note 55685 added to function.mysql-db-query

Hello, I'm new to PHP and I know very little of it, but I'm learning, I'm trying to add a new row with information using PHP code (not phpmyadmin). I've tried three sites and they all seem to have varying solutions however, none of the three are working for me...could anyone point me in the direction of a decent tutorial website for PHP or perhaps help. Let's say the table name was test_table and the information I was trying to add was the first name (first) and last name (last) how would I go about doing this. Sorry to be so ignorant but I've been trying for days now and I can't figure it out. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-db-query.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+55685 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55685&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55685&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55685&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55685&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55685&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55685&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+55685&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php