Run php query on submit

Hello everyone.
I’m a novice programmer and I would really appreciate any help.
I would like to run a php query when a user submits the form (and change the default functionality where an e-mail is sent). I only want to display a message depending on the fields the user entered. Can this connection to an sql database be achieved and if yes, can you give me some tips or links of how I can do that?

Thanks in advance.

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