RE: [PHP] Check if Record was Entered Today.

> -----Original Message----- > From: Rahul Sitaram Johari [mailto:sleepwalker@rahulsjohari.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 1:42 PM > To: PHP > Subject: [PHP] Check if Record was Entered Today. > > > > Ave, > > I have a dbase (dbf) database and I¹m using PHP¹s dbase > function to open & > search the database. > Each row in the database contains an Account Number and the > Date it was > inserted. > > I want to search this database for to see if the Account > number ($thekey) > was inserted today (using date() to find out today¹s date). > > Essentially, here¹s the code: > > $db = dbase_open(try.dbf", 0); > if ($db) { > $record_numbers = dbase_numrecords($db); > for ($i = 1; $i <= $record_numbers; $i++) { > $row = dbase_get_record_with_names($db, $i); > > $thedate = date(mdY); > if(($row['ACC'] == $thekey) && ($row['DATE'] == > $thedate)) { > echo "The Account Number has already been entered > once today"; > echo $row['DATE']." : ".$thedate; > exit; > } > else { > echo "The Account Number exists but not entered > today<br>"; > echo $row['DATE']." : ".$thedate; > exit; > } > } > } > > The problem is ­ the scripts stops at the first entry of the > Account Number, > and is not looping through all the rows which contain the > Account Number. So > if the Account Number was entered yesterday, it stops and > gives ³The Account > Number exists but not entered today² even though the Account > Number does > exist in another row with Today¹s Date. > > How do I make it loop through all the rows and check if there > is any entry > with the Account Number & Today¹s Date? > > Thanks, 'exit' terminates the script. You should not be using exit there. JM