// SERVER VARIABLES

// include.php

<?php

$server = "server name e.g. localhost"
$database = "database name"
$db_user = "database username"
$db_pass = "database password"
$table = "database table to connect to"

?>

// OPENING DATABASE

// opendb.php

<?php

$link = mysql_connect($server, $db_user, $db_pass)
or die ("Could not connect to database because ".mysql_error());

mysql_select_db($database)
or die ("Could not select database because ".mysql_error());

?>

// COLLECTING DATA

// collect.php

<?php

SESSION_START();

include("include.php");
include("opendb.php");

$query_find_details = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE tablerow \"". $_SESSION ['data to store']."\"";
$result_find_details = mysql_query($query_find_details);
$count_find_details = mysql_num_rows($result_find_details);
$row_find_details = mysql_fetch_array($result_find_details);

?>

// INSERTING DATA INTO THE DATABASE

<?php

SESSION_START();

include("include.php");
include("opendb");

$insert = mysql_query("insert into $table values ('NULL', '".$_POST['column name']."' , '".$_POST['column name']."' , '".md5($_POST['password']."')")
or die ("Could not insert data because ".mysql_error());

?>

// ECHOING DATA FROM DATABASE

<?php

include("collect.php");

echo "".$row_find_details['name']." <br> ".$row_find_details['name']." <br> ".$row_find_details['name'].";
?>