PHP - Getting A Variable From Rows

I am trying to allow the user to update a variable he chooses by radio buttons, which they will then input text into a box, and submit, to change some attributes. I really need some help here.  It works just fine until I add the second layer of variables on top of it, and I can't find the answer to this question anywhere.

<?PHP require('connect.php'); ?>

<form action ='' method='post'> <select name="id">

<?php
$extract = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM cars");
   
   while($row=mysql_fetch_assoc($extract)){
   $id = $row['id'];
   $make= $row['make'];
   $model= $row['model'];
   $year= $row['year'];
   $color= $row['color'];

echo "<option value=$id>$color $year $make $model</option>
";}?>

</select>

Which attribute would you like to change?<br />
<input type="radio" name="getchanged" value="make"/>Make<br />
<input type="radio" name="getchanged" value="model"/>Model<br />
<input type="radio" name="getchanged" value="year" />Year<br />
<input type="radio" name="getchanged" value="color"   />Color<br /><br />

   <br /><input type='text' value='' name='tochange'>
   <input type='submit' value='Change' name='submit'>

</form>

//This is where I need help...

<?PHP
if(isset($_POST['submit'])&&($_POST['tochange'])){
mysql_query("
   UPDATE cars
   SET '$_POST[getchanged]'='$_POST[tochange]'
   where id = '$_POST[id]'
         ");}?>

My login script stores the user's login name as $_SESSION[ 'name'] on login. For some unapparent reason, i'm getting errors stating that $user  and $priv are  undefined variables, though I've attempted to define $user as being equal to $_SESSION['name'], using $user to look up the the user's privilege level (stored as the su column ) in the SQL table, and then where the result of the sql query is $priv which is then evaluated in an if statement. I can't seem to figure out why this might not be working.

The code I'm using:

<?php
session_start();
function verify() {
	//verify that the user is logged in via the login page. Session_start has already been called. 
	if (!isset($_SESSION['loggedin'])) {
	header('Location: /index.html'); 
	exit;
	}
	//if user is logged in, we then lookup necessary privleges. $_SESSION['name'] was written with the login name upon login. Privleges   // are written in db as a single-digit integer of of 0 for users, 1 for administrators, and 2 for special users. 
        $user === $_SESSION['name'];
    //Connect to Databse
	$link = mysqli_connect("127.0.0.1", "database user", "password", "database");
	if (!$link) {
  	  echo "Error: Unable to connect to MySQL." . PHP_EOL;
    	echo "Debugging errno: " . mysqli_connect_errno() . PHP_EOL;
    	echo "Debugging error: " . mysqli_connect_error() . PHP_EOL;
    	exit;
        }
        //SQL Statement to lookup privlege information. 
       if ($result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT su FROM accounts WHERE username = $user", MYSQLI_STORE_RESULT)) {
         //LOOP TO CYCLE THROUGH SQL RESULTS AND STORE Privlege information as vairable $priv.
            while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
           $priv === $row["su"];
            }
        }
        // close SQL connection.
        mysqli_close($link);

 // Verify privleges and take action. Only a privlege of "1" is allowed to view this page. A privlege of "2" indicates special 
//accounts used in other scripts that have certain indermediate additional functions, but are not trusted administrators. 

        if ($priv !== 1) {
        echo $_SESSION['name'];
        echo "you have privlege level of $priv";
        echo "<br>";
        echo 'Your account does not have the privleges necessary to view this page';
        exit;
        }
        
}
verify();
?>

 

I have just re-installed Xampp and suddenly my sites are now displaying lots of:

Notice: Use of undefined constant name - assumed 'name' in ...
Notice: Use of undefined constant price - assumed 'price' in ...

this is an example of the line its refering too:

$defineProducts[1001] = array(name=>'This is a product', price=>123);

I have a script that adds points together based upon the placing. This is the actual script:

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<? $points = 0;

if($place === '1st') {$points = $points + 50;}
elseif($place === '2nd') {$points = $points + 45;}
elseif($place === '3rd') {$points = $points + 40;}
elseif($place === '4th') {$points = $points + 35;}
elseif($place === '5th') {$points = $points + 30;}
elseif($place === '6th') {$points = $points + 25;}
elseif($place === '7th') {$points = $points + 20;}
elseif($place === '8th') {$points = $points + 10;}
elseif($place === '9th') {$points = $points + 10;}
elseif($place === '10th') {$points = $points + 10;}
elseif($place === 'CH') {$points = $points + 50;}
elseif($place === 'RCH') {$points = $points + 40;}
elseif($place === 'TT') {$points = $points + 30;}
elseif($place === 'T5') {$points = $points + 30;}
elseif($place === 'Champion') {$points = $points + 50;}
elseif($place === 'Reserve Champion') {$points = $points + 40;}

echo "Total HF Points: $points";
?>What it *should* do (my friend's script works the same way and it works) it starts at points = 0, than if there is a first place, it adds 50, and so forth until it reaches the end.

It is included into a file, in this area:

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<div class="tabbertab">
<h2>Records</h2>
<? $query92 = "SELECT * FROM THISTABLE WHERE VARIABLE='$id' OR VARIABLE = '$name' ORDER BY ABS(VARIABLE), VARIABLE";
$result92 = mysql_query($query92) or die (mysql_error());

echo "<table class='record'>
<tr><th>Show</th> <th>Class</th> <th>Place</th></tr>
";

while($row92 = mysql_fetch_array($result92)) {
$class = $row92['class'];
$place = $row92['place'];
$entries = $row92['entries'];
$race = $row92['show'];
$purse = number_format($row92['purse'],2);

echo "<tr><td>$race</td> <td>$class</td> <td>$place</td></tr>";
}
?>
<tr><td colspan='3'><div align='right'><? include('includes/points.php'); ?></div></td></tr>
</table>
</div>

This is the code that is relevant. When ended here, it echoes the last place that appears in the results (such as a 5th place echoing 30 points). When I move it to be included in the while loop, it shows Total Points: 50 Total Points: 25 Total Points: 10 (depending on the results displayed on that page). What am I doing wrong?

Hello everyone,

I can get Test 2 to successfully operate the if statement using a variable variable.

But when I try the same method using a session variable (Test 1) the if statement is not executed. Please could you tell me why the if statement in Test 1 is not being executed?

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<?php
# TEST 1
$_SESSION[test_variable] = "abcd";
$session_variable_name = "_SESSION[test_variable]";
if ($$session_variable_name == "abcd")
{
echo "<br>line 373, abcd<br>";
}

# TEST 2
$test_variable = "efgh";
$test_variable_name = "test_variable";
if ($$test_variable_name == "efgh")
{
echo "<br>line 379, efgh<br>";
}

?>
Many thanks,

Stu

I have a form that creates rows of data input textboxes depending on a user input number of things.  I have a naming convention for all these textboxes that basically just keeps incrementing a number suffix for each row.  All this is working fine.

My problem is I need to get the data inserted into this table of textboxes into an array.

Here's my code where I attempt to to this (it does not work):

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$temp = $_SESSION['Num_Part'];
$count = 1;
while ($count <= $temp){
  $temp2[$count] = "'Participant_P".$count."'";
  //echo $temp2[$count]."<br/>";
  $temp3[$count]=$_POST[$temp2[$count]];  //here's the problem
  $temp4[$count] = "'Result_P".$count."'";
  $temp5[$count]=$_POST[$temp4[$count]];  //here's the problem
  //echo $temp4[$count]."<br/>";
  $count++;
}

The problem is that the $_POST does not work with the variable in the argument position - even though the argument is formatted with single quotes.

Can a variable be used in a POST argument and if so what is the correct syntax?

If not, is there some other simple solution to harvest the data into an array.  I understand I can harvest by explicitly accessing each key in the post assoc array.  But this could be dozens of rows of input fields.

Thanks in advance for your help here.  I couldn't find anything online re this topic.

I have a function that get's a quick single item from a query:

function gimme($sql) { 
global $mysqli; 
global $mytable; 
global $sid; 
$query = "SELECT ".$sql." FROM ".$mytable." WHERE sid = ".$sid; $result = $mysqli->query($query); 
$value = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_NUM); 
$$sql = is_array($value) ? $value[0] : ""; 
return $$sql; // this is what I've tried so far 
$result->close(); 
}

It works great as:

echo(gimme("name"));

Then I realized that I could use that as a variable ('$name' in this case) elsewhere. However, I can't figure out how get that new, variable variable 'outside' of the function.  As such,

echo($name);

isn't working outside the function.  Is there a way to return a variable variable?  In other words, is there a way to make a function that creates a variable variable that will available outside of the function?

 

Thanks

 

Quote

i need to store a variable from database like if i have "copies" in one of my column in my database then i have to store a particular value for copies store it to $copies
here i want that i can store value of copies into $copies




$update_book="update book set copies=copies-1 where bookid='$bookid'";
        $result=mysql_query($update_book,$linkID1);
            if($result)
            {
            print "<html><body background=\"header.jpg\">
            <p>book successfully subtracted from database</p></body></html>";
            }
            else {
            print "<html><body background=\"header.jpg\">
            <p>problem occured</p></body></html>";
            }

    }

I just moved my code from Appserv to EasyPHP and it gave me this error, it was working fine on Appserv...what's with easyPHP ??

hi all,

I have an language pack for example:
languages/en.php:
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$en['mail']['letter closing'] = "regards,\n your friend!";
and in my config:
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$language = "en";
$include_language = @include("languages/".$language.".php");
if(!($include_language))
{
    $try_default_language = @include("languages/nl.php");
    if(!($try_default_language))
    {
        echo "kan de taalpakket niet vinden<br>";
        echo "Could not find the language pack.<br>";
        echo "example on error: ".$test." shows nothing";
        exit;
    }
}
In my function I want to include the language pack for example i have $language = 'en' so I want to include $en['general']['letter closing']

I will do this:
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global $language,${$language}['general'];
But that gives an error unexpected '[' blah blah.

How can i call the variable variable array in the valid php way?

Probably something simple but I have searched high and low and can't figure this one out.

I have a variable that is of the datetime format.
I have another variable that is of the time format.
I need to add them together.

Example:
$var1 = 2012-02-24 06:38:22
$var2 = 02:00:00

$var3 = $var1 + $var2 = 2012-02-24 08:38:22

Thanks for the help!

$sql = "SELECT * from updates ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 3";
$stmt = $link->prepare($sql);
$stmt->execute();
$result = $stmt->get_result(); 

if ($result->num_rows = '0') {

	echo "There haven't been any updates yet.";
  
} else {

	echo "There are news posts";
}

Gives me the error "Cannot write property in /home/evoarena/public_html/Dev/news.php:14 ", line 14 is the if statement. How can I fix it?
"

I Have a page that will display the data that was posted into a database, but it displays it like this:

id logoname locationname address city state zip phone website etc...

I want to display the data like this:

id <--- this will repeat records 4 columns across
logoname
locationname
etc...

id <--- this will repeat records 4 columns across
logoname
locationname
etc...

and then repeat similar for the rest of the data.
 Sorry Im a n00b, but trying. Here is the current code:

<?php

include "config.php";
$con = mysql_connect("$dbhost","$dbusr","$dbpass");
if (!$con)
   {
   die('Could not connect:'. mysql_error());
   }
mysql_select_db("$dbname",$con);

$q="select * from venues";
$result=mysql_query($q);

if (!$result) {
    die("Query to show fields from table failed");
}

$fields_num = mysql_num_fields($result);

echo "<table border='0'><tr>";
for($i=0; $i<$fields_num; $i++)
{
    $field = mysql_fetch_field($result);
    echo "<td></td>";
}
echo "</tr>\n";

while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
    echo "<tr>";

   
    foreach($row as $cell)
        echo "<td>$cell</td>";

    echo "</tr>\n";
}
mysql_free_result($result);
?>

Help would be greatly appreciated and an explanation so that I don't have to keep asking 

...I'm Australian, hence the 'u' in coloured, in case you're wondering! 

Basically I'd like to create a table of results for a running race that has rows shaded pink if the participant is female.

I think my problem is something to do with not declaring 'sex' as a variable, but I'm not really sure how to do this. My code is below. Any advice would be much appreciated.

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<?php
$dbcnx = @mysql_connect('localhost', 'MYUSERNAME', 'MYPASSWORD);
if (!$dbcnx) {
  exit('<p>Unable to connect to the ' .
      'database server at this time.</p>');
}

if (!@mysql_select_db('coast2ko_test')) {
  exit('<p>Unable to locate the results ' .
      'database at this time.</p>');
}

$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM result_single ORDER BY place ASC");

echo "<table border='1' CELLPADDING=5 STYLE='font-size:13px'>";
echo "<tr> <td><H3>First name</h3></td> <td><H3>Lastname</H3></td>  <td><H3>Sex</H3></td>  <td><H3>Time</H3></td><td><H3>Place</H3></td></tr>";
// keeps getting the next row until there are no more to get
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)) {



// Print out the contents of each row into a table



  if ($sex=="F")
echo "<tr bgcolor='#FF99FF'>";
  else
echo "<tr>";

echo "<tr bgcolor='#FF99FF'>";
echo "<td>";
echo $row['firstname'];
echo "</td><td>";
echo $row['lastname'];
echo "</td><td>";
echo $row['sex'];
echo "</td><td>";
echo $row['time'];
echo "</td><td>";
echo $row['place'];
echo "</td></tr>";


}
echo "</table>";



?>

Hello

I have a table that inserts a new row with data when a member views a page.

I wish to count all the rows for each member, and then be able to show what the cuurent members "position" is eg. what members has the highest row count.

Example. counting the rows for member_A returns 1000 rows, the number of rows for member_B returns 1500 rows.

How can I display for member_A that he is in "second" place?