Yea,

Stop using PHP.

$ gem install rails
$ cd ~/projects
$ rails new mydbentry

By default it will create a new database using sqlite3.  If you have an existing database using a different DBMS, you can specify which one on the rails new line by adding -- database=mysql, or whichever db you used.

$ cd mydbentry

Add the following line to your Gemfile (it just works better)

gem "puma"

Update config/database.yml with your database credentials

$ bundle update
$ rails generate scaffold tablename field1:type field2:type field3:type etc

I.E. rails: generate scaffold employee last:string first:string ssn:string notes:text

Open config/routes.rb and find a line (about 8-10 lines down from the top) that is commented out that says root :to =>.
Create a new non-commented line just like it, but instead of welcome#index yours should be tablename#index

If you allowed rails to create a new database for you instead of using an existing one...

$ rake db:create
$ rake db:migrate

Now run the server

$ puma

Use a Web browser of your choice and access the page on port 9292.

Should take no more than 5 minutes to set up.  It actually is harder to explain than to do.  5 minutes is a generous estimate, 30 seconds is more likely.

If the form is too ugly/basic for you, edit it at app/views/tablename/...

Happy inputting

Kevin