Script to create table and fields in SQL wont work

Attention! If you know. well, at least more than a beginner like me.

This script uses three files as described below. Creation of database and fields from form input is supported. It goes to the end and shows that my_contacts has been created !. But when I log into phpMyadmin, the table was not created.

I have a file named show_createtable.html which is used to create a table in MySQL

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>
<h1>Step 1: Name and Number</h1>
<form method="post" action="do_showfielddef.php" />
<p><strong>Table Name:</strong><br />
<input type="text" name="table_name" size="30" /></p>
<p><strong>Number of fields:</strong><br />
<input type="text" name="num_fields" size="30" /></p>
<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="go to step2" /></p>
</form>


</body>
</html>

      

        
        
        
      

    

This Post form is for do_showfielddef.php

    <?php
    //validate important input
    if ((!$_POST[table_name]) || (!$_POST[num_fields])) {
        header( "location: show_createtable.html");
               exit;
    }

    //begin creating form for display
    $form_block = "
    <form action=\"do_createtable.php\" method=\"post\">
    <input name=\"table_name\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"$_POST[table_name]\">
    <table cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\">
      <tr>
        <th>Field Name</th><th>Field Type</th><th>Table Length</th><th>Primary Key?</th><th>Auto-Increment?</th>
      </tr>";

    //count from 0 until you reach the number fo fields
    for ($i = 0; $i <$_POST[num_fields]; $i++) {
      $form_block .="
      <tr>
      <td align=center><input type=\"texr\" name=\"field name[]\"
      size=\"30\"></td>
      <td align=center>
        <select name=\"field_type[]\">
            <option value=\"char\">char</option>
            <option value=\"date\">date</option>
            <option value=\"float\">float</option>
            <option value=\"int\">int</option>
            <option value=\"text\">text</option>
            <option value=\"varchar\">varchar</option>
            </select>
      </td>
      <td align=center><input type=\"text\" name=\"field_length[]\" size=\"5\"></td>
      <td aligh=center><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"primary[]\" value=\"Y\"></td>
      <td aligh=center><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"auto_increment[]\" value=\"Y\"></td>

    </tr>";
    }

    //finish up the form 
    $form_block .= "
    <tr>
        <td align=center colspan=3><input type =\"submit\" value=\"create table\">
        </td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    </form>";

    ?>

    <html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    <title>Create a database table: Step 2</title>
    </head>

    <body>
    <h1>defnie fields for <? echo "$_POST[table_name]"; ?> 
    </h1>
    <? echo "$form_block"; ?>

    </body>
    </html>

      

        
        
        
      

    

Which in turn creates the table and fields with this do_showfielddef.php file   

//connect to database
$connection = @mysql_connect("localhost", "user", "pass")
    or die(mysql_error());
$db = @mysql_select_db($db_name, $connection)
    or die(mysql_error());

//start creating the SQL statement
$sql = "CREATE TABLE $_POST[table_name](";
    //continue the SQL statement for each new field                                 
    for ($i = 0; $i < count($_POST[field_name]); $i++) {
        $sql .= $_POST[field_name][$i]." ".$_POST[field_type][$i];

    if ($_POST[auto_increment][$i] =="Y") {
        $additional = "NOT NULL auto_increment";
    } else {
        $additional = "";
    }

    if ($_POST[primary][$i] =="Y") {
        $additional .= ", primary key (".$_POST[field_name][$i].")";
    } else {
        $additional = "";
    }

    if ($_POST[field_length][$i] !="") {
        $sql .= " (".$_POST[field_length][$i].") $additional ,";
        } else {
            $sql .=" $additional ,";
        }
    }

//clean up the end of the string
$sql = substr($sql, 0, -1);
$sql .= ")";

//execute the query
$result = mysql_query($sql, $connection) or die(mysql_error());
//get a giid message for display upon success
if ($result) {
    $msg = "<p>" .$_POST[table_name]." has been created!</p>";
}
?>

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Create A Database Table: Step 3</title>
</head>

<body>
<h1>Adding table to <? echo "$db_name"; ?>...</h1>
<? echo "$msg"; ?>
</body>
</html>