Code to send user info to database

Hi all, I'm just starting out with writing PHP and would like to get help with writing the code for my forms to have the data sent to a database. Here is one of my forms: <?php if ($submit == "Submit"){ echo "Your listing has been submitted"; echo "Go back <a href="Homewww.dirtjobs.com/index.php>Home</a>"; echo "<a href="Add">www.dirtjobs.com/havedirt.php>Add another listing</a>"; } else{ echo ' <form method="post" action=".php" name=""> <table width="100%"> <tr><td><img src="images/xhavedirt.gif" width="191" height="40"></td> </tr> <tr><td><&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>WHAT TYPE OF DIRT?</font> <SELECT NAME="needdirtype"> <option value="clean">CLEAN DIRT FOR FINISH GRADING <option value="minus">DIRT WITH 6" MINUS ROCKS <option value="rocks">DIRT WITH ROCKS </SELECT></td> </tr> <tr><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>APPROXIMATE QUANTITY OF DIRT IN YARDS: <input type="text" size="7" maxlength="7" name="noyards">Yards</font></td> </tr> <tr><td><&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Verdana" size="2" color="red"><b><u><i>*MANDATORY*</font></b></i></u></td> </tr> <tr><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>CONTACT NAME:</b></font> <input type="text" size="25" maxlength="25" name="contactname"></td> </tr> <tr><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>CONTACT PHONE NUMBER:</b> <input type="text" size="3" maxlength="3" name="areacode"> <input type="text" size="3" maxlength="3" name="prefix"> <tr><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"> - <input type="text" size=4" maxlength="4" name="suffix"></td> </font></tr> <tr><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>ZIP CODE:</b> <input type="text" size="5" maxlength="5" name="zip code"> <br> <i>(Jobs are sorted by zip code to find other jobs in the area)</i></font></td> </tr> <tr><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>JOB EXPIRATION DATE:</b></font> <input type="text" size="12" maxlength="12" name="expdate"> <br> <i>(If no date is listed, jobs will be removed in 60 days.)</i></font></td> </tr> <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Verdana" size="2" color="blue"><b>(*Optional)</b>/font></td> </tr> <tr><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>EMAIL ADDRESS:</b></font> <input type="text" size="30" maxlength="30" name="email"></td> </tr> <tr><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>CITY OF JOB LOCATION:</b></font> <input type="text" size="30" maxlength="30" name="jobcity"></td> </tr> <tr><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>JOB CROSS STREETS:</b></font> <input type="text" size="58" maxlength="58" name="xstreets"></td> </tr> <tr><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>JOB EXPIRATION DATE:</b> <input type="text" size="12" maxlength="12" name="exp.date"> <br> <i>(If no date is listed, jobs will be removed in 60 days.)</i></font></td> </tr> <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td><center><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"></input>&nbsp <input type="reset" name="reset" value="Clear"></input></center></td> </tr> </table> I imagine the code is probably somewhat simple, but I have read tutorial after tutorial etc. and am getting nowhere for the past two weeks. This is also the first time I have ever posted to a mailing list so I apologize if my request is incorrect in format. Thanks so much, Michelle