PHP - Php Code Use From Mysql Database

the below code as I understand should insert a new record into my database, but it's not.

<?php
$notes = $_POST['notes'];
$cnamedb = $_POST['cname'];
$username = $_SESSION['username'];

mysql_query("INSERT INTO `ccccomma_eve`.`corps` (`id`, `name`, `ticker`, `alliance`, `ceo`, `tax`, `members`, `hq`, `apidate`, `notes`, `notedate`, `updatedby`) VALUES ('', '$cnamedb', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '$notes', NOW(), '$username'");

echo $cnamedb." Updated";
?>

Any ideas why?

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<?php
require "db/config.php";
$fname = $_POST['fname'];
$lname = $_POST['lname'];
$country = $_POST['country'];
$state = $_POST['state'];
$city = $_POST['city'];
$zcode = $_POST['zcode'];
$address = $_POST['address'];
$ppemail = $_POST['ppemail'];
$pnumber = $_POST['pnumber'];
$cemail = $_POST['cemail'];
$url = $_POST['url'];
$price = "$5.00";
$query = "INSERT INTO custpackage1000(
id,
FirstName,
LastName,
Country,
State,
City,
ZipCode,
Address,
PayPalEmail,
PhoneNumber,
PrimaryEmail,
WebsiteURL) VALUES (
'1',
'$fname',
'$lname',
'$country',
'$state',
'$city',
'$zcode',
'$ppemail',
'$pnumber',
'$cemail',
'$url')";

mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass) or die("<br /><br /><h1>Fatal error. Please contact support if this persists.</h1>");
mysql_select_db($dbname);
mysql_query($query) or die ("could not open db".mysql_error());
sleep(2);
?>
Why won't the code insert into my database upon submission of data? What am I doing wrong?

Hi!

I was wondering if there is a way to execute php code which is stored in mysql database using php.

At the minute I am using a echo to try and run php code stored in a mysql database but this just displays the code and does not run the php code.

Thanks for any help!

I am working on a kind of CMS for my own website which no one else will be using but me as a way of improving my php skills, and am having problems with retrieving data from the database that holds both text and php code. I have searched the web and found that i should be using eval() for the code to be executed before it is send to the browser but cannot get it to work and can't find my mistake(s).

the php code will always be the same, and is supposed to retrieve the id number of a page to use in a link (and works fine when tested by loading the code directly without retrieving it from the database)

this is an example of data stored in the database
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The <a href="page_builder.php?id=<?php echo $page->id('mines_DwarvenMines') ?>">Dwarven Mines</a> have a great selection of Ores,...
Of course when I leave it like this, hovering over the link in my page will show exactly that and lead to nowhere
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localhost/page_builder.php?id=<?php echo $page->id('mines_DwarvenMines') ?>
Most of these links appear in tips given at the end of the page and are processed as followed
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$questtips = $quest->getQuestTips();
$tips = "";
if ($questtips == "none")
{
$tips = "/";
}
else
{
foreach($questtips as $tip)
{
$tips .= "<li>";
$tips .= $tip->getTip();
$tips .= "</li>";
}
}

and finally put on screen by the presentation layer as followed
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   <h2>Tips &amp; Extra Info</h2>
   <div class="tipsList">
      <ul>
   <?php echo $tips ?>
      </ul>
   </div>
I have tried all sorts to get the code to be executed when retrieved from the database before being send to the browser so that this particular link would say "localhost/page_builder.php?id=57" but I cannot get it to work, though I suspect it is fairly easy.

I suspect I would have to store the data in a different format in the database? And how exactly do I use the eval() function in my case?
Could someone please adjust my code so that it does work?

Thanks

I've been playing around with this code from http://v3.thewatchmakerproject.com/journal/276/building-a-simple-php-shopping-cart

Objective: I'm trying to make the scripts work but without pulling the data from MySQL Database.
Instead, I created an array and inserted some info there and trying to replicate the same results but getting confused.

For example, on the Index.php file, I made the following changes:


<?php

// Start the session
session_start();

// Include functions
require_once('inc/functions.inc.php');

// Products multidimensional Array
$products = array("book" => array(  'id' => '1',
                                    'title' => 'Learn Your ABC\'s',
                                    'author' => 'John Doe',
                                    'price' => '14.95'),
                    "video" => array('id' => '2',
                                    'title' => 'Visual Guide to learn',
                                    'author' => 'Adam Smith',
                                    'price' => '21.38'),
                    "puzzle" => array('id' => '3',
                                    'title' => 'Can You Solve?',
                                    'author' => 'Sara Brown',
                                    'price' => '9.41'),
                    "exam" => array('id' => '4',
                                    'title' => 'Test Your Knowledge',
                                    'author' => 'Kim Carver',
                                    'price' => '11.15'));


?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<title>PHP Shopping Cart Demo &#38;#0183; Bookshop</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/styles.css" />
</head>

<body>

<div id="shoppingcart">

<h1>Your Shopping Cart</h1>

<?php
echo writeShoppingCart();
?>

</div>

<div id="booklist">

<h1>Books In Our Store</h1>

<?php
/*
 $sql = 'SELECT * FROM books ORDER BY id';
 $result = $db->query($sql);
$output[] = '<ul>';
while ($row = $result->fetch()) {
$output[] = '<li>"'.$row['title'].'" by '.$row['author'].': $'.$row['price'].'<br /><a href="cart.php?action=add&id='.$row['id'].'">Add to cart</a></li>';
}
$output[] = '</ul>';
echo join('',$output);
*/
?>

<?php
$output[] = '<ul>';
foreach ($products as $product => $product_item) {
// $flavor is the key and $piece is the value
foreach ($product_item as $item => $piece) {

    if ($item == "id") {                            # Conditional logic defined to map specific keys to specified name value
        $row['id'] = $piece;
//        echo "The id is ". $id."<br />";                            // set just to confirm value correct for variable
    }  elseif ($item == "title")  {                        # Conditional logic defined to map 1st key to price value
        $row['title'] = $piece;
//        echo "The title is ". $title."<br />";                            // set just to confirm value correct for variable
    }  elseif ($item == "author")  {                        # Conditional logic defined to map 1st key to price value
        $row['author'] = $piece;
//        echo "The author is ". $author."<br />";                            // set just to confirm value correct for variable
    }  elseif  ($item == "price")   {                    # Conditional logic defined to map 1st key to shipping value
        $row['price'] = $piece;
//        echo "Price: ". $price."<br /><br />";                        // set just to confirm value correct for variable
    }

$output[] = '<li>"'.$row['title'].'" by '.$row['author'].': $'.$row['price'].'<br /><a href="cart.php?action=add&id='.$row['id'].'">Add to cart</a></li>';
$output[] = '</ul>';
echo join('',$output);

}
}

?>
</div>

</body>
</html>


And here's the original index.php before my edits which show the sql query to the db:


<?php
// Include MySQL class
require_once('inc/mysql.class.php');
// Include database connection
require_once('inc/global.inc.php');
// Include functions
require_once('inc/functions.inc.php');
// Start the session
session_start();
?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<title>PHP Shopping Cart Demo &#38;#0183; Bookshop</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/styles.css" />
</head>

<body>

<div id="shoppingcart">

<h1>Your Shopping Cart</h1>

<?php
echo writeShoppingCart();
?>

</div>

<div id="booklist">

<h1>Books In Our Store</h1>

<?php
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM books ORDER BY id';
$result = $db->query($sql);
$output[] = '<ul>';
while ($row = $result->fetch()) {
$output[] = '<li>"'.$row['title'].'" by '.$row['author'].': &pound;'.$row['price'].'<br /><a href="cart.php?action=add&id='.$row['id'].'">Add to cart</a></li>';
}
$output[] = '</ul>';
echo join('',$output);
?>

</div>

</body>
</html>


Also, I included the zipped file of the entire script setup.

Again, I'm trying to figure out how to make the cart work with using an array for the product instead of MySQL database.
My goal is to remove ALL SQL statements from the scripts but stuck with the looping portion to display the title, author, and price from the array as shown above.