Because you're not inserting ALL columns, you need to dynamically build an insert statement that will specify the columns you're inserting into.
First, create an array of the columns you want to use. Use this both to generate your form and to retrieve the values
$exclude = array("id", "nameandsurname", "departument", "phone", "computer", "date");
$result = mysql_query("SHOW COLUMNS FROM employees") or die(mysql_error());
$columns = array();
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
if (!in_array($row[0], $exclude) {
$columns[] = $row[0];
}
}
Render your form from the $columns
array:
foreach ($columns as $column) {
echo '<tr><td bgcolor="#ddddff">'.$column.'<br />';
if (stripos($column, "privileges") !== false) {
echo '<p><a class="hint" href="#">
<input type="text" name="'.$column.'">
<span>Privileges like "occupation" or "like someone"</span></a>';
} else {
echo '<select name="'.$column.'">
<option value = "No">No
<option value = "Yes">Yes
</select>';
}
echo '</td></tr>';
}
Then, dynamically build your INSERT string from the posted values for those columns. Be sure to protect against SQL injection:
$keys = array();
$values = array();
foreach ($columns as $column) {
$value = trim($_POST[$column]);
$value = mysql_real_escape_string($value);
$keys[] = "`{$column}`";
$values[] = "'{$value}'";
}
$query = "INSERT INTO 'employees' (" . implode(",", $keys) . ")
VALUES (" . implode(",", $values) . ");";
Note: this will work better if you select from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
so that you can know the type of column you're inserting into. That way, you won't have to quote everything.