<?PHP

$hostname = "localhost";
$db_user = "username";
$db_password = "passwd";
$database = "databse";
$db_table = "voter_info";

$db = mysql_connect($hostname, $db_user, $db_password);
mysql_select_db($database,$db);


function check_email($email, $optional)
{
 if ( (strlen($email) == 0) && ($optional === true) ) {
  return true;
 } elseif ( eregi("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,4})$", $email) ) {
  return true;
 } else {
  return false;
 }
}

if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) {
 $ClientIP = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
} else {
 $ClientIP = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
}

$name = $_POST['voter-name'];
$email = $_POST['voter-email'];
$county = $_POST['voter-county'];
$why = $_POST['voter-why'];

// validate email using fn above
// validate other form fields, and echo error if validations fail

if (get_magic_quotes_gpc) {
 $name = stripslashes($name);
 $email = stripslashes($email);
 $county = stripslashes($county);
 $why = stripslashes($why);
}


$sql = "INSERT INTO $db_table(voter_name,voter_email, voter_county, voter_why) values ('".mysql_real_escape_string($name)."','".mysql_real_escape_string($email)."','".mysql_real_escape_string($county)."','".mysql_real_escape_string($why)."';

?>