inserire testo in mysql con php

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function connectDB() {
     $link_id = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "") or ErroreDB();
     $connect = mysql_select_db("database", $link_id) or ErroreDB();

// RIGA AGGIUNTA
     mysql_query("Set names 'utf8'");



     return $connect;
}
 $connect = connectDB();
 $query = "INSERT INTO news";
 $query .= " SET testo";
 $query .= " VALUES '" . $testo . "' ";

 $result = mysql_query($query);