diff --git a/gw-insert.php b/gw-insert.php
index 7794dcd..70bd243 100644
--- a/gw-insert.php
+++ b/gw-insert.php
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 <?php
 include_once 'gw-connect.php';
 $con = new mysqli(DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_USER, DATABASE_PASS, DATABASE_NAME);
-//post data section
-# just testing max gold value - should be 9999
-$gold = $_POST['droppedgold'];
+#non-section specific POST data here
+$gold = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['droppedgold']); //how much gold dropped
 $droptype = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['droptype']); //this dictates if the drop was a weapon/rune/material
 $locid = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['location']); //this is `treasurelocation`.`treasureid` in the database
-echo 'The droptype variable is set to ' . $droptype . '<BR />';
+if ($droptype == 1){
+	$rarity = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['rare']);
+	echo 'a '. $rarity . ' drop was a weapon!<BR />';
+} else if ($droptype == 2){
+	echo 'drop was a rare material!<BR />';
+} else if ($droptype == 3){
+	echo 'drop was a rune!<BR />';
+} else {
+	echo 'No data was sent!<BR />';
+}
+# all of the below will go away soon
 echo 'The locid variable is set to ' . $locid . '<BR />';
 echo 'The amount of gold dropped was ' . $gold . '<BR />';
 echo '<BR />Return to <A HREF="gw-record.php">data recording</A> page';