quick database fix

$dbhost = 'localhost';
$dbuser = 'username';
$dbpass = 'password';
$dbname = 'yourdatabase';



$conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die ('Error connecting to mysql');
mysql_select_db($dbname);

     $sql = "insert into TABLENAME values ('".$string.",".$today.",".$b_first.".etc."') ";
      mysql_query($sql);
      echo $sql ."<br>\n";
      if(mysql_error()) {
         echo mysql_error() ."<br>\n";
      }

$dbhost = 'localhost';
$dbuser = 'username';
$dbpass = 'password';
$dbname = 'yourdatabase';



$conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die ('Error connecting to mysql');
mysql_select_db($dbname);

$output ="";
    $sql = "insert into TABLENAME values ('".$string.",".$today.",".$b_first.".etc."') ";
      mysql_query($sql);
      $output .=$sql ."<br>\n";
      if(mysql_error()) {
         $output .=mysql_error() ."<br>\n";
      }
return $output;