Re: problem transferring a variable using POST

Hi, Friday, October 10, 2003, 1:56:43 AM, you wrote: DC> I am having a problem with a form. I am trying to have a form pass a DC> variable so that I can update an item. I think the problem is that the DC> variable (ticketed) is being read as text instead of a number. These DC> are the tests I have run. DC> This statement works: DC> $sql = 'UPDATE wo SET status = 1 WHERE ticket = 1' DC> This statement does not: DC> $sql = 'UPDATE wo SET status = 1 WHERE ticket = DC> $HTTP_POST_VARS[ticketed]' DC> Any suggestions... DC> If I do "echo "$HTTP_POST_VARS[ticketed]"; DC> It returns a 1 if you put variables in the string you need to use double quotes to get PHP to do the substitution or get out of the string and use the dot operator. $sql = "UPDATE wo SET status = 1 WHERE ticket = $HTTP_POST_VARS[ticketed]"; $sql = 'UPDATE wo SET status = 1 WHERE ticket = '.$HTTP_POST_VARS[ticketed]; The other good habit is to put the value in single quotes: $sql = "UPDATE wo SET status = 1 WHERE ticket = '$HTTP_POST_VARS[ticketed]'"; $sql = "UPDATE wo SET status = 1 WHERE ticket = '".$HTTP_POST_VARS[ticketed]."'"; -- regards, Tom