<?php
//Open a new connection to the MySQL server
$mysqli = new mysqli('localhost','createyo_james','password','createyo_TestDatabase');

//Output any connection error
if ($mysqli->connect_error) {
    die('Error : ('. $mysqli->connect_errno .') '. $mysqli->connect_error);
}

//values to be inserted in database table
$NewsStory = $_POST["NewsStory"];

$query = "INSERT INTO products (NewsStory) VALUES(?)";
$statement = $mysqli->prepare($query);

//bind parameters for markers, where (s = string, i = integer, d = double,  b = blob)
$statement->bind_param('s', $NewsStory);

if($statement->execute()){
    print 'Success! ID of last inserted record is : ' .$statement->insert_id .'<br />';
}else{
    die('Error : ('. $mysqli->errno .') '. $mysqli->error);
}
$statement->close();

?>