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HI,
My code works but I was wondering if there's a simpler/cleaner way to code it ...

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<?php
require_once('config.php');

// code to get data form database
mysql_select_db($database, $makeconnection);
$sql_get_categories = "
 SELECT * 
 FROM tbl_categories
 ORDER BY category_id ASC";
$get_categories = mysql_query($sql_get_categories, $makeconnection) or die(mysql_error());
$row_get_categories = mysql_fetch_assoc($get_categories);
$totalRows_get_categories = mysql_num_rows($get_categories);

// i named the 3 fields form the form in the HTML so i can update them into the tadabase
$category_1 = $_POST['category_1'];
$category_2 = $_POST['category_2'];
$category_3 = $_POST['category_3'];

//updating the databse
if (isset($_POST['submitted_categories'])&&($_POST['submitted_categories'] == "yes")) {
$register_query = "SELECT category_id FROM tbl_categories WHERE category_id='$category_id'";
 
mysql_select_db($database, $makeconnection);
$sql_modify1 = ("UPDATE `tbl_categories` SET `category_name` = '$category_1' WHERE `category_id` =1");
$sql_modify2 = ("UPDATE `tbl_categories` SET `category_name` = '$category_2' WHERE `category_id` =2");
$sql_modify3 = ("UPDATE `tbl_categories` SET `category_name` = '$category_3' WHERE `category_id` =3");

$Result1 = mysql_query($sql_modify1, $makeconnection) or die(mysql_error()); 
$Result2 = mysql_query($sql_modify2, $makeconnection) or die(mysql_error());
$Result3 = mysql_query($sql_modify3, $makeconnection) or die(mysql_error());
header ("Location: the-rest.php");
}
?>

here's the form in the html part

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<!--CATEGORIES -->
<h2>Categories</h2>
<form action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="category-form" id="category-form">
<?php do { ?>
<h3><input class="user-form-input" id="category_<?php echo $row_get_categories['category_id'];?>" name="category_<?php echo $row_get_categories['category_id'];?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $row_get_categories['category_name'];?>" /></h3>
<?php } while ($row_get_categories = mysql_fetch_assoc($get_categories)); ?>
<input name="submitted_categories" type="hidden" id="submitted_categories" value="yes" />
<input name="submit" type="submit" class="button-save" id="submit" value="update categories"/>
</form>
<!--END OF CATEGORIES-->

I have a method where the operator condition started getting too long and was becoming difficult to understand and troubleshoot.

    private function validateCallbackRequest():self {
        if($this->params->xyz < 3 || isset($this->x->bla['hi']) || soOnAndSoOnAndSoOn) {
            throw new Exception('Invalid params');
        }
        return $this;
    }

I could break it into sections, but would rather not duplicate all the exception throwing.

    private function validateCallbackRequest():self {
        if($this->params->xyz < 3 || isset($this->x->bla['hi'])) {
            throw new Exception('Invalid params');
        }
        if(soOnAndSoOnAndSoOn) {
            throw new Exception('Invalid params');
        }
        return $this;
    }

I could assign variables, but don't really care for this all that much.

    private function validateCallbackRequest():self {
        $initialStuff=$this->params->xyz < 3 || isset($this->x->bla['hi']);
        $otherStuff=soOnAndSoOnAndSoOn;
        if($initialStuff || $otherStuff) {
            throw new Exception('Invalid params');
        }
        return $this;
    }

Thinking of maybe a while block and break, but not sure.

Any recommendations?

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