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<html>
<body>

<?php

 $item = $_POST['name'];

 // Connect to DB
 mysql_connect("hostname", "username", "password") or die(mysql_error());
 mysql_select_db("dump") or die(mysql_error());
 //select Data

 // Get a specific result from the "typeName" column:
$result = mysql_query("SELECT `typeID` FROM `invTypes` WHERE `typeName` = '$item'") or die(mysql_error());

// Get the result:
$row = mysql_fetch_array( $result );
// Print out the typeID
echo $row['typeID']."  ".$row[''];
?>
 </body>
 </html>