Re: Struggling with code

Great to hear it works! I'd still consider using addslashes and the only way I've gotten it to work is to write them in like the following: url='".addslashes($url)."' Looks messy but works. Oh, and stripslashes on the output too. Good Night! Hugh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben C." <benc@cox.net> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 12:17 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] Struggling with code > Hugh, I took away the comma from $url and it works. > > Everyone, Thanks for your help! > > Ben > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben C. [mailto:benc@cox.net] > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 12:15 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] Struggling with code > > > I have incorporated most of the suggestions. My most recent code is: > > <? > > $db_name = "db1"; > $table_name = "user"; > > $connection = mysql_connect("localhost", "user", "password") or > die("Couldn't connect."); > > $db = mysql_select_db($db_name, $connection) or die("Couldn't select > database."); > > $sql = "UPDATE user > SET > name = '$name', > lname = '$lname', > mobil = '$mobil', > email = '$email', > url = '$url', > WHERE id= '$id' > > "; > > $result = mysql_query($sql,$connection) or mysql_error("Couldn't execute > query."); > > > ?> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hugh Danaher [mailto:hdanaher@earthlink.net] > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 12:07 AM > To: Ben C. > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Struggling with code > > > please post lines 20 and 21, get rid of all @, the comma after url='$url' > and show your most recent code. Others have posted and given you good > advice, you should incorporate their suggestions. > > hugh > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben C." <benc@cox.net> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 11:44 PM > Subject: RE: [PHP] Struggling with code > > > > I am now getting the following error: > > > > Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in > > /home/httpd/vhosts/localhost/httpdocs/data/up.php > > on line 21 > > > > Why do you think that is? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jason Wong [mailto:php-general@gremlins.biz] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 9:53 PM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Struggling with code > > > > > > On Thursday 05 December 2002 13:24, Ben C. wrote: > > > I am struggling with the code below. I keep getting the error "Couldn't > > > execute query". Please help me out, let me know where I am going wrong. > > > > > > <? > > > > > > $db_name = "db1"; > > > $table_name = "user"; > > > > > > $connection = @mysql_connect("localhost", "user", > > > "password") or > > > die("Couldn't connect."); > > > > > > $db = @mysql_select_db($db_name, $connection) or die("Couldn't select > > > database."); > > > > > > $sql = "UPDATE $table_name > > > SET > > > name = \"$name\", > > > lname = \"$lname\", > > > mobil = \"$mobil\", > > > email = \"$email\", > > > url = \"$url\", > > > WHERE id= \"$id\" > > > "; > > > > > > $result = @mysql_query($sql,$connection) or die("Couldn't execute > > query."); > > > > > > ?> > > > > How about NOT masking the error message by using mysql_query(), instead of > > @mysql_query(). And instead of using die(), use echo mysql_error(). > > > > -- > > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz > > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > > > > /* > > A rolling stone gathers no moss. > > -- Publilius Syrus > > */ > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >