Re: Update db with $_POST

From: Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:45:26 +0000
Subject: Re: Update db with $_POST
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Danny Brow wrote: > Thanks for looking, > > I figured it out, after RTFM for db, I found that I needed to do field=? instead of using > VALUES (). > > > > Example: > > $db->query('UPDATE items SET item_name=?, item_desc=?, item_price=?, extraprice=? WHERE > item_id = 3', > array($_POST['title'], $_POST['description'], > $_POST['price'], $_POST['extraprice'])); > FYI - You should at least escape the $_POST data (more filtering may be necessary) before you go inserting it into your database. When using raw $_POST data it may be possible for someone to DROP DATABASE. Search the archives (STFA) for more on this topic. -- Teach a man to fish... NEW? | http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html STFA | http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general&w=2 STFM | http://php.net/manual/en/index.php STFW | http://www.google.com/search?q=php LAZY | http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=PHP&submitform=Find+search+plugins

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