<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

$host = 'localhost';
$db = 'PDO';
$user = 'root';
$pass = '';
$charset = 'utf8';

$name = (isset($_POST['name']) && !empty($_POST['name']))?$_POST['name']:'';
$dates = (isset($_POST['dates']) && !empty($_POST['dates']))?$_POST['dates']:date('d.m.Y');
$rd = (isset($_POST['rd']) && !empty($_POST['rd']))?$_POST['rd']:'';
$section = (isset($_POST['section']) && !empty($_POST['section']))?$_POST['section']:'';
$content = (isset($_POST['content']) && !empty($_POST['content']))?$_POST['content']:'';
$author = (isset($_POST['author']) && !empty($_POST['author']))?$_POST['author']:'';
var_dump($name);
var_dump($content);
var_dump($rd);
var_dump($section);
var_dump($content);
var_dump($author);

$dsn = "mysql:host=$host;dbname=$db;charset=$charset";

$opt = [
    PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE            => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
    PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC,
    PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES   => false,
];

$pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pass, $opt);

if(!empty($name) && !empty($content)){
    $sql = "INSERT INTO news (name, publication_date, status, section, content, author) VALUES ('$name', '$dates', '$rd', '$section', '$content', '$author')";

    $rows = $pdo->query($sql);

    echo "Данные успешно добавлены";

} else {
    echo '"Название новости" и ' . '"Текст новости"' . " обязательны для заполнения";
}

?>