<form method="post" action="<? echo $PHP_SELF ?>">
<table width="435px">
	<tr>
		<td width="135px" align="right" class="fine-print">
<b>Article Title:</b> 
		</td>
		<td width="300px" align="left">
<input type="text" name="title">
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td align="center" colspan="2">
<textarea cols="37" rows="8" name="entry"></textarea>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td align="center" colspan="2">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"> <input type="reset" name="reset" value="Reset">
		</td>
	</tr>
</table>

</form>

<?php
if($submit) {

$date= strtotime("now");
$entry= nl2br($entry);

$connect=mysql_connect ("localhost", "user", "passhere") or die ('I cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db ("database");

$sql = "INSERT INTO news (id,date,title,entry) VALUES ('$id','$date','$title','$entry')";
$result = mysql_query($sql) or print ("Can't insert into table.<br />" . $sql . "<br />" . mysql_error());

if ($result != false)
{
print "Your entry has successfully been entered into the database!";
}

mysql_close();
}

?>