REFERENCED WITH confic.php for connecting the database.

$link = mysql_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD);
    if(!$link) {
        die('Failed to connect to server: ' . mysql_error());
    }

    //Select database
    $db = mysql_select_db(DB_DATABASE);
    if(!$db) {
        die("Unable to select database");
    }

    //Function to sanitize values received from the form. Prevents SQL injection
    function clean($str) {
        $str = @trim($str);
        if(get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
            $str = stripslashes($str);
        }
        return mysql_real_escape_string($str);
    }

    //Sanitize the POST values
    $fname = clean($_POST['fname']);
    $lname = clean($_POST['lname']);
    $login = clean($_POST['login']);
    $password = clean($_POST['password']);
    $cpassword = clean($_POST['cpassword']);


    ........


    //Check for duplicate login ID
    if($login != '') {
        $qry = "SELECT * FROM members WHERE login='$login'";
        $result = mysql_query($qry);
        if($result) {
            if(mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) {
                $errmsg_arr[] = 'Login ID already in use';
                $errflag = true;
            }
            @mysql_free_result($result);
        }
        else {
            die("Query failed");
        }
    }

    //If there are input validations, redirect back to the registration form
    if($errflag) {
        $_SESSION['ERRMSG_ARR'] = $errmsg_arr;
        session_write_close();
        header("location: register-form.php");
        exit();
    }

    //Create INSERT query
    $qry = "INSERT INTO members(firstname, lastname, login, passwd) VALUES('$fname','$lname','$login','".md5($_POST['password'])."')";
    $result = @mysql_query($qry);

    //Check whether the query was successful or not
    if($result) {
        header("location: register-success.php");
        exit();
    }else {
        die("Query failed");
    }
?>

but does not submit to the DB..

Instead of die("Query failed"); use die(mysql_error());

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