note 22513 deleted from ref.mysql by philip

From: Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 15:53:21 +0000
Subject: note 22513 deleted from ref.mysql by philip
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This may be useful to some people - it creates an update query using the form data passed to it. $link = mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password"); mysql_select_db("database"); $fields = mysql_list_fields("database", "tablename", $link); $columns = mysql_num_fields($fields); $SQL = "UPDATE tablename SET "; foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) { if ($value != "") { for ($i = 0; $i < $columns; $i++) { if(mysql_field_name($fields, $i) == $key) { if ($i == 0) { if (is_numeric($value)) { $SQL = $SQL . "$key = $value"; } else { $SQL = $SQL . "$key = '$value'"; } } else { if (is_numeric($value)) { $SQL = $SQL . ",$key = $value"; } else { $SQL = $SQL . ",$key = '$value'"; } } } } } } $result = mysql_query($SQL);

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