if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
extract($_POST);
$query = "INSERT INTO Messages VALUES(null,'$user_id','$subject','$msg')";
mysqli_query($conn,$query) or die (mysqli_error($conn));
}
You can try this code (check if $_POST is not empty first and then execute):
if ( !empty($_POST['submit'])) {
$query = "INSERT INTO"
."Messages"
."VALUES"
."(null,'$user_id','$subject','$msg')";
mysqli_query($conn,$query) or die (mysqli_error($conn));
}