if this works then next submission is with comments removed

gw-create.php

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include_once 'gw-connect.php';
 $con = new mysqli(DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_USER, DATABASE_PASS, DATABASE_NAME);
 $createnew = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['docreate']);
 $userid = $_SESSION['userid'];
-echo '<CENTER>Character creation isn\'t enabled yet!<BR />Your userid is ' . $userid . '<BR />'; //delete this line when script is done
+//echo '<CENTER>Character creation isn\'t enabled yet!<BR />Your userid is ' . $userid . '<BR />'; //delete this line when script is done
 if ($createnew === "1"){
 	$cname = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['cname']);
 	$bdate = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['bdate']);
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ if ($createnew === "1"){
 		exit();
 	}
 	$sqlcreate = "INSERT INTO `playername` (charname, birthdate, userid, professionid) VALUES ('$cname', '$bdate', $userid, $profid)";
-	echo 'SQL Code w/ variables is: ' . $sqlcreate . '';
-	echo 'Character creation database insertion code here';
+	if (!$resultcreate = $con->query($sqlcreate)){
+		die ('There was an error running the query [' . $con->error . ']');
+	}
+	header("refresh:3;url=gw-toon.php");
+/*	echo 'SQL Code w/ variables is: ' . $sqlcreate . '';
+	echo 'Character creation database insertion code here'; */
 } else {
-	echo 'Form creation code goes here';
 	echo '<CENTER><FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="gw-create.php"><INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="docreate" VALUE="1">';
 	echo 'Character name: <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="cname" MAXLENGTH="19" SIZE="20"><BR />';
 	echo 'Birthdate: <INPUT NAME="bdate" TYPE="DATE" PLACEHOLDER="2005-04-28"><BR />';