why doesn't this add

Hi all, Why is this code not adding the text in the textbox into the database: I've tried everything like $_POST['mylink'], '$_POST['mylink'] ', "$_POST['mylink']" I can say that '$_POST['mylink'] ' adds a record into the database, but it's a blank record. echo("<form action=\"addtodb.php\" method=\"POST\">" ."<input type=\"text\" name=\"mylink\" maxlength=\"50\"><br>" ."<input type=\"submit\" value=\"add link\"><br>" ."</form>"); $host = "localhost"; $user = "xxxxxx"; $pass = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"; //make our connection details $connection = mysql_connect("$host" , "$user" , "$pass") or die ("Cannot make the connection"); //connect to sampledb with our connection details $db = mysql_select_db("addtodb" , $connection) or die ("Cannot connect to the database"); //insert the text box data into the sample table $sql_query = "INSERT INTO tshirts VALUES ('' , '$_POST['mylink']')"; $result = mysql_query($sql_query); Thanks, -- David M. Edification Web Solutions http://www.edificationweb.com