<form name = "quoted" method="post" onsubmit="get_action(this);">
 <input id = "poster" type="text" name="poster" required="required" placeholder = "Credited Individual.">     <br>
 <textarea class = "actual_quote" name = "actual_quote" required="required" placeholder = "Write the question here!"></textarea><br><br><br>
 <div class = "checkboxes" required="required">
     <h3 style = "margin-top:-20px;">Please select one catagory that the quote falls into.</h3>
     <label for="x"><input type="radio" name="x" value="Inspirational" id = "inspirational.php" checked="checked" />    <span>Inspirational</span></label><br>
     <label for="x"><input type="radio" name="x" value="Funny" id = "funny.php" /> <span>Funny</span>    </label><br>
     <label for="x"><input type="radio" name="x" value="OutofContext" id = "outofcontext.php"/>    <span>OutofContext</span></label>
 </div>
 <input id = "submit1" name="submit1"s type="submit"><br>
 </form>

<?php
     $db_name = 'submissions';
     $db_user = 'root';
     $db_pass = '';
     $db_host = 'localhost';
     try {
     $db = new PDO('mysql:host = localhost;dbname=submissions', $db_user, $db_pass);
     $db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
     } catch (PDOException $e) {
    echo 'Connection failed: ' . $e->getMessage();
     }
     $actual_quote = (isset($_POST['actual_quote']) ? $_POST['actual_quote'] : null);
     $poster = (isset($_POST['poster']) ? $_POST['poster'] : null);
     $sql = "INSERT INTO data (actual_quote, poster) VALUES ( :actual_quote, :poster)";
     $query = $db->prepare($sql);
     $query->execute(array(':actual_quote'=>$actual_quote, ':poster'=>$poster));
?>

$actual_quote = (isset($_POST['actual_quote']) ? $_POST['actual_quote'] : '');