");
$sql = "INSERT INTO ads ("") VALUES
('$first_name','$last_name','$email','$phone','$univ_status',
'$password','$today')";
mysql_query($sql);
$auth="yes"; $logname = $email;


for the actual insert, what do i put in order to avoid having to do a separate .php for each form and list the fields/values from each form? thanks and sorry again. addison


previous post:


hello,
can someone help me with this? i have tried all i know and i am very new at this... my apologies.
i am trying to have multiple forms, all with different fields/values, point to one .php that will foreach($HTTP_POST_VARS as $key => $VALUE)
1) check for if ($value == "")
2) ereg function
3) $$key = strip_tags(trim($value));
4) $today = date("yyyy-m-d");
5) $sql = "INSERT INTO tablename ("$HTTP_POST_VARS)
VALUES ('$$HTTP_POST_VARS values')";
mysql_query($sql);

the problem i am having is i have so many different form fields/values. i am almost resigning to having one .php for each form but i know there is a better way. and... anyway... thanks for looking at this. best regards, addison
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