<?php
session_start();
$_POST = $_SESSION;

$servername = "localhost";
$username = "****";
$password = "****";
$dbname = "****";

$data = array('name' => $_POST['name'], 'email' => $_POST['email'], 'age' => $_POST['age'], 'gender' => $_POST['gender'], 'optIn' => $_POST['optIn']);

try {
    $dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=$dbname", $username, $password);
    $dbh->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
    $query = "INSERT INTO patientInfo (pfirstName, pemail, page, pgender, poptIn) VALUES (:name, :email, :age, :gender, :optIn)";
    $sth = $dbh->prepare($query);
    $sth->execute($data);
    }
catch(PDOException $e)
    {
    echo $sql . "<br>" . $e->getMessage();
    }
$dbh = null;

?>