Using the code
# the data we want to insert
$data = array($first_name, $last_name, $email_from, $telephone, $dateofbirth, $addresslone, $addressltwo, $townnm, $countynm, $typeapp, $issubscribed);
$STH = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO members (fname, sname, email, phone, dob, addressl1, addressl2, town, county, type, subscribed) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)");
$STH->execute($data);
?>
<!--<!DOCTYPE html>
<head><title></title></head><body> commented out during testing -->
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<!-- </body></html> -->
The user is presented with the success message:
Thank you for contacting us We will be in touch with you very soon.
There are no php errors recorded.
This is to insert into this database 
Error reporting is in the form of the PDO try catch:
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo $e->getMessage();
}
Despite it looking as if it is working perfectly, however, the database seems unable to receive updates. :/
