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NodeBytes

NodeBytes

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Alright, so here's my problem, and it's probably an easy fix, I'm just out of it from a long coding session.

This is a php and mysql question...

I want to update the title field where id = $id

$id is a variable passed through the URI and I know how to grab that. I just can't seem to get the page to update the field called "title" where the record id = $id.

Hope that makes sense. If you have questions feel free to ask.

Thanks for your help,

Brendan
 
qrwteyrutiyoup

qrwteyrutiyoup

Member
Do you get errors with your current code? If so, which one(s)?

Can you post a snippet of the problematic code? It would make things a lot easier...
 
M

Mun

Never Forget
Code: 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<head>
		<title><?php echo $_GET['id'] . " is in the house"; ?></title>
	</head>
	<body>
		Your page here!
	</body>
</html>
 
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qrwteyrutiyoup

qrwteyrutiyoup

Member
Mun said:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title><?php echo $_GET['id'] . " is in the house"; ?></title>
</head>
<body>
Your page here!
</body>
</html>
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From his description I understood he already knows how to get the 'id', so I am expecting to see the SQL query he is doing, which seems to be his actual problem.
 
M

Mun

Never Forget
The way I understand it he has a link such as

http://www.gaming-servers.net/blah.php?id=Mun&page=home

and he is trying to get the page to load the title as:

Hello Mun!

which the php code would be:


<?php echo '<title> Hello' . $_GET['id'] . '!</title>';?>



This is all of course assuming he is refreshing the page after he updates the ID, and if he isn't he will need jscript to do it, as there is no way to update the pages content in such manner without it.

Mun
 
NodeBytes

NodeBytes

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Essentially I am attempting to update the the "title" field on a table called "threads"

My current mysql attempt is something like 

Code: 
UPDATE threads SET title = $title WHERE id = $id
 
NodeBytes

NodeBytes

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This is the error I'm getting  -

Code: 
 Could not update data: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'Title WHERE id = 9' at line 1
 
24/7/365

24/7/365

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fisle said:
That's a shitty excuse to implement bad practices. Hope you used PDO and prepared statements.
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I would say at this level of understanding, having to learn PDO, prepared statements and parameterised queries is a lot to take on but you're right - as soon as you're comfortable about how to retrieve a value and store it in the database, learn PDO, prepared statements and parameterised queries BEFORE you put your code into production.
 
fisle

fisle

Active Member
24/7/365 said:
I would say at this level of understanding, having to learn PDO, prepared statements and parameterised queries is a lot to take on but you're right - as soon as you're comfortable about how to retrieve a value and store it in the database, learn PDO, prepared statements and parameterised queries BEFORE you put your code into production.
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Except real life is more like this: "oh it works, it's done now." -> "oh hey i got another cool idea to code"

= Never learn how to do it properly. (I had this mentality back the days when I was younger)

My suggestion is to go straight to using the proper way. Why would you try the shitty way when you KNOW there's a better way to do things?

Damn PHP and those silly mysql_ functions.
 
qrwteyrutiyoup

qrwteyrutiyoup

Member
fisle said:
Except real life is more like this: "oh it works, it's done now." -> "oh hey i got another cool idea to code"

= Never learn how to do it properly. (I had this mentality back the days when I was younger)

My suggestion is to go straight to using the proper way. Why would you try the shitty way when you KNOW there's a better way to do things?

Damn PHP and those silly mysql_ functions.
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Yup. In general people just move what is working to production, and that's a pretty good way to shoot yourself in the foot.

@NodeBytes: Here's something that might help get you started with PDO: http://wiki.hashphp.org/PDO_Tutorial_for_MySQL_Developers :)
 
Shados

Shados

Professional Snake Miner
fisle said:
Except real life is more like this: "oh it works, it's done now." -> "oh hey i got another cool idea to code"

= Never learn how to do it properly. (I had this mentality back the days when I was younger)

My suggestion is to go straight to using the proper way. Why would you try the shitty way when you KNOW there's a better way to do things?

Damn PHP and those silly mysql_ functions.
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Depends on your outlook; if you take the perspective of a craftsman who takes pride in the quality of the finished work, then you're less likely to act that way from the start :).
 
NodeBytes

NodeBytes

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Everything else is using PDO and prepared statements. This is the single part that I am using this php function for. It's for a closed class that is not accessible to the web and is only used for an internal script.
 
D. Strout

D. Strout

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NodeBytes said:
Everything else is using PDO and prepared statements. This is the single part that I am using this php function for. It's for a closed class that is not accessible to the web and is only used for an internal script.
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Still, you should at least escape things. Even if this is just for internal use, it's very easy to accidentally throw a single quote in your value, and suddenly everything explodes with MySQL errors. It's your app though, so you know best (I hope).
 
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