PHP - Update.php Form Update Script.

Hi i have this simple update form and scrip but somehow it doesnt seem to be update the field on the database can someone help out please.
The html form is the second form bellow where the action send to status_update.php
HTML FORM
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<?php                include("../header.html");            ?>
<?php                include("header_news.html");            
extract($_REQUEST,EXTR_SKIP);
?><?php            
/*                print("sfilm_refnum = $sfilm_refnum<BR>");                
print("sfilm_addr01 = $sfilm_addr01<BR>");                
print("sfilm_postcode = $sfilm_postcode<BR>");                
print("Film Client = $fclient<BR>");            */             
?>           
<form id="search" action="list.php" method="post" name="search">               
<table width="780" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" bgcolor="#eeeeee">                   
<tr>                       
<td align="right" width="140"></td>                       
<td width="320"><span class="hofblack10">                           
</span>                           
</td>                       
<td align="center" width="100"><input type="hidden" name="lstart" value="<?php print("$lstart"); ?>" /><input type="hidden" name="lend" value="<?php print("$lend"); ?>" /><input type="hidden" name="lamount" value="<?php print("$lamount"); ?>" /></td>                        <td align="center" width="100"></td>                       
<td align="right"></td>                   
</tr>               
</table>           
</form>           
<table width="780" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" bgcolor="#4050c4">               
<tr>                 
<td width="60" class="hofwhite10">action</td>                   
<td width="140"><span class="hofwhite14">DATE</span></td>                   
<td width="80"><span class="hofwhite14">ID</span></td>                   
<td><span class="hofwhite14">News Titile</span></td>                   
<td width="100"><span class="hofwhite14">Status</span></td>               
</tr>               
<tr height="0">                 
<td bgcolor="white" width="60"></td>                   
<td bgcolor="white" width="140" height="0"></td>                   
<td bgcolor="white" width="80" height="0"></td>                   
<td bgcolor="white" height="0"></td>                   
<td bgcolor="white" width="100" height="0"></td>               
</tr>           
</table><table width="780" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr>                   
<td width="60"></td>                 
<td width="80"></td>                   
<td><a class="blueullrg" href="add.php">Add News</a></td>                   
<td align="right" width="120"></td>               
</tr>               
<tr height="0">                   
<td width="60" height="0"></td>                 
<td width="80" height="0"></td>                   
<td height="0"></td>                   
<td align="right" width="120" height="0"></td>               
</tr>           
</table>  <?php          
//get the DB connection variables    
include("../../../includes/config.php");        
//connect to DB        
$connection = @mysql_connect($db_address,$db_username,$db_password) or die("Couldn't CONNECT.");        
$db = @mysql_select_db($db_name, $connection) or die("Couldn't select DATABASE.");                
$query2="SELECT * FROM news WHERE !(news_status='deleted')";        
$result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die("Couldn't execute QUERY - Select NEWS Qty");        
$fqty = mysql_num_rows($result2);            
//SELECT or FIND the same USERNAME        
$query3="SELECT * FROM news WHERE !(news_status='deleted') ORDER BY news_id DESC";        
$result3 = mysql_query($query3) or die("Couldn't execute QUERY - Select NEWS");        
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result3))            
{                
$news_id                 = $row['news_id'];                
$news_title                = $row['news_title'];                
$news_story                = $row['news_story'];                
$news_image                = $row['news_image'];                
$news_image_caption        = $row['news_image_caption'];                
$news_image_link        = $row['news_image_link'];                
$news_date_day            = $row['news_date_day'];                
$news_date_month        = $row['news_date_month'];                
$news_date_year            = $row['news_date_year'];                
$news_status            = $row['news_status'];                
$news_website            = $row['news_website'];                
$news_date_created        = $row['news_date_created'];        
        $news_date_modified        = $row['news_date_modified'];    ?>           
        <table width="780" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" bgcolor="#eeeeee">               
        <tr>                 
        <td width="60"><span class="hofblack10">                   
         <?php                    
         if($news_status=="deleted"){                        
         print("<a class='hifblack10'>deleted</span>");                    
         }ELSE{                        
         print("<a class='blueul' href='edit.php?id=$news_id'>edit</a>");                    
         }                    
         ?>                 
          </span></td>                   
          <td width="140"><span class="titlegrey12">                     
          <?php                      
          if(!$news_date_day) 
          { echo "00"; }
          else{ echo $news_date_day; }                      
          echo "/";                     
           if(!$news_date_month) { echo "00"; }else{ echo $news_date_month; }                      
           echo "/";                      
           if(!$news_date_year) { echo "0000"; }else{ echo $news_date_year; }                    
           ?>                   
           </span></td>                   
           <td width="80"><span class="titlegrey12"><?php                    print("$news_id");                    ?></span>
           </td>                   
           <td><?php                    
           if($news_status=="deleted")
           {                        
           print("<class='hofblack10'>$news_title</span>");                    
           }ELSE{                        
           print("<a class='blueul' href='edit.php?id=$news_id'>$news_title</a>");                    
           }                    
           ?></td>                   
           <td width="100">                       
           <form id="list_update" action="status_update.php" method="post" name="list_update">                           
        <select name="newnstatus" size="1">                               
           <option  <?php if($row['news_status'] == "") 
           {
            print("selected");
           } ?>
           selected="selected" value="">Status...</option>                               
           <option  <?php if($row['news_status'] == "on")
           {
            print("selected");
           } ?> value="on">On</option>
               <option  <?php if($row['news_status'] == "off")
           {
            print("selected");
           } ?> value="off">Off</option>
            <option  <?php if($row['news_status'] == "deleted")
           {
            print("selected");
           } ?> value="deleted">Delete</option>
        </select>
         <input type="hidden" name="nstatus" value="<?php echo $row[news_status]; ?>" />                           
           <input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $row[news_id]; ?>" />                       
           <input type="submit" name="update" value="update" />                       
           </form>                     
            </td>               
            </tr>               
            <tr height="0">                 
            <td bgcolor="white" width="60"></td>                   
            <td bgcolor="white" width="140" height="0"></td>                   
            <td bgcolor="white" width="80" height="0"></td>                   
            <td bgcolor="white" height="0"></td>                   
            <td bgcolor="white" width="100" height="0"></td>               
            </tr>           
            </table>
            <?php            }        mysql_close($connection);//}?>           
            <table width="780" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">         
            <tr>                   
            <td width="60"></td>                 
            <td width="80"></td>                   
            <td><a class="blueullrg" href="add.php">Add News</a></td>                   
            <td align="right" width="120"></td>               
            </tr>           
            </table><?php                // include("list_navigation.html");            ?>
            <?php                include("../footer.html");            ?>
            </div></body></html>
The action script php
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<?php
/*    echo "fstatus: ".$fstatus."<BR>";    
echo "id: ".$id."<BR>";    
echo "fclient: ".$fclient."<BR>";    
echo "newfstatus: ".$newfstatus."<BR>";*/    
//set the date of agreement        
$timestamp = date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A');    
//get the DB connection variables        
include("../../../includes/config.php");
//connect to DB        
$connection = @mysql_connect($db_address,$db_username,$db_password) or die("Couldn't CONNECT.");        
$db = @mysql_select_db($db_name, $connection) or die("Couldn't select FILMS DATABASE.");    
// All appears well, so enter into database                
$query= "UPDATE news SET news_status = '$newnstatus' WHERE news_id='$id'";

$result = mysql_query($query) or die("could not execute query - Update FILMS Record to DB");    
//setup an email to the Admin @ hof, w/o attachment            
$emailto="xx@xxx.co.uk";        
$emailfrom="no-reply@xxxx.co.uk";        
$emailsubject="xx Record Updated";        
$emailmessage="Hello Registrar\n\n";        
$emailmessage.="News ID: ".$id."\n";        
$emailmessage.="Updated on: ".$timestamp."\n\n";        
$emailmessage.="Status was: ".$nstatus."\n";        
$emailmessage.="Status now: ".$newfnstatus."\n";        
$emailmessage.="Thank you,\n\n";        
$emailmessage.="Web Site ROBOT\n";        
$emailmessage.="(Administrator)\n";        
$emailmessage.="xxx.co.uk | xxx.biz\n";        
$emailmessage.="----------------------------------------------\n";        
$emailmessage.="e. http://www.xxx.co.uk/contact.php\n";        
$emailmessage.="w. http://www.xxx.co.uk\n";        
$emailheader="From: xxx.co.uk<$emailfrom>";
$emailheader  .= 'Cc: xxx@xxx.co.uk'."\r\n";
$emailheader  .= 'Bcc: xxx@xxxxx.co.uk'."\r\n";        
$ok=mail($emailto,$emailsubject,$emailmessage,$emailheader);        
mysql_close($connection);            
if ($ok)
 {        
 header("Location: list.php"); 
 /* Redirect browser */        
 exit;    
 } else {        
 $errmsg="There was a problem, please try later or telephone us direct.";        
 $errsta="1";        
 include("edit_error.html");        
 //echo "<p>Mail could not be sent. Sorry!</p>";        
 exit;    
 }        
 ?> Thanks in advance

Can anyone post a generic update function to update mysql table.
The manual approach:

update $tablename
set $column1='a', $column2='b'
where $id=$value;

what Im basically trying to do is just like a phpmyadmin function... you select rows you want to update with a checkbox and then it takes you to a page where the rows that are clicked are shown in forms so that you can view and edit info in them... and then have 1 submit button to update them all at once.

Hi i have this upload script which works fine it uploads image to a specified folder and sends the the details to the database.
but now i am trying to instead make a modify script which is Update set so i tried to change insert to update but didnt work can someone help me out please
this my insert image script which works fine but want to change to modify instead
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<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "") or die(mysql_error()) ;
mysql_select_db("upload") or die(mysql_error()) ;

// my file the name of the input area on the form type is the extension of the file
//echo $_FILES["myfile"]["type"];

//myfile is the name of the input area on the form 
$name = $_FILES["image"] ["name"]; // name of the file
$type = $_FILES["image"]["type"]; //type of the file
$size = $_FILES["image"]["size"]; //the size of the file
$temp = $_FILES["image"]["tmp_name"];//temporary file location when click upload it temporary stores on the computer and gives it a temporary name
$error =array(); // this an empty array where you can then call on all of the error messages
$allowed_exts = array('jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'gif'); // array with the following extension name values
$image_type = array('image/jpg', 'image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/gif'); // array with the following image type values
$location = 'images/'; //location of the file or directory where the file will be stored
$appendic_name = "news".$name;//this append the word [news] before the name so the image would be news[nameofimage].gif

// substr counts the number of carachters and then you the specify how how many you letters you want to cut off from the beginning of the word example drivers.jpg it would cut off dri, and would display vers.jpg
//echo $extension = substr($name, 3);

//using both substr and strpos, strpos it will delete anything before the dot in this case it finds the dot on the $name file deletes and + 1 says read after the last letter you delete because you want to display the letters after the dot. if remove the +1 it will display .gif which what we want is just gif
$extension = strtolower(substr($name, strpos ($name, '.') +1));//strlower turn the extension non capital in case extension is capital example JPG will strtolower will make jpg
// another way of doing is with explode
// $image_ext strtolower(end(explode('.',$name))); will explode from where you want in this case from the dot adn end will display from the end after the explode

$myfile = $_POST["myfile"];

     if (isset($image)) // if you choose a file name do the if bellow
       {
       
       // if extension is not equal to any of the variables in the array $allowed_exts error appears
        if(in_array($extension, $allowed_exts) === false )
       {
         $error[] = 'Extension not allowed! gif, jpg, jpeg, png only<br />'; // if no errror read next if line
       }
        // if file type is not equal to any of the variables in array $image_type error appears
        if(in_array($type, $image_type) === false)
       {
          $error[] = 'Type of file not allowed! only images allowed<br />';     
       }
       
        // if file bigger than the number bellow error message
        if($size > 2097152)
       {
          $error[] = 'File size must be under 2MB!';     
       }
       
       // check if  folder exist in the server
        if(!file_exists ($location))
       {
          $error[] = 'No directory ' . $location. ' on the server Please create a folder ' .$location;     
       }
            
     }
     // if no error found do the move upload function
       if (empty($error)){
           if (move_uploaded_file($temp, $location .$appendic_name))
           {
             // insert data into database first are the field name teh values are the variables you want to insert into those fields appendic is the new name of the image
mysql_query("INSERT INTO image (myfile ,image)
 VALUES ('$myfile', '$appendic_name')") ;
           exit();
           }
         }
       else
          {
        foreach ($error as $error)
           {
               echo $error;
           }
        }
      
     
  
//echo $type;
?>

I plan to be releasing some scripts and will update the version of the script on my website.

Users will be able to download the script and run it on there website. The latest version will be checked by checking my website and compared with the version of the user's script to see if its out of date.

I can't get it to work correctly.

On http://www.phpfusionmods.com/updates/check.php I have the latest version set to 1.4.

In the script the version is set at 1.3 so its obviously out of date. However, its showing that its up to date.

Please offer your support. My script is below.

<?php
$version = "1.3";
function new_version()
{
    $url = "http://www.phpfusionmods.com/updates/check.php";
    $url_p = @parse_url($url);
    $host = $url_p['host'];
    $port = isset($url_p['port']) ? $url_p['port'] : 80;
    $fp = @fsockopen($url_p['host'], $port, $errno, $errstr, 5);
    if (!$fp) return false;
    @fputs($fp, 'GET ' . $url_p['path'] . ' HTTP/1.1' . chr(10));
    @fputs($fp, 'HOST: ' . $url_p['host'] . chr(10));
    @fputs($fp, 'Connection: close' . chr(10) . chr(10));
    $response = @fgets($fp, 1024);
    $content = @fread($fp, 1024);
    $content = preg_replace("#(.*?)text/plain(.*?)$#is", "$2", $content);
    @fclose($fp);
    if (preg_match("#404#", $response)) return "Timeout";
    else  return trim(str_replace("X-Pad: avoid browser bug", "", $content));
}
$newversion = str_replace("X-Pad: avoid browser bug", "", new_version());
$new_version = $newversion != "Timeout" && intval(str_replace(".", "", $newversion)) >
    intval(str_replace(".", "", $version)) ? true : false;
if ($new_version)
{
    echo "Download the latest version <a href='http://www.phpfusionmods.com/' target='_blank'>here</a>. <b>v" .
        str_replace("X-Pad: avoid browser bug", "", $newversion) . "</b>";
} elseif ($newversion == "Timeout")
{
    echo "PHPFusionMods.com has timed out. Check for updates <a href='http://www.phpfusionmods.com/' target='_blank'>here</a>.";
} else
{
    echo ("You have the latest version");
}
?>